Many PC users running one of Windows often need programs that monitor your computer.
Such people most often are bosses at various levels, who subordinate from several people to several dozen and even hundreds of employees working mainly in offices and stores, jealous husbands or wives (girls or boys), and parents of children.
In the modern world, it is quite difficult to monitor what a person does on the Internet on a smartphone, but it is much easier to monitor a user’s actions on a PC that is accessed by several people.
Let's look at seven applications that will help collect data about the user's activity on a computer running .
We do not compile a top list, do not evaluate applications and choose the best, but only invite you to familiarize yourself with the current spies, which are regularly updated and supported.
For your information! Spying on someone’s actions on a computer is an interference in a person’s personal life, so you shouldn’t do it unless absolutely necessary, and if you decide to take such a step, be sure to notify everyone you follow about it.
LightLogger
The application is developed by one person and is updated regularly. Great for home use.
By home we mean monitoring the activity of family members or acquaintances who may come to visit, so that something can be done from your computer do it on the Internet.
LightLogger's capabilities include all the classic spy features. It allows you to monitor keystrokes on the keyboard and display data for each program, which will show what messages a person entered in which application, and display all his passwords and logins.
Web monitoring records the history of visiting sites with the time spent on the page.
Invisible
An important advantage of an elite spy is absolute secrecy. Not only does it not create shortcuts and not appear in the taskbar and tray, but it also hides its process from the Task Manager and does not even place the shortcut in the list of frequently launched ones.
Due to the daily update of the program core, it is invisible to all antiviruses and anti-keyloggers.
Keystroke recording
Keylogger monitors every keystroke on your keyboard and every click on your mouse.
With these functions, while remaining in the shadows, the utility will intercept all typed messages, email texts, electronic documents, will collect everything search queries and login details accounts various Internet pages.
The program code is based on the use of Low-level driver assembler, which starts before the graphic Windows shell, which makes it possible to find out the password for the account.
Getting browser history
No popular Internet browser will hide the navigation history from view. It’s easy to track the Internet activity of children and employees with a time stamp (when they visited the site, how much time they spent).
Recording chats
As for instant messengers, Elite Keylogger records messages from each program (ICQ clients, ) and mail agents in order to provide you with information about who is being corresponded with and through what on your computer.
Remote monitoring
After collecting data, reports can be sent to the specified email or an FTP server, making it possible to get acquainted with the actions of subordinates, a wife or a child, while being far from the computer where the keylogger works. So, relatives will be more careful, and employees will spend less time playing or playing games.
Ways to receive reports
The received information can be stored on the computer’s hard drive, sent by email or FTP, sent via and even secretly copied to a connected or. The size of logs is not limited.
Other options
The developers did not refuse screenshots, recording all running applications over time, their activity and work in background. Elite Keylogger's clipboard is also monitored.
Among those considered and similar programs it's hard to choose a clear leader. The functionality of most tracking utilities is similar; only a few developers try to bribe the client with the presence of unique functions, increased program secrecy, design and work with reports.
AeroAdmin – is a small application working without installation or configuration. It is launched on local admin and remote client computer and is ready to work, out of the box.
(!) AeroAdmin - remote desktop software that allows you to connect to computers over the Internet or in a LAN from any place and see who is doing what at any moment.
Aside from employee monitoring, the software provides full control to remote computers, including mouse and keyboard control, file transfer etc. You can work with a distant computer as if you were sitting in front of it.
Why AeroAdmin?
FREE for home and business use zero-configuration application
You can be in touch with your employees at any time
Your staff become more responsible at work, as they know they are monitored
You can collaborate interactively
How to configure AeroAdmin for remote employee monitoring?
On employee computer (client):
1. and run AeroAdmin
2. Choose Connection ⇒ Access rights in main menu
3. - Click add in access rights window
4. Type in "ANY" into "ID" and "Name or description" fields. Setup password (you will use it to connect this employee computer). Click Ok.
