Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Webwatcher Review 5 Facts you Should Know About Webwatcher

If you are thinking of trialing webwatcher but are unsure whether webwatcher is the right tool for you then one of the best ways to truly evaluate it is to do a comparison with other competing products using something like the following set of guidelines as the rule. This way you can evaluate webwatcher on evidence and facts and not some over hyped review which is getting all too common online these days. So what are these guidelines and what should you really be looking for 1. Monitoring / Recording Good monitoring tools should monitor all email sent / received both local and web based, email attachments, all instant chat messengers, keystrokes, passwords entered, p2p downloading, web searches, web sites visited and yes webwatcher does have all this capability. 2. Filtering Really good monitoring tools dont just filter websites based on the website address entered but also based on a category you define or danger keywords you enter. The better ones will also block programs you define from being even launched on your computer - Yes webwatcher has all these features too and to see how it actually performed click here 3. Data Management Another important feature of good monitoring software is how the data is managed and presented. Some tools only offer the ability to manage the data on the computer you are monitoring whereas others tools offer you the ability to remotely monitor this data in real time via secure means anywhere in the world webwatcher is the market leader in this area and is the only true real-time monitoring tool currently on the market - others try to offer this as an add on tool with monthly billing but their offering is limited. 4. Stealth Option Many monitoring tools will offer you the option during install to run in what is referred to as stealth mode which essentially means that it is completed invisible to the user but in truth some can still be accessed and shut down from the Task Manager kids these days are tech savvy so be sure that if a tool offers this option that it is indeed 100% invisible on the task manager and even in the registry. Webwatchers stealth mode does offer this security. 5. Screen Capture An often times over looked feature of monitoring software yet the difference between what products offer on this could save you hours of trawling through information. Many tools offer this option but the problem is - its an all or nothing feature as in you screen capture all computer activity or none at all. Now the better tools will automate the screen capturing process based on "danger keywords" you define so you wont waste hours wading through unwanted data and even offer the ability to view this data via slide show much like the pause / rewind / forward options in a dvd player - a real time saver indeed. There you have it - this is just a general list and should help you identify the correct tool to use.

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