| | |  | Senior Health and Fitness | Home » » Spector Pro 6.0 Internet Spy Software | | | | | | | Description: | | Spector Pro is the worldwide recognized leader in providing detailed information about what your child or employee is doing on the PC and on the Internet. This internet spy software has an advanced warning system that will inform you when a PC being monitored has been used in an inappropriate manner. This computer surveillance has become the gold standard in Internet monitoring software because of its ease of installation and use, and its comprehensive recording capabilities of just about every kind of Internet activity. With Spector Pro you will know who is using your PC, what they are doing online and ultimately take back control of your home or office computer. Advanced surveillance screen snapshot recording allows you to see not only what your children and employees do on the PC and Internet, but the EXACT order in which they do it, step by step. With the Screen Snapshot recorder, you will never doubt who is doing what on the computer because you will have the surveillance tape recordings to prove it. With the Chat/Instant Message recorder built into Spector Pro, chat conversations and instant messages are automatically recorded and saved for your later review. This network spy software is designed to record both sides of a conversation in AOL chat rooms, AOL Instant Messenger, Google Chat, MSN Messenger, Skype Chat and Yahoo Messenger. Is your child chatting with an adult stranger you're not comfortable with? Now, you can block that person from further talking with your child and protect them from predators. Spector Pro includes what many consider to be the BEST key logger available, saving keystrokes by application, by date and time. Spector Pro records your child's MySpace activity so you will know exactly what he/she is doing while on MySpace. The Top 10 summary report allows you to see days or weeks of recordings at a glance. | | | Features: | |
• Simple to install, discrete, and simple to use!
• Spector Pro features an advanced warning system.
• Advanced surveillance screen snapshot recording.
• Top 10 Summary Reports.
• Chat/Instant Message recorder.
| | | Product Details: | | | Package Length:
| 7.6 inches | | Package Width:
| 5.3 inches | | Package Height:
| 1.4 inches | | Package Weight:
| 0.15 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 41 reviews |
| | | System Requirements: | | | Platform:
| Windows NT / Windows 98 / Windows 2000 / Windows Me / Windows XP | | Media:
| CD-ROM | | Item Quantity:
| 1 |
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57 of 63 found the following review helpful:
 Nice features, easy to use, but...Dec 31, 2006
By Mastoo
Antispyware detects Spector Pro and announces that the computer is being monitored. Kind of defeats the purpose of its "stealth mode"
71 of 80 found the following review helpful:
 Amazing Software for Parents to Monitor their ChildrenJul 21, 2007
By Honest Software Guy
"Honest Software Guy"
We have tried at least five different software products over the past three years to monitor our children to make sure they are being safe online.
We tried NetNanny, but came to the conclusion that Internet filters provide a false sense of security.
We tried some of the cheaper monitoring products and found that they were easily detected by our children, or slowed down our computer too much, or just didn't provide much useful information.
A few months ago, we tried Spector Pro because we saw that it had been named the Editors Choice by PC Magazine.
We were blown away by two things: how easy Spector Pro was to use and by how much it let us know about what our children were doing.
Spector Pro shows you all their emails, chats, instant messages, web sites visited, keystrokes typed. It also gave us great detail about what they were doing on MySpace. (Our daughter had posted suggestive pictures of herself and was actively seeking dates from older boys, and she is only 13.)
Our 14 year old son was also seeking out numerous adult web sites that showed actual physical sex action.
We were able to see in step by step fashion what they were doing on these bad web sites, plus we could see everyone they were chatting with. We discovered an older man asking highly personal questions of our daughter, and we were able to block our daughter from conversing with him with the chat blocking features built into the program.
We were somewhat hesitant at the price of $99, but with the money back guarantee and with the fact that nothing else had worked very well for us, we were willing to take a chance.
It is the best money we ever spent, and we can recommend this product with no reservations to any parent with children aged 9 to 17 who are concerned about what they are doing on the Internet and who they are talking to.
Knowing what we now know, we would have paid $300 if necessary.
One final thing: unlike many Internet sites that give you no contact information, this company publishes its phone number in big, very bold letters on its home page, and they answer the phone 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. We tested them on three different occasions on weekends, late at night and during normal business hours and never waited more than two minutes. Plus, they are very friendly and bend over backwards to help you.
27 of 29 found the following review helpful:
 Worth It!!Dec 21, 2007
By Humarockron
For years it has been a struggle to control my two kids computer use.. yes, passwording the logon completely prevented use without my permisssion but once on my ability to monitor their activity was minimal at best...
Several weeks ago I found that my 14 yr old son had begun visiting inappropriate web sites... We had "the talk" but not surprisingly it didn't stick...
So after a fair amount of research I purchased Spector Pro... sure it's a little pricy but the results were spectacular... most importantly it eliminated the "trust question" inherent in parent/child agreements.. After two weeks of use I can honestly say I would have been thrilled with the results if it had cost $400!! At $100 it is a steal!!
Some comments on the product;
1) Make certain to turn off all anti-virus programs before begining installation! I ignored that instruction because well, I usually do and rarely have a problem. This time the program wouldn't work until I did an uninstall and reinstall.
2) While I'm not a geek, I am fairly knowledgeable but still found set-up of the remote monitoring feature to be complex and confusing. It took four tries and about an hour before I got it right. (if you are less stubborn than I a call to tech support would be in order)
3) The screen shot feature is great but lacks a speedy enough "fast forward" button; it can get pretty tedious if you have more than a couple of days of data to look through.
4) The scheduling feature is fabulous!! Your child can use the computer for homework but can only access the internet during the schedule you set. Perfect for working parents!!
While this product is pitched as a "monitoring tool" that misses the real value; it is an unemotional management tool that provides your child with a structured environment, it frees you and your child from daily negotiations over computer use and it eliminates (or at least limits) the parental worry about their child's internet use.
20 of 22 found the following review helpful:
mom of threeJan 09, 2007
By C. Rangel
We use this software to monitor our teenager's computer activity. This is a lifesaver especially for parents of difficult teens. The only negative that we have experienced with this software is that we are not always able to see both sides of instant message conversations. The people who answer the toll free number listed on the box are very nice and very helpful. I highly recommend this product.
11 of 11 found the following review helpful:
Do you have teenagers? You need this.Nov 28, 2007
By Carolyn Colt
This software works great. I had no problems installing or using it. I am able to monitor what my son does online & have found out many things that I would have never found out without Spector Pro. I am amazed at some of the stuff I see on these kids MySpace pages. Parents, you need this software to check on what your kids are doing & who their online friends are. It's a little pricey but well worth it.
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