Imagine the situation; Your child has
just been let loose on the internet for the first time. You can't
watch them 24/7 but you are extremely worried about what they may
accidentally uncover online. Or maybe your spouse has been acting
suspiciously, and you may think that knowing what they have been
sending in their emails or reading online may shed some light on the
answer. Or maybe your son is spending too much time locked in his
bedroom playing computer games, when he should be doing homework.
What do all of these scenarios have in common? They could be solved
with Computer Monitoring Software.
Computer Monitoring Software (formally
known as a keyloggers) are powerful applications used to monitor the
activity of the target computer when you are away. These applications
can be downloaded and installed in a matter of minutes, and once
installed will run completely silently and stealthily in the
background of the computer. These programs are usually so stealthy
that not even the most advanced computer user would have their
suspicions that they are being monitored. The software won't be seen
in the task manager, start menu, system tray, program files directory
or the add/remove programs list, and are usually installed deep
inside the windows directory, making them hard to uncover.
When you install Computer Monitoring
Software for the first time, you'll set a password and a secret key
combination (Control+Alt+K for example) that once entered will spring
the application into life. At this point you'll be able to configure
the settings and check the logs, to see what your fellow users have
been up to. Up to this time, everything that has happened since the
programs install will have been logged. You'll be able to view these
logs (sometimes referred to as reports) in organised tabs and lists,
making it easy to scan through and uncover the following:
- All websites visited (and the time/date)
- All applications and programs used (and the time/date)
- All files/documents opened, saved, moved or deleted (and the time/date)
- Anything copied and pasted
- Everything typed and the window/website it was typed in (including passwords/time/date)
- Anything printed (and the time/date)
As you can see the angles the software
will monitor from are comprehensive. In a snap you'll be able to see
what's been going on, and to make things even easier the software
will take screenshots periodically – or whenever a new window or
website is opened – and store it along with the time and date and
the name of the active window.
Most computer monitoring software
varies slightly on features, but the above will usually be standard.
Another great feature that's usually included is the ability to send
the logs/reports to you via email, meaning you won't have to risk
logging back into the actual computer, which means no chance of
getting caught!
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