除了创建出色的防病毒引擎(antivirus engine)外，卡巴斯基(Kaspersky)还开发了其他类型的安全产品，例如Kaspersky Safe Kids。这是一个家长控制应用程序(control application)，旨在为家长提供监控和控制孩子的计算活动所需的所有工具。Kaspersky Safe Kids是一款家长控制应用程序，可在多个平台上使用，包括Windows计算机和设备。我们使用并测试了一周，今天(week and today)我们想在这个完整的评论中分享我们对这个产品的看法：
Kaspersky Safe Kids for Windows可以为您做什么？
Kaspersky Safe Kids是一款家长控制软件，可作为免费产品和商业产品使用。Kaspersky Safe Kids免费版和付费版之间的区别在于您获得的家长控制功能的数量。如果您想购买Kaspersky Safe Kids Premium或只想试用Kaspersky Safe Kids 免费(Kaspersky Safe Kids Free)版，请访问此网页(this web page)并下载该软件。
如果您购买Kaspersky Safe Kids Premium的许可证，您将可以访问以下功能：
- 互联网管理(Internet management)- 让您监控和控制孩子在互联网上的活动；
- 应用程序管理(Apps management)- 让您控制孩子可以使用的应用程序；
- 设备管理(Device management)- 让您控制您的孩子可以使用他或她的 Windows 设备的时间；
- 社交网络管理(Social network management)- 监控您孩子在几个流行的社交网络上的活动；
- 实时警报(Real-time alerts)- 如果检测到可疑活动，则向您的智能手机发送警报。
设置适用于Windows的(Windows)Kaspersky Safe Kids
为了在您的Windows 计算机或设备上安装(Windows computer or device)Kaspersky Safe Kids，您首先必须从卡巴斯基(Kaspersky)网站下载(website)一个小的可执行文件。它名为setup_en_1_0_1_371.exe，大小为 1.55MB。双击（或点击）可执行文件，然后点击（或点击）Install。这样做意味着您也同意最终用户许可协议(End User License Agreement)和Kaspersky Safe Kids的使用条款(Terms of Use)。
Kaspersky Safe Kids将下载大约 30.6MB 的文件，将其安装在您的 Windows PC 上。
Kaspersky Safe Kids(Kaspersky Safe Kids)安装完成后，系统会要求您连接到“我的卡巴斯基”(My Kaspersky)帐户。如果您还没有，您可以立即创建一个帐户。
连接到您的“我的卡巴斯基”(My Kaspersky)帐户后，Kaspersky Safe Kids会要求您创建新的儿童配置文件(child profile)。您只需输入您孩子的姓名和他或她的出生日期。
然后您必须告诉Kaspersky Safe Kids “您的哪些孩子使用此设备”("which of your children use this device")。您可以选择您创建的子配置文件(child profile)，也可以添加新的子配置文件（如果有更多）。🙂
在下一步中，您必须在您现在使用的设备上配置您孩子使用的Windows 用户帐户。(Windows user)如果您的孩子还没有Windows 用户(Windows user)帐户，您可以创建一个。
在Kaspersky Safe Kids准备好您孩子的帐户后，如果一切正常，您应该会收到类似于以下的成功消息。(success message)
从这里开始，您希望看到的每一点信息以及您为孩子如何使用此设备（以及您将在其上安装Kaspersky Safe Kids的其他设备）所做的每一项设置都可以从您的“我的卡巴斯基”(My Kaspersky)帐户在线获取(online)。
在 Windows 计算机或设备上下载、安装和配置 Kaspersky Safe Kids 是一个简单直接的过程。你不会有任何问题。(Downloading, installing and configuring Kaspersky Safe Kids on a Windows computer or device is a simple and straightforward process. You won't have any issues going through it.)
