(12PressRelease.com) Through their website, http://parentalcontrolguides.com, Parental Control Guides launched its top five parental control software programs for 2010, a heavy respect from one of the leading review sites for Internet and computer monitoring software.
The most recommended five software programs for parental control and monitoring for this year are:
1. WebWatcher (Awareness Technologies): 2010's best rated software. The ease of use, superb customer assistance and remote real-time access feature helped to make this program the top rated one in the market.
2. Spector Pro (SpectorSoft): An innovative parental warning system along with more features including purchaser support make this an awesome program.
3. Net Nanny (ContentWatch, Inc.): This program has some of the most identified parental controls software and it keeps getting better. An improving feature set with superb user friendliness combined with great support and high marks on documentation.
4. PC Pandora (Pandora Corp.): This program scored very high on ease of use and has fantastic, remarkable lists of features.
5. Spector for Macintosh (SpectorSoft): Parental control and monitoring software is important on any type of computer and this is the best option for Macintosh owners. This program is easy to set up with great customer support and abundant in features.
Parental Control Guides editors employed the categories below as the essential criterion for their reviews of this software for this year's recommendations:
· Feature Set: As essential as any other factor in the process was the number of features available to the users. The most features for the amount requested was the quest for the reviewers as the features greatly change from one product to another.
· Ease of Installation: This was judged by installing the software on a computer and seeing how uncomplicated it was to do and how many glitches were encountered during the procedure.
· Program Usability: All programs were tested to ensure that users of any skill level could use them with no foreseeable troubles.
· Customer Service and Support: Each software company was randomly tested to see their quickness of response to possible customer questions. The quality of the answer was scored along with the response time to come about with this rating.
· Price Point: The final criterion considered was the price of the software to the general public. There was a special price per feature formula intended to accurately compare product values.
Executive editor of Parental Control Guides, Joe Sikes, says that to prevent legal problems and protect their children parents should consider installing parental control and monitoring software.
"Unsafe or illegal activities on the internet were mentioned to by seven out of 10 high school students during a new study" said Sikes. "The prevention of legal issues due to illegal downloads of music, videos and software can be done with monitoring the behaviors and actions of kids along with safeguarding them from online predators"
ParentalControlGuides.com contains qualified guides and reviews to parental control and monitoring software as well as helpful information from other parents in regards to keeping children safe online. Visiting http://parentalcontrolguides.com today is recommended for anyone wanting to learn more about specific parental control software or download free trial versions of software.