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Cyber Bullying - How Can we Keep Our Children From Becoming Victims?

2010-10-07T09:32:00.000-05:00

Cyber bullying can be extremely dangerous and has now lead to many children to grow to be so affected that they ultimately committed suicide. They may be quite often referred to as bullycide victims. Is your child a victim of internet cyber bullying?

Remember when we were kids and how the schoolyard or neighborhood bully would make life miserable for some poor kid who he targeted for his daily amusement? Things sure have changed with the development of the internet. The Internet bully has arrived and is rapidly becoming a major problem and risk for our kids.

This type of harassment can take many forms. It is usually perpetrated by a child of similar age to your own. It could be one of their peers that they know from school or a neighbor. However it can also be an adult who is looking to do harm to your child.

There are many forums and chat rooms our kids love to frequent on the internet. Places like Facebook and MySpace are very popular with our teenagers. It turns out that according to surveys these types of sites are the main sources of cyber bullying.

Your teenager could be talking in a forum with other friends and all of a sudden the individual starts harassing your teenager and making comments to embarrass and humiliate them in front of their friends and peers. They may make false allegations and claims to discredit your kid.

Many times the cyber bully may log into a site using a false identity, the identity of your child, and make statements or actions that others think your teenager is responsible for.

This person can also post images of your child they may have gained access to through friends or previous physical encounters with your child. Kids will be kids and sometimes pictures are taken without concern that they may be seen out of context.

Of course with graphic programs like Photoshop the cyber bully could easily fake a picture using the head of your child and the body of another individual to compose a picture image that could be extremely embarrassing and harmful. It is very easy to do with these powerful image editing programs.

It has been shown through surveying youth that a third of our children fall victim of cyber bullying. Many times parents are totally unaware because the surveys also show that 41% never tell anyone like parents or friends when they go off the internet. They are more likely to confide with another friend on the internet.

How do we know if they are victims of this type of abuse? If your kid is being constantly attacked by a bully while online they could easily become one of the many victims that become so depressed that they may consider or actually commit suicide. If they do not tell us how can we help them?

There are software programs that will allow us to monitor what is going on when our children are online. With the use of these programs you can, without your child ever knowing, make sure they are not falling victim to internet cyber bullying or any of the other various dangers present on the net.

eBlaster Mobile - BlackBerry Spy Software

2010-10-05T12:14:00.003-05:00

SpectorSoft is proud to extend its award-winning eBlaster Blackberry spy software to mobile smartphones. Today, the company is launching eBlaster Mobile for BlackBerry.

eBlaster Mobile installs on any BlackBerry owned by you or your company. The software captures both sides of email conversations, both sides of text messages (in a conversation/thread format), and keeps a log of every call placed and received. It emails all of this information to you in a concise Activity Report, as often as you like.

For Business Owners: Although corporate email and PIN messages are typically archived on a secure server, personal e-mail messages (including @aol, @gmail, @hotmail and @yahoo) are not. This represents a critical security gap for IT departments — because it’s virtually impossible to detect or prove instances of data theft, abuse, or policy violations when employees send confidential or sensitive information in personal e-mail and text messages from their BlackBerry.

For Parents: Staying ahead of a child’s online communications is challenging, which is why software products like Spector Pro and eBlaster are widely used by parents and law enforcement agencies worldwide – and recently earned 2010 Mom’s Choice Awards and the National Parenting Seal of Approval. But when a child carries an internet-enabled smartphone, it’s impossible to know if they’re getting carried away in text and email, or making mistakes that could jeopardize their well-being and safety. As parents, reviewing the monthly statement will reveal who and how much they’ve been calling or texting, but not what’s being typed in text and email messages.

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As Chatroulette Expands, Parents can Rest Easy with Spector Pro and eBlaster

2010-10-05T12:02:00.001-05:00

As an update to our recent warning about the dangers of Chatroulette, the site just launched two features called Localroulette and Channelroulette, designed to bring strangers closer together.