设置网页过滤和搜索规则(web filtering and search rules)
默认情况下，Kaspersky Safe Kids根据您在创建个人资料时指定的年龄限制您孩子访问网站的权限。但是，在您的“我的卡巴斯基”帐户的“(My Kaspersky)Kids -> 互联网(Internet)”部分，您可以更详细地控制事情。例如，您可以更改网站类别的限制，无论您孩子的年龄如何，您还可以对您想要禁止或允许的网站设置排除项，无论其类别如何。
除了控制您的孩子可以或不能访问的网站外，Kaspersky Safe Kids还允许您使用称为安全搜索的功能，启用该功能后，可以从您的孩子在(Safe search)Bing, Google, Yahoo!上进行的搜索查询中删除任何显式内容。和Yandex。而且，如果您想在您的孩子在互联网上搜索特定主题时收到通知，您也可以这样做。如果您想知道您的孩子是否对特定事物（例如酒精、烟草或成人内容(tobacco or adult content)）表现出兴趣，这将特别有用。
为了查看 Web 过滤引擎是否运行良好，我在运行Windows 10的台式 PC 上使用了我为女儿创建的假用户帐户(user account)。在我女儿的帐户上，我使用了当今最流行的四种网络浏览器——Google Chrome、Mozilla Firefox、Microsoft Edge和Opera——尝试访问一些不适合小孩的网站。我做不到，因为Kaspersky Safe Kids一直阻止我访问。您可以在下图中看到您的孩子在尝试访问受限网站时会收到的消息。顺便说一句，不要笑——这是我个人认为不适合我孩子的网站。🙂
Kaspersky Safe Kids还为您提供您孩子访问或尝试访问的网站和网络资源的详细报告。当您发现自己对孩子尝试访问的某个网站有疑问时，您可以在报告中看到它，然后单击或点击(click or tap)它以自行访问。然后，如果您认为它不适合您的孩子，您可以随时为其添加排除项并将其放在允许的网站列表中。
Kaspersky Safe Kids works very well when it comes to filtering the websites that your child is allowed to visit, blocking those inappropriate for him/her, and delivering a simple blocked or warning message. We also appreciated the fact that we could blacklist or whitelist any website we wanted.
控制您的孩子可以使用的应用程序
就像网站一样，Kaspersky Safe Kids还允许您控制允许您的孩子使用的应用程序。您可以从“我的卡巴斯基”(My Kaspersky)帐户网页的“(account webpage)Kids -> Applications”部分执行此操作，并且可以根据孩子的年龄并通过手动允许或禁止应用程序类别来阻止应用程序。您可以在下图中(image below)看到它是如何工作的。
如果您特别想要阻止或允许您的孩子使用某个应用程序，包括仅在有限的时间内使用，Kaspersky Safe Kids还包括一个应用程序排除(Application exclusions)功能，您可以使用该功能。
当您的孩子尝试打开您限制访问的应用程序时，他或她将看到如下图所示(image below)的消息。
在 Kaspersky Safe Kids 中为您的孩子可以使用的程序设置规则是一件简单的事情。父母肯定会欣赏的一件事是，您还可以对特定应用程序施加时间限制。(Setting rules for the programs your child is allowed to use is a simple thing to do in Kaspersky Safe Kids. And one thing parents will surely appreciate is the fact that you can also impose time restrictions for specific apps.)
限制孩子在设备上花费的时间
就像任何受人尊敬的家长控制应用程序一样，Kaspersky Safe Kids也提供设备使用规则。在您的“我的卡巴斯基”(My Kaspersky)帐户中，您可以查看孩子在安装了Kaspersky Safe Kids的设备上花费的时间的统计数据，并为他或她配置时间(configure time)限制。您设置的时间限制可以有两种类型：每天的小时数(Hours per day)和时间表(Schedule)，因此您可以选择限制孩子每天使用他或她的设备的总时间，或者您可以选择每天的特定时间范围他或她可以使用这些设备。
当允许的时间结束时，您的孩子将收到一条阻止消息(block message)或仅收到一条警告，如果您愿意的话。我相信后者是一个非常有趣的选择，因为它可以让您看到您的孩子在发现允许的时间已经结束时会做什么。他或她会停止使用该设备，还是不会？
Kaspersky Safe Kids 让您可以轻松控制孩子使用 Windows 设备的时间。而且……从这个角度来看，我们最喜欢的是，您可以设置时间警告，而不是简单地阻止您的孩子访问他或她的设备。(Kaspersky Safe Kids lets you control the time your child spends using his Windows devices in a very easy manner. And…, what we liked most from this point of view, was that you can set time warnings instead of simply blocking your child's access to his or her devices.)
