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PC Tattletale
Price: $49.95
System Requirements: Windows 95/ 98SE/2K/XP/2K3 (Sorry, no Mac version), 500 Mhz Equivalent or higher processor, 256MB RAM or higher, 28.8k (or faster) Internet Connection, 60 MB free hard drive space
This program purports to record emails, keyboard activity, websites visited, chats, and programs run. It will record screenshots at an interval set by the administrator. It will also filter websites based on keywords or URL's that you enter. User will get a 404 error if he attempts to access filtered websites. Emails will be forwarded to an administrator's address. It requires an administrative password to access its control panel. It will run in "stealth" mode with no icons, the program interface accessed by a ctrl+alt+f5 key combination.
Likes: The price is friendly. It is undetectable via Task Manager. Screenshots, keystrokes, programs, visited websites were recorded faithfully. If you only want recording of activities, it does well at that.
Dislikes: The program has its quirks. Emails were not captured. Tech support online suggests that this is not unusual, it can be fixed by program upgrades. A publishing deadline did not allow the resolving of the problem. Program seemed oblivious to keyword blocking, a web address (yahoo.com) set as blocked resulted in the site flashing up briefly, then a redirection to msn.com! Documentation says that a 404 should have occurred. A "blocked" web address went unblocked when accessed via Firefox.
Overall: * * * 1/2 out of five
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