If you’re not familiar with Chatroulette, this “web cam-based” website connects users with a random stranger — at which point they can decide to chat on camera and in a text window, or hit the “next” button to reveal another stranger. In May 2010, the site boasted 1.3 million visitors – 89% of whom are male and criticized for exposing themselves sexually on camera to strangers, including kids who log on for fun.

SpectorSoft Blocks All Chatroulette Websites — Even Personalized Ones

With Spector Pro or eBlaster installed, if kids do choose to play this dangerous game, you’ll be alerted and given the opportunity to cut off potential predators before they enter your kid’s world. Both products feature built-in website “blocking” capabilities to quickly block access to websites you determine to be inappropriate, as well as people they shouldn’t be chatting with.

Although this may sound daunting for parents to do anything about, if you’re a Spector Pro or eBlaster customer, you can rest easy.

Porn at Work? Not on Spector 360’s Watch!

2009-03-05T12:30:00.001-05:00

Because Spector 360 records EVERYTHING, nobody gets away with ANYTHING, especially viewing adult content in the workplace. Read the intriguing article “Porn at Work? Not on Spector 360’s Watch!” – as well as many other items of workplace productivity and efficiency interest -- in SpectorSoft’s newest customer newsletter, inView: Click Here to Open

SpectorSoft Products Stand Out in Law Enforcement Community

2009-03-05T12:29:00.001-05:00

SpectorSoft is a trusted name “behind the scenes” in law enforcement because of Spector Pro and eBlaster’s unmatched stealth and ability to record everything that happens on a PC and over the Internet … features that are highly prized by officials involved in work with parolees and probationers.

SpectorSoft’s most recent visible involvement with the law enforcement community came when it exhibited at the National Law Center Protects Conference in Orlando, FL. See the video at: http://www.vimeo.com/3298641

Tech That Combats Employee Fraud

2009-03-03T15:03:00.002-05:00

Tech That Combats Employee Fraud

Tools that monitor Web use and computer keystrokes can help companies cut down on worker malfeasance but can't catch every would-be crook

By Rachael King

Thomas Vanderbilt Communications employees like to kid each other that they're being watched by Big Brother. But the software used by their employer to monitor their computer use is no joke. The Atlanta marketing and advertising company makes no secret that it's keeping tabs on every Web site they visit, every keystroke they tap, every instant message they send—even the contents of the messages on their personal Hotmail or Gmail accounts. "I don't feel like I'm spying on my employees," says Thomas Vanderbilt, president and chief creative officer of the firm, whose past and current clients include high-profile brands such as Coca-Cola (KO) and Starbucks (SBUX).

Vanderbilt signs confidentiality agreements with his clients and needs to be sure that contractors and young twentysomething employees aren't sharing, say, images from celebrity ad photo shoots or other closely held information. The software, made by SpectorSoft, proved especially valuable when it sniffed out dummy expense reports being created by a new accounts payable clerk.

Instances of fraud rise during recessions as employees become financially desperate or disgruntled—or both, experts say. That fraud can range from abusing expense accounts to skimming and check tampering. For example, nearly two-thirds of 1,280 executives said they expect accounting fraud perpetrated by both employees and executives to increase during the next two years, according to a Deloitte survey released in January.

Hard Times Bring More Fraud

Besides financial fraud, companies find less insidious but still costly forms of abuse such as employees spending long, production-sapping stretches on Facebook or YouTube (GOOG).
To help avoid cases of worker fraud, companies are increasingly using monitoring and tracking software. "Employee fraud definitely increases in economic hard times," says Frank McKenna, co-founder and chief fraud strategist of BasePoint Analytics, a firm that offers fraud consulting and software for banks, mortgage lenders, and credit-card companies. The primary reason is that employees no longer have access to credit or the ability to continue a certain lifestyle and a desperate few will resort to wrongdoing. Also, employees tend to feel less loyal to companies as they watch layoffs happen. In some cases, layoffs can actually remove people who served as watchdogs against abuse by their colleagues.

At one Fortune 500 company in the medical industry, a woman claimed to have cancer and said she was taking sick days for her treatments. Turns out that she was actually going for spa treatments and charging them to her corporate credit card. The expenses appeared to be legitimate travel-related expenses since she was going to a hotel-based spa. The situation was recently flagged by auditing software from Oversight Systems that compared the detailed charge records from American Express (AXP) with attendance data.

