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#1
Web Watcher
$97.00 
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Pros:
• highly effective
• very easy to use
• records MySpace usage
• remote web-based monitoring
• remote web-based configuration
• works with multiple computers
• 'alert word' functionality
• category-based web filtering abilities
• program blocking abilities
• completely undetectable
• excellent customer support
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Cons:
• no Macintosh support
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Review Summary:
Web Watcher is the only software available that allows you to configure and view recorded activity anywhere from a web browser, remotely and in real time. This is particularly useful if you want to monitor activity from a home computer while you are at work, a computer that you do not have constant access to, or want to catch someone 'in the act'. Web Watcher's centralized management system also makes it an ideal choice for managing and monitoring multiple computers.
Web Watcher operates completely invisibly. In stealth mode, we were unable to find any traces of Web Watcher. It will not appear in task manager, the services list, the start menu, or add-remove programs, not even the Windows registry.
Web Watcher has a unique feature within it's monitoring capabilities called 'Alert Words', (words that you have specified as being important) to automatically bring important monitored activity - which contain these words - to your attention. This is useful when you don't want to sort through every email, chat session, and keystoke recorded.
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#2
Spector Pro
$99.95
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Pros:
• great user interface
• records MySpace usage
• Macintosh support
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Cons:
• noticeable performance impact
• no remote monitoring
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Review Summary:
Spector Pro is an excellent monitoring solution with many recording features
and a very well designed user interface. The only downsides are that we
experienced a slight, but noticeable performance impact and there is no way
to monitor remotely.
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| #3
SpyAgent
$69.95
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Pros:
• many monitoring features
• program blocking capability
• scheduled monitoring capability
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Cons:
• difficult to use
• no web-based email recording
• no video slideshow ability
• cannot monitor email attachments
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Review Summary:
SpyAgent is a feature packed monitoring solution, but because of the many configuration options, and presentation of recorded data, may be more geared toward advanced users.
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| #4
PC Pandora
$49.95
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Pros:
• P2P monitoring
• scheduled monitoring capability
• web filtering capability
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Cons:
• no slideshow for screenshots
• no web-based email recording
• no keystroke formatting
• cannot monitor email attachments
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Review Summary:
PC Pandora is a great computer monitoring solution with some useful parental control functionality as well.
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| #5
Guardian Monitor
$39.95
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Pros:
• content based web history alerts
• easy to use
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Cons:
• minimum screenshot interval is too long
• no MySpace monitoring ability
• detectable in Windows Task Manager
• cannot monitor email attachments
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Review Summary:
Guardian Monitor is a good monitoring solution and is more geared for parental monitoring, however it lacks some features found in our higher ranked products.
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| #6
PC Tattletale
$49.95
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Pros:
• easy to use
• records executed applications
• 'web watch' for specific words
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Cons:
• only supports Internet Explorer
• no keystroke formatting
• cannot monitor email attachments
• 512MB RAM requirement
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Review Summary:
PC Tattletale is a good solution for computer monitoring if you don't expect the user of monitored computer to ever use a browser other than Internet Explorer.
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| #7
iAmBigBrother
$29.95
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Pros:
• Good AOL monitoring features
• remote monitoring capability (add-on service)
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Cons:
• minimum screen capture interval is too long
• only supports Internet Explorer
• must run a command to invoke
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Review Summary:
IamBigBrother would be a decent choice for basic monitoring of children's web activities. However it lacks many features found in higher ranked products.
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| #8
Surf Spy
$30.00
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Pros:
• inexpensive
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Cons:
• only monitors web sites visited
• lacks many important monitoring features
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Review Summary:
Surf Spy is very basic. It will only monitor web sites visited.
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