5. Run AeroAdmin as Windows Service in main menu Connection ⇒ Service.
Configuration of employee computer is finished. You can close AeroAdmin.
On your (operator) computer:
1. and run AeroAdmin
2. Input ID of the computer you want to monitor, as shown on the picture below
3. Choose necessary connection mode, ex "View only"
In our library of detection and neutralization examples spyware Quite a lot of articles have already accumulated, and we decided to classify this material.
The classification is based on the subjective assessment of technical specialists from our test laboratory. Since we plan to continue testing popular spyware, we believe that this classification will help users of the COVERT disguiser and visitors to our website better understand the place of each spyware in the mosaic of modern threats.
We give each spy three ratings:
The first is design and functionality.. The higher the score, the more opportunities the program provides for data theft and user tracking.
The second is secrecy within the system. How difficult can it be to detect on a computer. The higher the score, the better program hides himself.
Third - evaluates the spy’s protection from anti-spyware and the difficulty of neutralizing it. The higher the score, the more diligently the program clings to its existence on the computer and the more steps need to be taken to achieve it. complete removal. Some programs cannot be removed by simply erasing the file folder from the disk.
— RLM: 5 / 5 / 4
VkurSe spy for secretly monitoring all user actions on the computer and sending the collected data to a special server. Provides the ability to covertly monitor a computer online, create screenshots, intercept keyboard input, clipboard, and much more.
— RLM: 1 / 1 / 0
Windows Spy Keylogger is a fairly classic example of a keylogger - it takes all input from the keyboard and saves it in log files. It has an invisible mode, consumes virtually no operating system resources, is easy to install and can be installed on a computer without administrator rights.
— RLM: 3 / 6 / 1
Spytector works secretly on your computer, saving passwords entered in browsers and instant messengers Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Opera, FireFox, Safari, Outlook, GoogleTalk, Windows Live Messenger and other applications. Keylogger can intercept entire chats in popular messengers- MSN Messenger, Yahoo Messenger, ICQ, AIM. Spytector Keylogger encrypts the intercepted information and sends it via email or FTP server.
— RLM: 8 / 3 / 2
JETLOGGER allows you to monitor user activity at the computer, collects information about running programs ah, sites visited and key combinations used, structures the received data and displays them in the form of charts and graphs. Can be enabled automatic creation screenshots at certain intervals. Hides the fact that information about activity on the device is collected.
— RLM: 4 / 0 / 1
Yaware.TimeTracker is a system for recording working hours and assessing the efficiency of employees at the computer.
— RLM: 5 / 2 / 3
Award Keylogger is a fairly popular spyware program that is described on many sites as a powerful real-time tracking tool with rich functionality. But we were not able to see all the listed functionality, although we tested the latest fully functional version. The program turned out to be not much better than the average spy.
— RLM: 5 / 0 / 0
Real Spy Monitor is designed to monitor activity on a computer and allows you to save information about launched programs, opened files and windows, take screenshots, monitor which sites users visit, intercept and save keyboard input.
— RLM: 5 / 1 / 1
LightLogger has a fairly standard set of functions: it tracks visited websites, takes screenshots at a given frequency, intercepts keyboard input in applications, browsers and email, remembers all running programs, and copies the contents of the system buffer.
— RLM: 7 / 1 / 0
REFOG Personal Monitor will provide full control over the system, recording any keystrokes in a log. In addition, he periodically takes screenshots so that the observer has a complete picture of what is happening on the computer. All reports are sent to the specified email. The spy's work is invisible on the computer: it does not reveal itself in any way and consumes very few system resources.
— RLM: 5 / 3 / 3
TheRat can be installed on a computer using social engineering. In addition to traditional keylogger functions, the program can monitor actions in application windows and respond to words, as well as take screenshots of the screen every time you press the Enter key. A special feature of the keylogger is that it works on the principle of incorporeal viruses.
— RLM: 6 / 2 / 1
Snitch collects data about user activity and transmits it to its server, from which it is sent to the control module and displayed in its interface.
