Quick Heal Total Security / Mobile Security for Android

Smart Parenting

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Note: Smart Parenting is a premium feature that is available in Quick Heal Total Security. If you enable Smart Parenting, we recommend you use Quick Heal browser for optimum results.

You can use Smart Parenting to manage and monitor the online content that your children can see on the mobile device. You can block inappropriate content on websites and apps that may be harmful to your children.

To configure Smart Parenting for the first time, follow these steps:

  1. Open Quick Heal app.

  2. On the Dashboard, navigate to Internet and app security > Smart Parenting.

  3. Enter the PIN.

  4. Tap the toggle button to enable Smart Parenting. You need to grant certain permissions on the device to Smart Parenting. Tap Grant Access.

  5. After you enable Smart Parenting, you can view the following options:

    • Restricted

      • Blocked Web Categories: Use this option to block access to the websites based on categories.
      • Blocked URLs: Use this option to block access to certain websites.
      • Blocked App categories: Use this option to block access to apps based on categories.

    • Allowed

      • Allowed URLs: Use this option to allow access to certain websites, even if the category is blocked.
      • Allowed Apps: Use this option to allow access to certain apps even if the category is blocked.

    • View Report on metaProtect website: Use this option to view all Smart Parenting reports
      Note: If you want to view the report on metaProtect website, you must register your account with it.

Restricted

This section provides you with the option of restricting access based on various parameters:

i. Blocked Web Categories

The Block Web Categories option provides you with the list of website categories blocked based on their appropriateness for children (below 18 years old).

You can modify the list of web categories blocked with below steps:

To block access to websites, follow these steps:

  1. Open Quick Heal app.

  2. On the Dashboard, navigate to Internet & app security > Smart Parenting.

  3. Enter the PIN.

  4. In the Restricted section, tap Blocked Web Categories.

    • To block a category, tap and select that category you want to block on the device. A block icon will be displayed for all the selected categories and these categories are now blocked.
    • To remove an already added category, tap the corresponding Block icon for that category. That category is now allowed to access.
    • Tap Restore to Default to select the default categories blocked.

ii. Blocked URLS

This option helps you block access to certain websites or URLs as required.

To configure access to specific websites or URLs, follow these steps:

  1. Open Quick Heal app.

  2. On the Dashboard, navigate to Internet & app security > Smart Parenting.

  3. Enter the PIN.

  4. In the Restricted section, tap Blocked URLs.

    • Enter the URL to block and tap Add. The URL is added and is blocked. The added URLs are displayed in the list.
    • To remove an added URL, tap the cross mark for that URL, the URL is removed from the block list.

iii. Blocked App Categories

This option helps you block apps based on categories such as Dating, Entertainment, and others as required.

To configure block access to specific apps based on categories, follow these steps:

  1. Open Quick Heal app

  2. On the Dashboard, navigate to Internet & app security > Smart Parenting.

  3. Enter the PIN.

  4. In the Restricted section, tap Blocked App Categories.

    • Select the App categories that you want to block. A block icon is displayed for each selected category. Add any categories as required. The added categories are displayed in the list.
    • To remove an app added to the list, tap the block icon. The block mark is removed for that category.
    • Tap Restore to Default to select the default app categories blocked.

Allowed

i.Allowed URLS

This option helps you allow certain URLs to open even it they are from the blocked categories.

For example, if you have blocked News category, yet you want to allow a certain URL to be accessed from that category, you can add that URL under the allowed URLs in the Allowed section.

To add a certain website URL to the Allowed list, follow these steps:

  1. Open Quick Heal app.

  2. On the Dashboard, navigate to Internet & app security > Smart Parenting.

  3. Enter the PIN.

  4. In the Allowed section, tap Allowed URLs.

    • Enter the URL to block and tap Add. The URL is added. The added URLs are displayed in the list.
    • To remove an added URL, tap the cross mark for that URL, the URL is removed from the Allowed list.

ii. Allowed Apps

This option helps you to allow certain apps to open even if they from the blocked categories.

For example, if you have blocked the FM Radio category, yet you want to allow a certain FM channel to be accessed from that category, you can add that app under the Allowed Apps in the Allowed section.

To add a certain website URL to the Allowed list, follow these steps:

  1. Open Quick Heal app.

  2. On the Dashboard, navigate to Internet & app security > Smart Parenting.

  3. Enter the PIN.

  4. In the Allowed section, tap Allowed Apps.

    • Enter the app to allow and tap Add an App. Select the app that you want to add and click Add. The added apps are displayed in the list.
    • To remove an added app, tap the cross mark for that app, the app is removed from the Allowed app list.

Selecting Browser for Smart Parenting

Select the browser that will be used to browse the Internet on your device. All the restriction applied using Smart Parenting will be valid for the selected browser.

Choose browser options based on the security requirement from the following:

i. Moderate Security

Use a standard Browser: Standard browsers such as Chrome, Mozilla etc. offer medium security and limited parental control where some fake websites may not get blocked.

ii. High Security

Use Quick Heal Browser: Quick Heal browser provides complete security, and complete parental control all harmful websites will be blocked by default.

To set a browser, follow these steps:

  1. Open Quick Heal app

  2. On the Dashboard, navigate to Internet & app security > Smart Parenting.

  3. Enter the PIN. The Smart Parenting panel is displayed.

  4. Tap the Setting icon on the upper right corner. You cannot access the Smart Parenting setting until you enable the Smart Parenting feature.

  5. In the Browser Preference section, select the option as required

    • For Moderate security select the Use a standard Browser option
    • For High security, select the option to Use Quick Heal browser.
      Note: All other browsers will be disabled if you select this option. If you use other browser apart from Quick Heal, then Smart Parenting block screen will be displayed on the browser.
    • To block Play Store access, select the option Block Play Store.

Viewing Report on metaProtect

You can view Smart Parenting reports on the metaProtect website by tapping icon on the lower panel of the screen.

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