Are there other free content filters now that K9 Web Protection was acquired by Symantec?

[relztrah]

I have used K9 on the computers in our classroom but when I tried to install it on a separate laptop I see that K9 has been purchased by Symantec and of course Symantec wants me to start using their paid product. I only need a basic content filter for this laptop which will access the internet via a hotspot so there is no way to filter content with the router. I am looking for a software solution similar to K9 which runs in the background and ideally has settings allowing me to set filter levels. Although K9 was free, I am willing to pay for such a product, but I don't need "Norton Antivirus Plus (regularly $59.99) to K9 subscribers for only $39.99". Furthermore, last time I used Norton it slowed my system down to a crawl and this laptop is already an old clunker, limping along with Windows 7 and 4GB of RAM. I definitely don't need Norton slowing it down every further.

Any suggestions?

 

[plodr]

If you are concerned because you will be using a wifi hotspot, have you considered a VPN?
There are free and paid versions. Somewhere I have a list of who actually keeps no logs.

Also the Opera browser now has a free VPN included that you can turn on and off.
Enable and Use Free Built-in VPN in Opera browser

I've installed it on my android tablet to try and figure it out but haven't taken the tablet out of the house in awhile to test it. One of these days I'll get to it.

 

[relztrah]

Thanks plodr. I am not familiar with a VPN or how it would operate. I am primarily concerned with web content filtering, not so much privacy, because an employee is going to use this laptop at home with a hotspot, and I don't want this employee or a family member to be able to access inappropriate websites. The only person using the hotspot will be the employee and the only device that will connect to it is this one laptop. If the Opera browser with the built-in VPN will allow me to do this, I'll learn how to use it.

Thanks again for the reply.

 

[plodr]

No, once an employee takes a laptop home and others use it, a VPN, turned off and on by anyone using the device will not filter content.

an employee is going to use this laptop at home with a hotspot

I have no idea how you'd be able to control what that laptop does when it is not in your network.