How to use Parental Control in Kaspersky Internet Security 19 for Mac
Using Parental Control in Kaspersky Internet Security for Maс allows you to control other users’ computer use by placing restrictions upon:
- Access to websites and downloading files from the Internet
- Internet access time
- The transfer personal data from the computer
How to enable Parental Control
- In the main window of Kaspersky Internet Security for Mac, click Parental Control.
- Select the user's account and click Enable Parental Control.
Parental Control has been enabled.
How to restrict access to websites
You are able to block access to specific websites or certain categories of websites:
- Adult content
- Alcohol, tobacco, narcotics
- Violence
- Weapons, explosives, pyrotechnics
- Gambling, lotteries, sweepstakes
- Profanity, obscenity
- Internet communication
- News media
- Anonymizers
- Online stores, banks, payment systems
- Software, audio, video
- Religions, religious associations
- Computer games
- Job search
For detailed descriptions of Parental Control categories, see this article.
When opening a blocked website, the user will see the following message:
To restrict a user’s access to websites:
- In the main window of Kaspersky Internet Security for Mac, click Parental Control.
- Select the user’s account.
- Go to Web Control and click Enable.
- To block access to certain categories of websites, select them in the list.
- Only 9 Parental Control categories are displayed in the window. Scroll down to view the other categories.
- To create a list of blocked websites:
- Click Add Web Addresses.
- Select the Always block these websites checkbox.
- Click .
- Enter a URL.
- Click Close.
Access to these websites will be restricted.
How to limit Internet access
- In the main window of Kaspersky Internet Security for Mac, click Parental Control.
- Select the user’s account.
- Go to Time Control and click Enable.
- To limit the maximum time the user can use the Internet in a day, select the Maximum time on Internet checkbox and specify the number of hours.
- To allow the Internet to be used at certain times on weekdays or weekends, select the Allow Internet use based on day of week checkbox.
Internet usage times have been configured.
How to restrict the transfer of personal data
You can prevent personal data from being transferred when using social networks or submitting online forms. For example, you can block a bank card number, home address or telephone number from being transferred.
To restrict the transfer of personal data:
- In the main window of Kaspersky Internet Security for Mac, click Parental Control.
- Select the user’s account.
- Go to Personal Data and click Enable.
- Click and enter the data you want to prevent from being transferred.
Restrictions on transferring personal data have been configured.