September 4th, 2006 by
Zack Whittaker
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This page has been saved in the right hand pane. You can always access this page by selecting Report Abuse Desktop Client at the top right, underneath the Search bar.
The Report Abuse Desktop Client is an application written by myself and provided by MSBLOG enabling younger users of the Internet to report online abuse or suspicious activity of online predators. It’s a topic which no-one really wants to talk about because of the discomfort and the sickening of this sort of behaviour, but it’s being addressed in a number of different ways.
The Virtual Global Taskforce (VGT) is an online organisation set up and moderated by the world’s policing authorities from the USA, England, Australia and Interpol. It provides the ability for users who feel they are being targeted by online sexual predators to report information to make sure that the online community is safer. Already, Microsoft have incorporated the VGT as a tab in Windows Live Messenger, and they’ve shutdown the MSN Chatrooms but this isn’t enough for outside Microsoft and their products.
This tool sits in the system tray, and younger users between 5-18 can use this tool if they feel threatened or are aware of suspicious activity. Simply double-click the icon to bring up the VGT Report Abuse website.
Please digg this – I really want this tool to be available to everyone who wants it 🙂
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September 4th, 2006 by
Zack Whittaker
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Report Abuse Desktop Client
(released 21st Sept 2006 – version 2.0.440)
Download now – 
 Please uninstall/delete and disregard any previous build
(Alternative link if above doesn’t work – some router’s/firewall’s don’t like subdomains)
Compatible with: Windows 2000 Professional, All versions of Windows XP, Windows Server 2003 and Windows Vista (32-bit and 64-bit)
It’s free to mirror and distribute, and recommended for those who have a family computer or for families with children who use the Internet. It has an auto-update feature in it as well so it’ll still update easily.
Feel free to add our button – help expand the client usage and pin this to your website. Here’s the image, as well as the code to copy and paste in.
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Report Abuse Desktop Client is an application written by myself and provided by MSBLOG enabling younger users of the Internet to report online abuse or suspicious activity of online predators. It’s a topic which no-one really wants to talk about because of the discomfort and the sickening of this sort of behaviour, but it’s being addressed in a number of different ways.     Â
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The Virtual Global Taskforce (VGT) is an online organisation set up and moderated by the world’s policing authorities from the USA, England, Australia and Interpol. It provides the ability for users who feel they are being targeted by online sexual predators to report information to make sure that the online community is safer. Already, Microsoft have incorporated the VGT as a tab in Windows Live Messenger, and they’ve shutdown the MSN Chatrooms but this isn’t enough for outside Microsoft and their products.
This tool sits in the system tray, and younger users between 5-18 can use this tool if they feel threatened or are aware of suspicious activity. Simply double-click the icon to bring up the VGT Report Abuse website.
Please digg this – I really want this tool to be available to everyone who wants it 🙂
If you want to leave a comment, feel free to do so here. Feedback much appreciated!
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September 4th, 2006 at 5:06 pm
OMG nice program Zack…Way to go!
September 4th, 2006 at 5:20 pm
Thanks dude 🙂 really want kids to be safe online, this is my way 🙂
September 4th, 2006 at 5:56 pm
Zack, I click your Digg link and it takes me to a section where I can post a new story, not a section where I can increase hits on yours…
September 4th, 2006 at 7:18 pm
It Prob has not been dug yet…you could submit the story 🙂
September 4th, 2006 at 7:46 pm
Oy, me and writting have never gone that well, if I submit the story there will be so many spelling and grammar errors that it’d get laughed to the last page.
September 4th, 2006 at 8:15 pm
Sounds great for the youngsters! And I made a digg post for you. 🙂
http://digg.com/software/Report_Abuse_Desktop_Client
September 5th, 2006 at 3:28 am
Great Idea Zack :), downloading now
September 5th, 2006 at 6:09 am
If anyone wants to mirror this on their site, as long as they put a link back to this page or http://www.msblog.org/report-abuse-desktop-client/ then I don’t mind 🙂 help spread the word!
September 5th, 2006 at 10:27 pm
[…] extended information: the MSBLOG post Filed under: abluefeeling | […]
September 6th, 2006 at 12:43 am
Cool man…Guyz, your application is now on thehotfix.net….Lol!!
September 7th, 2006 at 5:01 am
[…] Source: MSBLOG […]
September 7th, 2006 at 11:11 am
Hi,
How do you uninstall this? I can’t find it anywhere in “Add/Remove Programs”…
Thanks!
September 7th, 2006 at 1:12 pm
I know, I’m working on it. Close the application, delete the icon in the Startup menu and delete it from the Program Files folder – that’s it, simple as that. There’s no registry keys or anything – after that, it’ll be completely gone.
September 7th, 2006 at 4:44 pm
Oh, ok – I just wasn’t sure if the application used the registry or not. Thanks!
September 7th, 2006 at 7:26 pm
[…] It’s free to mirror and distribute, and recommended for those who have a family computer or for families with children who use the Internet. It has an auto-update feature in it as well so it’ll still update easily. The Report Abuse Desktop Client is an application written by myself and provided by MSBLOG enabling younger users of the Internet to report online abuse or suspicious activity of online predators. It’s a topic which no-one really wants to talk about because of the discomfort and the sickening of this sort of behaviour, but it’s being addressed in a number of different ways. […]