— RLM: 2 / 0 / 0
Hide Trace is a typical screenshotter that monitors user actions, creating a detailed report. open windows by taking screenshots.
— RLM: 6 / 8 / 6
WebWatcher records all activity occurring on the PC: emails, instant messenger messages, information about visited sites, activity on Facebook/MySpace networks and everything that the user types in real time. Takes screenshots and tracks all search queries. All collected information is sent to special servers, where the observer can view the results of surveillance remotely.
— RLM: 6 / 0 / 2
DameWare Mini Remote Control Server allows you to connect and control remote machines via the Internet or local network. Can secretly, unnoticed by the observed, control all his actions.
— RLM: 7 / 2 / 2
Kickidler - The program has good functionality, but is easy to detect and remove. There is a function for blocking entry into the COVERT secure platform, which can easily be bypassed using a masker.
— RLM: 3 / 1 / 0
Total Spy - the interface is extremely simple, the program is small in size and does not affect system performance. But the functionality in the program is only basic.
— RLM: 7 / 8 / 5
PC Pandora— hides in the system and controls the entire computer and Internet traffic. Takes screenshots, receives keyboard input, actions on visited websites, email, instant messengers and collects much other information about the user’s work. The program does not have a folder in which it stores its data. Everything is loaded into operating system, and each new installation to the same or another computer will be made with new file names.
— RLM: 5 / 7 / 4
Micro Keylogger- a well-hidden spyware that is not visible in the Start menu, taskbar, control panel-programs, process list, list launch Msconfig and in other places on the computer where it is possible to monitor running applications. It shows no signs of presence and does not affect system performance; it secretly sends a report to email or an FTP server. Its activity is carried out through DLLs.
— RLM: 4 / 0 / 0
Expert Home- a multifunctional program for covert surveillance and detailed recording of all actions performed on a computer with a remote tracking function, which allows you to view reports and screenshots anywhere, from any device, as long as you have Internet access.
— RLM: 7/ 0 / 0
Monitors a remote computer in real time, takes pictures of the user from the computer’s webcam, records sounds in the room where the computer is installed, views file system, remotely downloads files, views and deletes system processes, and other functions standard for spyware.
— RLM: 5 / 1 / 1
System Surveillance Pro provides everything you need to monitor your PC in stealth mode. The utility records text input, instant messages, applications used and sites visited, and also takes screenshots at a specified time interval or by event.
RLM: 3 / 0 / 0
KidLogger PRO, this is a keylogger with open source code, which can record sound from a microphone and take screenshots. Delivery of logs/screenshots is possible by email or to the manufacturer’s website, where they can already be viewed. It can also simply store logs with screenshots locally.
— RLM: 7 / 0 / 0
Remote Manipulator System - remote monitoring and control, allows you to connect to remote computer and control it as if you were sitting directly in front of its screen.
— RLM: 6 / 2 / 1
NeoSpy spy is a computer tracking program that allows you to conduct hidden monitoring of the system. Tracks all actions performed by users on the monitor screen via the Internet from a computer, smartphone and tablet.
— RLM: 6/5/3
SoftActivity Keylogger tracks and records all user actions on the computer.
It works secretly and unnoticed even by savvy users; not a single process in the task manager, no files can be seen in the system.
The configuration utility and uninstallation option are password protected.
— RLM: 4 / 1 / 0
Snooper is an audio spy designed to record sounds that are picked up by a microphone connected to the computer; in recording mode it is not displayed in the tray, and is not visible in the list of processes in the manager Windows tasks. As long as the microphone does not detect sounds, the spy remains in sleep mode.
— RLM 5/0/0
The Best KeyLogger is a program that allows you to always have full control over your computer.
The program allows you to read the entire history of actions on your computer in your absence.
With this program, you can view chat logs, as well as mail, and see which sites the user has visited.