Keystrokes Can Raise Red Flags

BasePoint's McKenna says that in order to catch fraud, businesses have to look at behaviors that aren't typical of employees in certain jobs. One way to do that is to monitor keystrokes.

In a former position, McKenna managed internal investigations at a bank. He found that on a monthly basis he could expect anywhere from one to four reps out of 3,000 that had access to customer credit-card accounts at a particular call center to commit internal fraud. "We had to look at what they were doing on the computer and compare that to what nonfraud employees were doing," he says. "The keystroke behavior was much different." Some reps might search on particular names over and over again, while others might go into a customer's account five or more times a day.

Software that monitors keystrokes can potentially find those red flags.

In research published early last year, about 45% of companies surveyed tracked content, keystrokes, and time spent at computer keyboards in 2007, up from 36% in 2005, according to the 2007 Electronic Monitoring & Surveillance Survey of 304 companies by the American Management Assn. and the ePolicy Institute. In addition, about 66% of employers surveyed say they monitor Web surfing and block connections to inappropriate Web sites, a group that often includes adult sites, game sites, and social networking sites.

IMV Projects, an engineering, procurement, and construction management company in the oil and gas industry, estimates that each of the company's 650 employees recouped about 10 hours of work per year after the company installed software from SpectorSoft to monitor Web usage and time spent chatting on instant messaging. "Our primary goal is to see where everyone is going," says Steven Terenta, network manager for IMV Projects. "The only time we look at one employee is when a supervisor asks us to check something out." The company now blocks access to Facebook except during the lunch hour. IMV Projects estimates the increased productivity amounts to at least $195,000 per year.

Hotlines Can Help

Technology can turn up suspicious activity, but it shouldn't be seen as the only solution, experts say. Much still depends on people noticing any activity that's out of the ordinary. "Most fraud is uncovered by accident," says Heriot Prentice, director of standards and guidance at the Institute of Internal Auditors. And the reporting of that fraud often relies on fellow workers who serve as whistleblowers. That's why experts say that something as low-tech as an anonymous hotline can be beneficial.

Best Buy (BBY) lets employees report fraud by phone and via the Internet. In fact, employees helped uncover fraud that led to a Best Buy vendor-relations manager pleading guilty in January to receiving kickbacks from a computer parts supplier in an alleged fraud scheme that Best Buy says cost it $31 million over four years.

"There's been a spike in the reporting of fraud. More people are coming forward recently," says Kathleen Edmond, chief ethics officer at Best Buy. Still Edmond says she's not sure whether fraud itself is on the rise. She points to the possibility that employees may have seen it go on in the past and not reported it. That's changed as the economy has sunk into distress and layoffs have started, she says, adding that employees are more likely to report fellow employees who are trying to get away with something.

Still, many employees don't welcome employers watching their every move online. That was certainly the case at Thomas Vanderbilt Communications. "In the beginning the employees were very upset; they felt a lack of trust and a lack of respect and that they should have privacy," Vanderbilt says. Most can now laugh about it, he says. "It takes the negativity away about it when you can joke about it," he says, "but it is a constant reminder that you are being watched."
King is a writer for BusinessWeek.com in San Francisco.

New from SpectorSoft: eBlaster mac 2009

2009-03-03T15:01:00.000-05:00

FOR RELEASE
Contact: Kasey Sellati
Manager – Public Relations
Phone: (772) 770-5670

New from SpectorSoft: eBlaster® mac 2009
FIRST Full-Featured Remote Monitoring Software for Mac Now Available

Vero Beach, FL – March 3, 2009 – SpectorSoft Corporation (www.SpectorSoft.com), the worldwide leader in Internet Monitoring and Surveillance Software, announced the release of eBlaster® mac 2009, the FIRST and ONLY full-featured remote monitoring software program for Mac OS available in the marketplace today.

