Excluding PC Tattletale From Security Sofware Scans:

As anti-spyware software manufacturers become more aggressive in listing different types of software in order to have "the largest & most comprehensive database," all Parental control and Internet monitoring programs regardless of manufacturer will at some point probably be listed.

However, we have spoken with many of the top anti-spyware manufacturers and many have granted us an exclusion from their databases because we are geared towards protecting children, rather than invading spousal or employee privacy.

Therefore, as new anti-spyware programs come to the market we are very proactive about requesting exclusion from their databases.

Unfortunately, some anti-spyware and/or antivirus manufacturers are more interested in their corporate profits then helping you protect your children; so what can you do to ensure that PC tattletale goes undetected on your child's computer?

  1. The first step is to determine what spyware detector and or antivirus software is installed on your child's PC.

  2. Next, with PC tattletale running in the background, go ahead and do a scan with the spyware detector or antivirus software installed on that machine.

  3. IF PC tattletale is detected, the anti-spyware/antivirus product should give you the opportunity to "EXCLUDE" PC tattletale software from future scans, meaning that the next time your child runs their anti-spyware/antivirus software PC tattletale will be ignored by that software.

  4. Should your child's anti-spyware/antivirus software detect PC tattletale and allow you to mark it for exclusion from future scans -- make sure that you exclude PC tattletale from BOTH "real-time" and "background" alerts and scans.

If you're not sure how to do an "exclusion", it's well worth your time to take a few minutes and check the help file of the antispam/antivirus software.

Below are simple Video Tutorial for excluding your copy of PC Tattletale from anti-spyware / virus detection software titles.

AntiVirus Software Exclusion Videos:


All Symantec & Norton AntiVirus products

Length: Various

McAfee Internet Security & Antivirus products

Length 3:20

Trend Micro PC-Cillin Antivirus

Length N/A

Zone Alarm Internet Security

Length 1:24

AVG Internet Security 8.0 new

 Length 2:28

ESET NOD32 Internet Security new

 Length 2:46

Anti-Spyware / Firewall Software Exclusion Videos:


Webroot Spysweeper

Length 1:20

Webroot SpySweeper 2008

Length 2:57

PC Tools Spyware Doctor 5 (2008 edition)

Length 1:07

PC Tools Spyware Doctor (all versions before 2008)

Length 1:07

Counter Spy Antispyware

Length 4:46

AVG AntiSpyware

Length 1:05

Avast AntiSpyware Home Edition

Length 2:09

Outpost Firewall & Anti-Spyware

Length 2:21

AOL Firewall

Length 2:37