监控孩子在社交网络上的活动
Kaspersky Safe Kids还包括社交网络监控功能，您可以使用它来获取有关您孩子在Facebook和 VK（(Facebook)俄罗斯(Russia)广泛使用的社交网络）上分享的内容的报告。但是，由于 VK 并未在世界各地广泛使用，我们只查看了您为Facebook获得的报告。不幸的是，我们不能说此功能非常有用：它可以向您显示您的孩子在Facebook 上(Facebook)发布的内容，但信息可能会延迟最多 24 小时出现。再说一次，您孩子在 Facebook 上的帖子可能(Facebook)是您在自己的Facebook 上(Facebook)看到的。当然，如果您是孩子的“朋友”。
虽然 Kaspersky Safe Kids 包含社交网络监控功能，但我们认为它不会为父母提供太多价值。(Although Kaspersky Safe Kids includes a social networks monitoring feature, we don't feel that it will provide much value to parents.)
优点和缺点
如果您是家长并且担心孩子的在线安全(safety online)，Kaspersky Safe Kids提供了一些有趣的东西：
- 它的网络过滤引擎运行良好，可以根据孩子的年龄、手动选择的类别或根据您创建的黑名单和白名单来阻止网站；(blacklist and whitelist)
- 其应用程序控制(application control)功能可让您使用预定义的类别或手动规则阻止应用程序；
- Kaspersky可以阻止您的孩子在Google、Bing、Yahoo !上执行的网络搜索的显式搜索结果。和Yandex；
- 它可以在达到时间限制(time limit)时阻止您的孩子使用他或她的Windows 设备(Windows device)，并且它还可以警告您的孩子他的时间快到了；
- 每当Kaspersky Safe Kids(Kaspersky Safe Kids)阻止您孩子访问网站时、当他或她尝试使用app he/she不允许使用的应用程序或当您的孩子发生其他重要事情时，您将能够使用电子邮件获得实时通知孩子的Windows 设备(Windows device)；
- 使用单个Kaspersky Safe Kids(Kaspersky Safe Kids)许可证可以使用和设置的设备或子配置文件没有限制。
对于适用于 Windows 设备的Kaspersky Safe Kids也有一些不太积极的方面：
- 社交网络监控功能不是很有用，它报告数据有相当多的延迟；
- Kaspersky Safe Kids提供的位置跟踪服务在Windows设备上不可用。如果您的孩子使用Microsoft Surface、Windows 笔记本电脑(Windows laptop)或类似的装有Windows的移动设备，这可能会很有用。
判决
Kaspersky Safe Kids是一款功能完善的产品，可在您孩子使用的Windows设备上轻松安装和设置。所有“阻止或允许”规则都是从您可以在线访问的“我的卡巴斯基”帐户配置的。(My Kaspersky)该产品提供了一个可靠的网络过滤引擎，您可以使用它来阻止您的孩子访问不适当的网站和/或应用程序，以及控制他或她使用他或她的设备所花费的时间。简而言之，Kaspersky Safe Kids几乎具备家长在家长控制方面所需的一切。唯一效果不佳的功能是社交网络监控功能，它不会增加太多价值。总体而言，卡巴斯基安全儿童(Kaspersky Safe Kids)是一款很棒的产品，您应该在孩子的计算机和设备上使用。
Security for everyone - Reviewing Kaspersky Safe Kids for Windows
Besides creating a great antivirus engine, Kaspersky also develops othеr types of security products like Kaspersky Safe Kids. It's a parental control application that aims to offer parents all the tools they need to monitor and control the computing activities of their children. Kaspersky Safe Kids is a parental controls app that's available on multiple platforms, including Windows computers and devices. We used and tested it for a week and today we'd like to share our opinion about this product, in this complete review:
What can Kaspersky Safe Kids for Windows do for you?