eBlaster records everything children or employees do on a computer running Mac OS and automatically emails the parent or employer an easy-to-read Activity Report at regular, user-defined intervals such as hourly, or daily. Plus, parents or employers can stay informed real-time using eBlaster’s Instant Notification feature, providing immediate copies of emails, chats, and instant messages. Reports are sent to any email address, including free web mail accounts like Google Gmail and Yahoo mail, so parents or employers can receive reports anywhere, anytime – all that’s needed is Internet access.

eBlaster automatically records:
· Emails sent and received
· Chats and Instant Messages
· Keystrokes Typed
· User Activity
· Web Sites Visited
· Program Activity and more …

In addition to eBlaster’s powerful recording and reporting, parents or employers can remotely access and change eBlaster settings – such as when and where they receive reports -- over the Internet using any standard web browser.

eBlaster immediately becomes the remote monitoring software of choice for parents concerned about protecting their children from the dangers of the Internet. eBlaster is also a powerful option for employers concerned about maximizing productivity and minimizing liability in the workplace by keeping track of everything employees do on computer running Mac OS.

Release of eBlaster mac 2009 is SpectorSoft’s second significant Mac OS monitoring product introduction in the last six months. In late 2008, SpectorSoft announced the release of Spector Pro® mac 2009 – a significant upgrade to Spector mac, the software industry’s first and leading monitoring product for Mac OS computers. SpectorSoft also develops and sells several award-winning Windows platform monitoring products including Spector Pro, eBlaster, Spector CNE® Investigator, and Spector 360®.

“eBlaster mac exemplifies the powerful and successful product position we have taken with eBlaster for Windows, which is: knowing EVERYTHING your children or employees do on the computer and Internet is as easy as checking your email,” said SpectorSoft President C. Douglas Fowler. “Further, the addition of eBlaster mac to the product line means SpectorSoft now offers to the Mac world the same powerful one-two monitoring punch we have firmly established for the Windows platform with Spector Pro and eBlaster.”

SpectorSoft monitoring products are important and powerful tools for parents concerned about the safety of their children as they are exposed to what SpectorSoft calls ‘the dark side’ of the Internet.

Added Fowler: “That the Internet’s ‘dark side’ is a clear and present danger cannot be emphasized more dramatically than the recent revelation that MySpace, the incredibly popular social networking destination for millions of young people, detected approximately 90,000 registered sex offenders frequenting its website, prowling for unwitting victims.”

Get All the Details
A complete description of the recording and reporting capabilities of eBlaster is available at: http://www.spectorsoft.com/products/eblaster_mac/index.asp.

Take a Sample
A sample eBlaster Activity Report is available at: http://www.spectorsoft.com/products/eblaster_mac/Reports/Sample_Report_Activity.html

Immediately Available
eBlaster is priced at $99.95 and is available for immediate download at www.SpectorSoft.com. eBlaster and Spector Pro work well together to provide a superior Internet monitoring and recording combination, and SpectorSoft provides a multiple-license discount to customers who own a valid copy of any of the company’s other popular monitoring software titles.
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For more information on eBlaster mac 2009, an evaluation copy, or an interview with a SpectorSoft executive, please contact Kasey Sellati at (772) 770-5670 or press@spectorsoft.com.

About SpectorSoft
SpectorSoft develops, markets and supports PC and Internet monitoring and surveillance products for education, business, government and home users, including Spector Pro, eBlaster, Spector Pro mac, eBlaster mac, Spector CNE Investigator, and Spector 360.

More than 50,000 companies and more than 500,000 consumers have purchased SpectorSoft solutions to crack down on Internet abuse in their business or home, and SpectorSoft has made the prestigious Inc. Magazine List of Fastest Growing Private Companies in the U.S. four times in the past five years. SpectorSoft monitoring technology is a THREE-TIME winner of the prestigious PC Magazine Editors’ Choice Award.

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Internet threat in Farmington school shows need to monitor teens' web activities

2009-01-22T14:49:00.000-05:00

How much do you supervise your teens and/or preteens when they are on the internet?
Many serious issues can develop when a child of any age is on the internet unsupervised.

