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Setup:Ratings

Use rating service settings to filter Internet access.


Rating Services

Cyber Patrol uses the rating services you select to filter Internet access. Cyber Patrol supports PICS (Platform for Internet Content Selection) rating services, including PICS rating services for RSACi. See more about RSACi rating services.

Cyber Patrol also supports any rating service with a ratings (.RAT) file type. When you install Cyber Patrol, RSACi rating files are installed. You can add other .RAT files.


How to set up your Rating Service

You can block sites based on a rating service, and you can also block all unrated sites. A list of all rating services installed on your computer is displayed in Setup:Ratings.

To activate a rating service for your computer:

  1. In Setup:Ratings, click one of the Services to use (such as RSACi). A list of the selected service's categories and filtering levels is displayed below.
  2. Check the box next to the rating service to activate it.


How to change filtering for a selected service

To select your own filtering level for each category in the service:

  • Select a Filter Level from the pop-up menu.

To block all sites not rated by the selected service:

  • Check the box next to Block all sites that are not rated by this service.


How to use the Most and Least Restrictive settings

To apply the same level of filtering to all categories in a service:

  1. Click one of the following buttons:
    • Least Restrictive Settings - applies the least restrictive protection that this rating service offers.
    • Most Restrictive Settings - applies the most restrictive protection that this rating service offers.
  2. Click Save.


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