Friday, July 16, 2010

Computer activity monitoring


Often, when you buy a computer, you fear it is being misused. Sometimes, kids use it to play games, at other times your adolescent kid or even your spouse can use it to view adult content. Thus unknowingly, they increase the chances of virus and trojans. Thus many people are now opting for computer activity monitoring.

Through Chronoger or Swiss army knife software, you can check the number of received and sent mails, the list of sites checked in your absence and the duration for which your computer was used. These monitoring software work in stealth mode and are obviously not apparent to computer users. Even professionals won’t get a buzz about getting monitored if they do not make specific checks.

It is quite legal as you are the owner of your computer and are entitled to download any software you like. Anyways, keep your personal files well secure and out of reach of general users. Encourage others to use a different user account and not your personalized account. However, to start monitoring, you need to physically access the computer.

Activity monitoring keeps your computer safe as any damage can be restored quickly. Just keep your ethics in mind while stealthily checking others’ activity on the net.

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