For example, cyberbullying, predators, pornography and inappropriate postings on social networking sites are all easy for any teen or preteen to get mixed up in via the Web.

A recent situation occurred at Farmington’s Warner Middle School, where a student who sent threatening internet messages will face disciplinary action in ten days.

A concerned parent alerted the school to the threat by calling the Principal, Mark Watson.

Watson later sent out a notice to parents stating that “police were informed immediately and the building was placed in a classroom lock down for a short time period. At no time was anyone in danger.”

The district isn’t revealing details about the threat or the student.

Estralee Michaelson, Director of Safe Schools and Student Services for Farmington Public Schools, is grateful for parents who are on top of the many issues that their children and teenagers can get into over the internet.

Principal Watson also strongly advises parents and guardians to monitor all online networking Web sites, such as Facebook and MySpace, that children may be involved with.

“Please continue to remind children never to write anything threatening or harmful,” advised Watson.

I agree with both the Principal and the Director of Safe Schools.

I have always watched my teenager’s internet activity and Facebook accounts carefully despite their many protests.

I could tell you stories about what I have found on there over the years, usually involving their friends posting inappropriate or mean material.

I also use a program called eblaster.com, which sends me daily reports on the websites my teens visit, and reports on other internet activity.

When I tell people that I do this, many agree that it’s the right thing to do. However, others have strong opinions that children are entitled to more privacy and trust.

Yet in addition to the other issues I mentioned, a lot of material that a young person posts now may come back to haunt him or her later. Some of it never goes away, even after it's deleted.

There are even companies now who will help improve online reputations. See how “Employers Use Internet to Research Candidates.”
For more information, see: "School Takes Precaution Following Internet Threat""Employers Use Internet to Research Candidates"
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Teens exposed on phones Internet

2009-01-22T14:45:00.002-05:00

December 29, 2008 - 5:18 PM
KIM HONE-MCMAHAN
AKRON BEACON JOURNAL

AKRON, Ohio • The tone alerted Brian he had received a new photo on his cell phone. As he had done a hundred times, he pushed a button and the picture appeared on his miniature screen.
But rather than an image of a friend playing soccer, or a group of his pals making goofy faces, there was a picture of a naked girl.

An isolated incident? Hardly.

Brian, who was at a local youth club with friends when this picture showed up, said he had two photos of nude girls forwarded to his cell phone in a month.
"My friend who sent them to me didn't even know the girls," the Akron, Ohio, 17-year-old said, adding that he deleted the pictures.

It's no secret that boys have been hiding beneath the bed, in the closet or behind the garage to peek at pictures in girlie magazines. But now, technology has the bare breasts of the girl across town to be viewed with the push of a button.

"If you walk into a school today, I would guess one out of three student cell phones has a nude photo," said Sgt. David Brown with the Summit County, Ohio, Sheriff's Office Investigations Bureau.

The ease of taking and sharing photos with cell phones, as well as the perceived freedom of expression found in social-networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace, mean that more teens are experimenting with taking sexually provocative images of themselves.
"I think the girls do it to get attention," Brian said.

That's a notion supported by Jean Twenge, author of "Generation Me" and an associate professor of psychology at San Diego State University, who along with colleagues, conducted research that found that narcissism, or self-love, has increased over the years.
In addition, authorities believe many teens are more sexually experienced than their parents were when they were kids.

"When we were younger, we would be lucky to get our first kiss at 13," Brown said.
Sometimes teens will send pictures of themselves or friends; other times professionally shot photos of models make the rounds.

And it's not just naked girls showing up on screens.

"I knew who he was," said 17-year-old Brea of Akron, when asked whether she had ever received a naked picture on her phone. "He was 32."

Even the very young are targeted. Devin, a 12-year-old Akron boy, said he has received images of nude women on his phone, referring to the photos as "bad things." (We are not using the last names of the youths who received such photos because we wanted them to be honest about their experiences.)

There's no doubt that cell phones are a terrific way for parents to keep in touch with their families, and young people love the text-messaging option. But boys and girls who don't realize the risks often post their phone numbers on MySpace, Face-book or chat rooms.
Once they have a telephone number, sexual predators begin text-messaging kids. They say they want to be friends and begin asking sexually explicit questions.

