A very lucky girl is getting a laptop for Christmas, so Windows 8 (or 8.1 if it makes any difference).
What’s my best bet for a) stopping her buggering it up with virus’ and so on, and b) keeping an eye on what she’s up to on the Internet, Facebook etc.
With BT we have McAfee Family Protection available, Windows seems to have something similar. Will either of these do the job?
From the keeping an eye point of view, we have spoken to her about some of the issues, and have had no cause so far not to trust her. To that end my preference at the moment is to have some sort of daily/weekly report of what websites she is visiting. If I set the laptop up myself as administrator and then a user account for her can I do this? Or do I need 3rd party software like the McAfee thing from BT? When she gets Facebook she’s been told that we have to have access to her account. Anything else to consider?
From the AV point of view, does Windows alone do a good enough job these days?
Cheers
TGA