By LeGrand Bagley
Pornography marketers will contruct at least two new Websites while you read this communication . Thats thousands every day. The more sites they might make, the more traffic they get, and the more money they generate. It doesnt matter if you, your spouse, or kids are looking for them or not. Theyre looking for you- and all the people they might get.

Many Americans accidentally stumble onto pornographic material while online. A recent story at CNN (see www.cnn.com for details) tells how a man was arrested for redirecting unsuspecting victims to one of over 3,000 pornographic Websites.

He used common misspellings for sites like Disney, Britney Spears, or Barney, so that everybody looking for those sites would find pornography instead.

Why would a pornography marketer go after everybody that arent looking for pornography? Because they might make more funds by constantly finding new targets and selling to them. Young teenagers and kids are naturally curious, are developing physically, and are more likely to be addicted to pornography later in life if they are exposed to it while theyre young.

This is one of the largest industries online, and it continues to grow rapidly. You dont have to throw out your computer to keep your home safe from Internet filth. But you do absolutely need to follow a few precautions.

1. Keep your e-mail safe.
Many email services filter out emails you dont want before you see them- check in with whatever you make use of now to see if they offer this. Another way to keep your e-mail safe is to make use of two addresses, one for family and friends and one for everyone else. Guard your private e-mail address closely. Use your public email address everywhere else. If it starts to get a lot of unwanted emails, stop using it and generate a new one.

2. Be active in your familys Internet choices and contruct rules.
Make sure your children understand that they shouldnt give out personal data to strangers through electronic mail or while chatting. Limit alone computer measure for every body, especially at night. Talk about what sites your family visits.

3. Delete file-sharing programs.
Youve most likely heard of Napster, Kazaa, Morpheus, and a dozen other programs used to trade music on the Internet. These programs are also used to trade pornographic pictures and movies. They may find and download pornography more efficiently than any Website, and could be accessed even if you use a filter or a filtered Internet service provider. You might want to get rid of these anyway because the music industry has started suing individual users of these programs who download pirated music files.

4. Choose an advanced Internet filter.
The problem with many Internet filters is that there are so many new sites every day. Some filters just block out certain keywords, like xxx. The problem with this is, it blocks out sites that have nothing to do with pornography. It also doesnt block out sites that are in different languages or that can not utilize certain keywords.

Choose a filter that updates dynamically or automatically, so it blocks out the thousands of new sites set up every day. Another key component is to choose a filter that blocks more than just pornographic Websites. For example, blocking out document -sharing sites once you delete document -sharing programs from your computer will help keep your computer safe. Other categories you might want to block: alternative lifestyle, dating sites, lingerie, illegal activities (like how to build bombs, etc.) and crude or obscene sites.

Making your computer safe from Internet filth is elegant.
It only takes a little bit of up-front effort to prevent a lot of problems that can occur down the pathway.