While authorities say parents need to do a little snooping on their kids' cell phones, many youngsters are adamantly opposed to that notion. Others see the need for it - when necessary.
"I think parents should respect a kid's privacy, but some kids can't be trusted," said Charles Shank, 13, a seventh-grader at Fairlawn, Ohio's St. Hilary School.

Consider a child's maturity and social circle when deciding whether to monitor.
MySpace is wildly popular with kids. It's also a hit with families who want to keep in touch with relatives across the country. But it can spell trouble for kids unable to recognize possible dangers.

MySpace and Facebook allow computer users to create a page to be viewed online. Profiles can be made public or private, meaning that only invited guests can view detailed information and photos. But because kids believe that having lots of online friends equals popularity, many don't hesitate to invite strangers to be their pals.

With a few keystrokes, a predator who has been invited to view a child's page could learn details about a youngster, including the kind of music she likes, her favorite sport and when she's alone in the house.

"It makes her a perfect victim," Brown warned.
Kids often post when their families are on vacation - in effect advertising when the house will be empty.

Administrators at Facebook and MySpace issue warnings that remind users their sites are public, and to be cautious about giving out personal information.

"People aren't always who they say they are," reads a MySpace tip. "Be careful about adding strangers to your friends list. It's fun to connect with new MySpace friends from all over the world, but avoid meeting people in person whom you do not fully know."

The MySpace tips also warn users against lying about their age and posting anything that could be considered harassment or hate speech. Inappropriate content, the tip declares, should be reported.

Some teenagers say that among their friends who have MySpace pages, it's rare to find nude photos. But often the pictures are suggestive. To expose as much cleavage as possible, some girls wear low-cut clothing, hold the cameras above their heads and shoot downward.
Guys' pictures are generally not as revealing, though there are the occasional unzipped jeans or provocative poses.

Author Twenge says that narcissists are attracted to online social services because they love showing off their bodies and boasting about themselves. Of course, that's also got a lot to do with just being a teenager.

Twenge said that so much social interaction happens online that the child becomes the person they are portraying. "It shapes their identity," she said.

Bottom line - parents need to look at their child's MySpace and Facebook pages. If a youngster is shutting off the computer or quickly changing sites when an adult enters the room, that might mean she has something to hide.

Brown suggests that parents demand that their children share their passwords for those sites. For a teen who doesn't already have such a page but is considering creating one, a parent could help him do that.

Review the sites of your child's friends - and dig down a couple of layers. That's done by clicking on the pictures of his friends. If the photos are hidden, ask your youngster to do it for you.
Ask questions about suspicious people listed as friends, such as someone who appears to be too old to be your child's friend, or someone who's asking too many personal questions.

Cell Safety

Visit www.wiredsafety.org for lots of cell phone and Internet safety suggestions. It's possible to delete the text-messaging option from your phone service. And you can block messages from specific numbers, but you must know the number. A name is not enough.
Radar is a company that, for a charge, will keep track of all the text and photo messages a child receives. To do that, you must purchase a special phone through the company (www.mymobilewatchdog.com).

The computer a child uses should be placed in the main part of the house.
Remember that chat rooms and instant messaging are where online predators lurk. There are companies that sell monitoring software for computers. Spector Pro (www.spectorsoft.com), for example, records snapshots of every site your child visits on the computer (including MySpace and Facebook) and plays them back as a slide show.
Consequences

Cell phones are a good way to keep in contact, but many teens don't realize that some of the pictures that they are sending, or receiving, might be illegal.

In October, a Nordonia Hills, Ohio, middle-schooler found out just how serious it was when he distributed a photo of a naked 15-year-old girl to his buddies.

The 13-year-old boy was charged with delinquency by means of illegal use of a minor in nudity-oriented materials, a felony. In an agreement reached with the Summit County, Ohio, Prosecutor's Office, he pleaded to a lesser offense and will not have to register as a sex offender.
It's unclear whether the picture, sent from the girl's phone, was actually taken and sent to the boy by her. If the teen had taken or sent it, she could have been charged, but she was not.
Police recommended counseling for both teens.

