Parental Control and Monitoring Software Best Five for 2010 Released by Parental Control Guides

Through their website, http://parentalcontrolguides.com, Parental Control Guides released its top rated five parental control software programs for 2010, a heavy praise from one of the leading review sites for Internet and computer monitoring software.

The most advised five software programs for parental control and monitoring for this year are:

1. WebWatcher (Awareness Technologies): 2010's top rated software. Fantastic customer services along with remote real-time access and simplicity of use made this the top rated program in the market.

2. Spector Pro (SpectorSoft): This program got high marks because of its customer support and the feature set that involved an advanced parental warning system.

3. Net Nanny (ContentWatch, Inc.): This may be the most identified and unique parental controls software on the market and it keeps getting better. An improving feature set with good usability combined with great support and high marks on documentation.

4. PC Pandora (Pandora Corp.): An outstanding set of features for a fantastic price tag from a program that is very uncomplicated to use.

5. Spector for Macintosh (SpectorSoft): Parental control and monitoring software needs on a Macintosh would not acquire any better than this. This program is quick to install with great customer support and loaded in features.

Parental Control Guides editors used the categories below as the essential key elements for their reviews of this software for this year's recommendations:

· Feature Set: As essential as any other factor in the procedure was the amount of features available to the users. The most features for the selling price requested was the quest for the reviewers as the features greatly vary from one product to another.

· Ease of Installation: Installation was done on a computer during this course of action to see how easy it was and if there were any errors encountered.

· Program Usability: All programs were tested to assure that users of any ability level could use them with no foreseeable difficulties.

· Customer Service and Support: To see how swiftly software companies responded to likely customers there was random testing done of every software company. The determination of ratings was accomplished by scoring the response time and quality of the remedy from the company.

· Price Point: The cost of the software to a consumer was the remaining criterion considered. To determine product values there was a special price per feature algorithm determined.

Parental control and monitoring software should be considered on all computers to protect your children and prevent legal issues according to Joe Sikes, the executive editor of Parental Control Guides.

"Nearly seven out of 10 high school students mentioned during a recently available study to conducting inappropriate, unsafe or illegal activities on the internet" 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 defending them from online predators"

You can acquire in-depth reviews of parental controls and Internet monitoring software in accessory to informative and helpful articles targeted at parents to keep their children safe online at ParentalControlGuides.com. Anyone who visits http://parentalcontrolguides.com can download free trial versions of parental control software as well as get specific parental control software assessments.