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How can I protect my child's PC with F-Secure SAFE? - F-Secure Community
<main> <article class="userContent"> <p> </p> How can I protect my child's PC with F-Secure SAFE? <p>This article describes how you can protect your child's PC with F-Secure SAFE, using the Family Rules feature. We're going to show you how to create a child profile, set up time limits and content filtering for your child on this device. </p> <p> As you will be adding a child profile, this can be done only via your own My F-Secure account. </p> <p>To protect your child's PC: </p> <ol><li> Log in to <a rel="nofollow" href="https://my.f-secure.com">My F-Secure</a> with your account username and password. </li> <li> In My F-Secure, select <strong>TOTAL apps</strong> in the top bar. </li> <li> On the My F-Secure dashboard, select <strong>SAFE</strong>. </li> <li> Select <strong>Add device</strong>. The <strong>Whose device do you want to protect?</strong> window appears. </li> <li> Select <strong>My child's device</strong>, and then select <strong>Continue</strong>. The <strong>Choose device type</strong> window appears. </li> <li> Select <strong>This computer</strong>, and then select <strong>Download for Windows</strong>. </li> <li> While still in your Internet browser, find the network installer from your download folder by pressing <strong>Ctrl + J</strong> on your keyboard. </li> <li> Run the network installer file. The F-Secure Setup starts. <ol type="a"><li> Once the <em>Welcome to SAFE</em> window opens, click <strong>Continue</strong>. </li> <li> Enter the name of the child whose PC you are going to protect and for whom you are going to set up Family Rules. </li> <li> Select the age group to which the child belongs and click <strong>Next</strong>. </li> <li> To set up time limits and content filtering for the child, click <strong>Next</strong>. </li> <li> To set the daily limits for device use, click first the <strong>Edit</strong> button and select then the allowed daily use for both weekdays and weekends. Finally, click <strong>Save</strong> to save the settings. </li> <li> To prevent device use during night-time, click the <strong>Edit</strong> button and set the bedtimes for school nights and weekends. Finally, click <strong>Save</strong> to save the bedtime settings and click <strong>Next</strong>. </li> <li> Select the types of web content that you want to block from the child and click <strong>Next</strong>. </li> <li> Click <strong>Accept and install</strong>. </li> </ol> The installation process begins and all you have to do now is to simply allow the installation to complete. This should take less than a minute. </li> </ol><p> F-Secure SAFE is now installed on your child's PC and the child's Internet use is protected according to your setup. </p> <p>To view the Family Rules settings for the child, click the <strong>Family Rules</strong> tab on the left of the SAFE main page. </p> <p> Later, if you want to make changes to these Family Rules settings, log in to your My F-Secure account and click on the child's profile to view and change the Family Rules settings. </p> <div id="related"> <strong>Related information</strong> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" href="https://community.f-secure.com/safe-en/kb/articles/5278">F-Secure SAFE Family Rules setup for PC (video) </a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" href="https://community.f-secure.com/safe-en/kb/articles/5207"> How can I protect my child's Android device with F-Secure SAFE? </a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" href="https://community.f-secure.com/common-home-en/kb/articles/5473"> What is My F-Secure? </a></li></ul></div> <br> </article> </main>