- Feb 15, 2012
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Stolen passwords, credit card theft, phishing scams, malicious threats, pornography and viruses – does the list stop here? Indeed not. It’s 2013, the Internet has been around for over twenty years by now, and it has certainly become a more dangerous place since its inception. A lot of us put our privacy at stake by using a lot of online services (social networking sites, anyone?) and if your kids spend a lot of time on the Internet unmonitored, this can be create a lot of problems. While it does open endless possibilities of learning and exploring information for them, it also bring some risks of online child abuse, sexual harassment and exposure to profanity. Therefore, you need to make sure they don’t lurk around in the unprotected corners of the internet. DNS Angel is small Windows utility that enables you to block any unnecessary internet content with a single click. The application does this by changing the DNS servers to three of the safest DNS services available for use.
Sporting a very simple and minimalistic design, the application lets you swap your default DNS server with OpenDNS, MetaCert or Norton ConnectSafe, All you need to do is launch the app and select your preferred DNS server from the available options. Each DNS server can be selected using its own button. The application shows your current DNS by default, and its potential security and privacy status, which shows a skill and crossbones symbol by default, signifying that it’s currently unprotected.
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Sporting a very simple and minimalistic design, the application lets you swap your default DNS server with OpenDNS, MetaCert or Norton ConnectSafe, All you need to do is launch the app and select your preferred DNS server from the available options. Each DNS server can be selected using its own button. The application shows your current DNS by default, and its potential security and privacy status, which shows a skill and crossbones symbol by default, signifying that it’s currently unprotected.
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