— RLM: 5 / 1 / 1
SpyAgent is a program for complete control over user actions. Monitors system performance, including recording keystrokes, programs launched, files opened, and much more. Allows you to record all online activity - FTP, HTTP, POP3, Chat and other TCP/UDP communications, including visited websites. Takes screenshots, sends collected data to specified e-mail, I have an opportunity remote control program.
— RLM: 6 / 2 / 0
Ardamax Keylogger - takes screenshots, intercepts clipboards and keystrokes on the keyboard. Spy has a hidden mode and is not visible in the task manager. The program creates a log of all actions for subsequent analysis.
— RLM: 8 / 1 / 0
Spyrix Personal Monitor allows you to conduct hidden control over any activity on your computer - in in social networks(VKontakte, Odnoklassniki, Facebook, etc.), chatting and e-mail, visiting websites and making inquiries search engines(Yandex, Google). Spyrix Personal Monitor is designed for centralized monitoring of all user activities.
— RLM: 2 / 6 / 6
All In One Keylogger logs all keystrokes, including language specific characters, conversations and conversation messages, passwords, email, clipboard information, microphone sounds, screenshots, Internet activities. The spyware does not appear in running processes.
— RLM: 8 / 6 / 7
Mipko Personal Monitor - monitors activity on your computer, monitors which sites are visited on the Internet, saves HDD all user actions - keys pressed, sites visited, application launches, screenshots. Not visible when working in hidden mode standard means system and does not appear in the list of processes. It works absolutely unnoticed, like an invisible person, works well with antiviruses and remains undetected in 95% of cases.
— RLM: 3 / 1 / 0
Free Keylogger Remote is capable of intercepting keystrokes and copied text from any application. It can also record the names of running applications, visited websites, and take screenshots after a specified period of time. The spy operates in invisible mode and cannot be accessed. There is a function for remote monitoring and sending daily reports by email.
— RLM: 7 / 1 / 0
SpyGo - software package for hidden monitoring and tracking of user activity on the computer. It is controlled remotely and allows for real-time monitoring. It works in stealth mode and remains invisible during monitoring.
— RLM: 3 / 1 / 0
The hidden agent Actual Spy is capable of monitoring all events occurring in the system: intercepting all keystrokes, detecting case and Russian layout, taking screenshots (screenshots), remembering the launch and closing of programs, monitoring the contents of the clipboard, recording Internet connections, register visited sites and much more.
— RLM: 5 / 1 / 1
Elite Keylogger is designed to secretly monitor all types of user activity. The keylogger's capabilities include tracking all types of correspondence from ICQ to e-mail, websites visited by users, passwords typed and programs used. The spy generates snapshots of the user's desktop screen. Can send a report on user activities to email after a certain fixed period of time.
— RLM: 6 / 0 / 2
Using the Power Spy utility, you can take screenshots from the screen at certain intervals, record keyboard strokes, and Internet pages visited. You can also view email messages that you have read using Microsoft Outlook and Microsoft Outlook Express and documents opened in Word and Notepad. The program, based on the specified parameters, sends a report by E-mail or writes it to a hidden log file.
— RLM: 6 / 5 / 5
The STAKH@NOVETS software package is designed to monitor computer network enterprises. It provides complete information about each employee. Surveillance of company personnel can be carried out in a completely hidden mode.
— RLM: 6 / 0 / 3
StaffCop monitors running programs, applications and websites on work PCs. Intercepts messages in ICQ, Skype, e-mail and other instant messengers. Takes screenshots of the monitor screen, records keystrokes and much more that is part of the concept of “computer control”.
(KGB) - RLM: 7 / 1 / 0
KGB SPY is one of the most popular programs designed to spy on users personal computers. It intercepts and stores a detailed log of user actions on the hard drive, takes screenshots, records software launches, etc.
— RLM: 1 / 1 / 0
Punto Switcher, designed to change keyboard layouts in automatic mode on the computer. At the same time, it can be used as a keylogger if you make certain settings changes.
