Why Monitoring Software?

The Internet can be one of our best resources, providing a plethora of information and media to our homes and offices. However, it can also be a formidable adversary—potentially exposing our children to undesirable content and making our home and business computers vulnerable to viruses and spyware that come attached to emails and downloads. The internet can also be an endless distraction and a cause for kids ignoring homework and employees neglecting their jobs.

Monitoring software will track most computer activities including:

• Chat - keep a tab on your children's interactions in chat rooms and protect them from predators that reside in chat rooms
• Inbound and outbound emails - ensure that your family and employees are not receiving emails with harmful downloads
• Web surfing - monitor the webpages that your employees and children have visited.
• Downloads - you can track any downloads that have been made with your computer, including Peer-to-Peer and file transfers.
• Keystroke - keystroke recording features log and track all of the keystrokes so you can monitor all of the information imputed through the keyboard.

Monitor your computer openly, allowing the user to know they are being monitored, or undetected, in stealth mode.

In this site, you'll find articles about monitoring and harmful Internet content, news stories and comprehensive reviews on monitoring software that will help you make an informed decision on which Monitoring Software fits your needs. At TopTenREVIEWS We Do the Research So You Don't Have To.™

What to Look for in Monitoring Software

With technology changing at a rapid pace, it is difficult to know which monitoring software is best and what should be sought when purchasing software. Below are the criteria TopTenREVIEWS used to evaluate Internet service providers.

Feature Set
The monitoring software should offer all of the features needed to monitor your computer's activity and monitor chat, email, instant messaging downloads, webpages and keystrokes. The software should provide a stealth mode and various scheduling and reporting features.

Ease of Use
The product should be easy to install, easy to setup and easy to use.

Easy of Installation/Setup
The program should be easy to install and setup without errors or a number of unnecessary steps so anyone could successfully install and run the program regardless of their computer literacy.

Monitoring Effectiveness
The monitoring software should allow you to identify all activity that is occurring on your computer, by whom, and when.

Help Documentation
The software should offer ample help in the form of telephone and email support, knowledge bases or FAQs.

With the correct monitoring software implemented, you can be sure that you are getting the full picture of the activity occurring on your computer. To read about the #1-rated product, Spector Pro, click here.