What if I have ContentProtect and not NetNanny?

As of February 2007 ContentWatch, Inc. acquired the name NetNanny©

Upon this acquisition ContentWatch, Inc. renamed it's products for home customers to NetNanny.

The NetNanny product still has the same powerful, dynamic filtering and features of ContentProtect, it just has a new name.

The latest version of NetNanny is version 5.6.

To get the latest version of NetNanny installed:

ContentProtect 1.x users
1 - Click Start\Control Panel\Add - Remove Programs, highlight ContentProtect, remove it.
2 - Open MyComputer\Tools\Folder Options\View\Click the circle labeled “show hidden files and folders”. Below the option you have just selected, uncheck the box labeled “hide file extensions”. Click “Ok.”
3 - Click start\search (or Find)\Files and folders, type in CONTENTWATCH, click search (or find). When the search is finished delete the files that appear that have an icon of a Manila folder.
4 - Clearing files from the registry:

1- Click 'start' then run and type REGEDIT
2- Click on Registry\Export Registry File (or in WindowsXP click File/Export) make sure it’s saving in Desktop, then make sure the export range is ‘All’, for File Name type in REGBACK, click save.
3- Click the ‘+’ for Hkey_Current_User\software, delete the ContentWatch folder.
4- Go to Hkey_Local_Machine\software and delete the ContentWatch folder.

5 - Download/install NetNanny 5.6 from http://www.contentwatch.com/downloads.php?id=160


ContentProtect 2.x users
1 - Click Start\Control Panel\Add - Remove Programs, highlight ContentProtect, remove it.
2 - Open MyComputer\Tools\Folder Options\View\Click the circle labeled “show hidden files and folders”. Below the option you have just selected, uncheck the box labeled “hide file extensions”. Click “Ok.”
3 - Click start\search (or Find)\Files and folders, type in CONTENTWATCH, click search (or find). When the search is finished delete the files that appear that have an icon of a Manila folder.
4 - Download\install NetNanny 5.6 from http://www.contentwatch.com/downloads.php?id=160

Add NetNanny to your security software exception list

After NetNanny is installed, to ensure that NetNanny is not affected by any installed firewall, anti-virus or spyware program or to ensure that these programs aren't affected by NetNanny being installed, please add the following files from NetNanny to your security software's exception list


These files are found in C:\Program Files\ContentWatch\Internet Protection

cwadmintools.exe
cwsvc.exe
cwtray.exe
instlsp.exe
proxyconfig.exe
techinfo.exe

These files are found in C:\Program Files\ContentWatch\Internet Protection\updater

launcher.exe
updater.exe

This file is found in C:\Program Files\ContentWatch\Internet Protection\ContentProtect\Home

unins000.exe

Files that won't delete

Run a Cleanup Wizard, then perform a scan. If files still aren't deleting after the scan is complete it's because ContentCleanup cannot delete files that:

1) May be in use.
2) Have "read-only" permission.
3) Have become corrupted. (Must be manually removed)
4) No longer exist

Note: A limited windows user cannot delete other user's files.

Make NetNanny Virtually Invisible

You can make Net Nanny invisible to people you want to protect, that might be upset if they knew they were being filtered or monitored by an Internet filter.

1 - Login to the Net Nanny Admin Tools.
2 - Click Tools\Hide Sys Tray Icon. The icon next to the time clock should have disappeared.
3 - Open Filter Settings.
4 - In the upper half, in the middle, beneath "When Blocked," click on the drop down and select Forbidden page.
5 - Close the Admin Tools.
6 - If you haven't done so already, right-click and delete the Net Nanny icon on your desktop.

You have now set Net Nanny up so that no one can see a Net Nanny icon next to the time clock. They cannot see the icon for Net Nanny on the desktop. Best of all, no one will get a message stating that they are being blocked, they will only see that the page isn't loading. People will not have a reason to think they have been blocked or that they are being monitored by an internet filter.


To receive notifications of blocked sites, in the Admin Tools open Notifications. This is where you can set up email alerts to be sent to you, at any email account.


Now that you've removed all the Net Nanny icons, you've also removed the ability to easily access the administration controls for Net Nanny, through the installed software. The easy alternative is to access the remote administration web site - from any computer that has an internet connection - here: http://manage.netnanny.com.