Kaspersky Safe Kids is a parental controls software that's available as a free product, as well as a commercial one. The difference between the free and the paid edition of Kaspersky Safe Kids is the number of parental controls features you get. If you want to buy Kaspersky Safe Kids Premium , or if you just want to try Kaspersky Safe Kids Free , go to this web page and download the software.
If you buy a license for Kaspersky Safe Kids Premium , you will get access to the following features:
- Internet management - lets you monitor and control your child's activities on the internet;
- Apps management - lets you control what apps your child can use;
- Device management - lets you control how much time your child is allowed to use his or her Windows devices;
- Social network management - monitors your child's activity on a couple of popular social networks;
- Real-time alerts - sends alerts to your smartphone if suspicious activities are detected.
Setting up Kaspersky Safe Kids for Windows
In order to install Kaspersky Safe Kids on your Windows computer or device, you will first have to download a small executable file from Kaspersky's website. It's called setup_en_1_0_1_371.exe and it has a size of 1.55MB. Double click (or tap) on the executable file and then click (or tap) on Install. Doing this means that you also agree to the End User License Agreement and the Terms of Use for Kaspersky Safe Kids.
Kaspersky Safe Kids will download about 30.6MB of files, needed for it to install on your Windows PC.
Once Kaspersky Safe Kids is finished installing, you will be asked to connect to your My Kaspersky account. If you don't already have one, you can create an account right now.
After you connect to your My Kaspersky account, Kaspersky Safe Kids asks you to create a new child profile. All you have to enter is your kid's name and his or her date of birth.
Then you'll have to tell Kaspersky Safe Kids "which of your children use this device". You can either select the child profile you created, or you can add new children profiles, if you have more. 🙂
On the next step, you must configure the Windows user account used by your child on the device you're using right now. If your child doesn't already have a Windows user account, you can create one.
After a very short while in which Kaspersky Safe Kids prepares your child's account, if everything worked well, you should get a success message similar to the one below.
From here on, every bit of information you will want to see and every setting you will make for how your child uses this device (and others on which you will install Kaspersky Safe Kids ) will be available from your My Kaspersky account, online.
Downloading, installing and configuring Kaspersky Safe Kids on a Windows computer or device is a simple and straightforward process. You won't have any issues going through it.
Setting web filtering and search rules
By default, Kaspersky Safe Kids restricts your kid's access to websites according to his or her age, which you specified when you created their profile. However, on the Kids -> Internet section from your My Kaspersky account, you can control things in more detail. You can, for instance, change the restrictions for website categories regardless of your child's age, and you can also set exclusions with the websites that you want to forbid, or allow, regardless of their categories.
Besides controlling the websites that your child can or cannot visit, Kaspersky Safe Kids also lets you use a feature called Safe search which, when enabled, removes any explicit content from the results your kid gets in search queries done on Bing, Google, Yahoo! and Yandex. And, if you want to be notified when your child searches for specific subjects on the internet, you can do that also. That's especially useful if you want to know whether you child is manifesting an interest on a specific thing, like alcohol, tobacco or adult content.
In order to see if the web filtering engine works well, I used a fake user account that I created for my daughter, on my desktop PC running Windows 10. On my girl's account, I used the four most popular web browsers available today - Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Edge and Opera - to try to visit some websites that are not appropriate for a small child. I could not do it, as Kaspersky Safe Kids kept blocking my access. You can see in the image below the message that your child will get when he or she will try to visit a restricted website. Don't laugh by the way - that's a website I personally consider not suitable for my child. 🙂
Kaspersky Safe Kids also offers you detailed reports of the websites and web resources that your child accessed or tried to access. When you'll find yourself in doubt about a certain website your child tried to visit, you can see it in the reports and click or tap on it to visit it yourself. Then, if you don't consider it inappropriate for your child, you can add an exclusion for it and put it on the allowed websites list, anytime you want.
Kaspersky Safe Kids works very well when it comes to filtering the websites that your child is allowed to visit, blocking those inappropriate for him/her, and delivering a simple blocked or warning message. We also appreciated the fact that we could blacklist or whitelist any website we wanted.
Controlling the applications your child can use
Just like in the case of websites, Kaspersky Safe Kids also lets you control the applications that your child is allowed to use. You can do that from the Kids -> Applications section of your My Kaspersky account webpage, and you can block applications based on your child's age and by manually allowing or forbidding applications categories. You can see how that works in the image below.
If there is a certain application that you specifically want to block or allow your child to use, including only for a limited time, Kaspersky Safe Kids also includes an Application exclusions feature which you can use just for that.
When you child will try to open an app for which you restricted access, he or she will see a message like in the image below.
Setting rules for the programs your child is allowed to use is a simple thing to do in Kaspersky Safe Kids. And one thing parents will surely appreciate is the fact that you can also impose time restrictions for specific apps.
Limiting the time your child spends on his devices
Just like any respectable parental controls app, Kaspersky Safe Kids offers device usage rules too. From your My Kaspersky account, you can see statistics for the time spent by your child on the devices on which you have installed Kaspersky Safe Kids , as well as configure time limits for him or her. The time limits you set can be of two types: Hours per day and Schedule , so you can either choose to limit the total amount of time you child uses his or her devices daily, or you can select specific time frames during each day in which he or she can use those devices.
When the time allowed is up, your child will either receive a block message or just a warning, if that's what you prefer. The latter is a pretty interesting choice I believe, as it lets you see what your child will do when he or she finds out that the allowed time has ended. Will he or she stop using the device, or will he or she not?
Kaspersky Safe Kids lets you control the time your child spends using his Windows devices in a very easy manner. And…, what we liked most from this point of view, was that you can set time warnings instead of simply blocking your child's access to his or her devices.
Monitoring your child's activity on social networks
Kaspersky Safe Kids also includes social networks monitoring feature, which you can use to get reports about the things you child shared on Facebook and on VK, which is a social network widely used in Russia. However, because VK is not widely used in all parts of the world, we only looked at the reports you get for Facebook. Unfortunately, we can't say that this feature is amazingly useful: it can show you what your child posted on Facebook, but the information can appear with a delay of up to 24 hours. And then again, your child's posts from Facebook are something you can probably see from your own Facebook. Of course, if you are a "friend" of your child.
Although Kaspersky Safe Kids includes a social networks monitoring feature, we don't feel that it will provide much value to parents.
Pros and cons
If you are a parent and you are concerned about your child's safety online, Kaspersky Safe Kids offers some interesting things:
- Its web filtering engine works very well and can block websites based on your child's age, using manually selected categories, or based on the blacklist and whitelist you created;
- Its application control features let you block apps using predefined categories or manual rules;
- Kaspersky can block explicit search results from the web searches that are performed by your child on Google, Bing, Yahoo! and Yandex;
- It can block your child from using his or her Windows device when a time limit has been met, and it can also warn you child that his time is almost up;
- You will be able to get real-time notifications using emails whenever Kaspersky Safe Kids blocks your child's access to a website, when he or she tries to use an app he/she's not allowed to use or when other important things happen on your child's Windows device;
- There's no limit of devices or children profiles you can use and set using a single Kaspersky Safe Kids license.
There are also a few things that are not so positive about Kaspersky Safe Kids for Windows devices:
- The social networks monitoring feature is not very useful and it reports data with quite a bit of delay;
- The locations tracking service offered by Kaspersky Safe Kids is not available on Windows devices. That could be useful if your child uses a Microsoft Surface, a Windows laptop or a similar mobile device with Windows.
Verdict
Kaspersky Safe Kids is a well rounded product that's easy to install and setup on the Windows devices that are used by your children. All the "block or allow" rules are configured from your My Kaspersky account which can be accessed online. This product offers a solid web filtering engine that you can use to block your child's access to inappropriate websites and/or apps, as well as control the time he or she spends using his or her devices. To put it briefly, Kaspersky Safe Kids has pretty much everything a parent needs in terms of parental controls. The only feature that is not working so well is the social networks monitoring feature, which doesn't add too much value. Overall, Kaspersky Safe Kids is a great product that you should use on your child's computers and devices.