Cases such as these are decided on an individual basis, explained Sgt. David Brown with the Summit County Sheriff's Office Investigations Bureau.

On Raising Kids: It's a time to be united

2008-12-26T16:00:00.000-05:00

On Raising Kids: It's a time to be united
ON RAISING KIDS Monday, December 22, 2008 at 12:30 am
Q. We received our credit-card bill and called the company to dispute two $30 charges. The next day, our 9-year-old daughter admitted to taking Daddy's wallet and giving the credit-card number to an online "child-centered" Web site to have more access within their imaginary online play world. We're floored, to say the least, and out $60. But more importantly, our trust has been broken with our daughter.

Daddy is a lot tougher on her and wants to take $120 out of her bank account, take computer privileges away, and take away her digital camera for an undetermined amount of time (she paid for half of the camera and equipment and we paid the other half). I think repaying the $60 and losing the computer for six weeks is punishment enough. Her camera had nothing to do with the "crime," so I don't want to take that away. Your thoughts on our inability to agree on a punishment and any suggestions would be appreciated.

A. Your disappointment and her paying back the money are probably sufficient punishment for her serious theft. Please also let her know to expect you will monitor her computer use in the future. There are computer monitoring programs available, such as Eblaster (www.eblaster.com, created by SpectorSoft).

Because you and her dad feel differently, you'll have to make some sort of compromise, or she'll think you're a pushover and won't take the situation seriously. Talk about it together without her knowing about your differences, and decide on united consequences. If you both agree and show serious disappointment, it won't happen again. But if she knows you're in disagreement, you can count on a repeat performance.

Q. I have three children between the ages of 5 and 11. The two older boys are in the second and fifth grade, respectively, and my daughter's in kindergarten.

I'm concerned about my oldest, who I believe is underachieving. Both he and his brother were identified as having ADHD. He did fairly well on the achievement tests a couple of years ago, but his recent test results are mediocre. His grades vacillate between wonderful and miserable. I was in the Cleveland Major Works program years ago and underachieved myself before entering that program.
I'm trying to determine if I'm expecting too much of my sons or if they are bored at school.

A. A combination of doing wonderful and miserable makes it seem like your sons are capable when motivated. An evaluation by a psychologist who understands giftedness may help you determine if they are struggling or underchallenged.

We don't want your sons to feel pressured, but neither should they be bored.
Dr. Sylvia B. Rimm is the director of the Family Achievement Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio, a clinical professor of psychiatry and pediatrics at the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, and the author of many books on parenting. More information on raising kids is available at www.sylviarimm.com. Send questions to: Sylvia B. Rimm on Raising Kids, P.O. Box 32, Watertown, WI 53094 or srimmsylviarimm.com.

SpectorSoft Named 2009 Hot Companies Finalist - Network Products Guide Rates "Products, People, Performance, Potential"

2008-12-26T15:56:00.002-05:00

SpectorSoft has been named a 2009 Hot Companies finalist by Network Products Guide. The 2009 Hot Companies award covers all areas of information technologies including security, wireless, storage, networking, software, and communications.

Vero Beach, FL (PRWEB) December 11, 2008 -- SpectorSoft Corporation (www.SpectorSoft.com), the worldwide leader in Internet Monitoring and Surveillance Software, announced it has been named a 2009 Hot Companies finalist by Network Products Guide.

Selected from a global list of information technology vendors including established large companies, mid-size organizations, and startups, SpectorSoft advanced to finalist stage based on Network Products Guide's "4Ps" selection criteria -- Products, People, Performance, and Potential. The 2009 Hot Companies award covers all areas of information technologies including security, wireless, storage, networking, software, and communications.

SpectorSoft's designation as a 2009 Hot Companies finalist comes on the heels of Spector 360 being named "Best Software Solution" at mid-November's Everything Channel Tech Innovators event in San Jose, California, and the same flagship employee monitoring product receiving a PC Magazine Editors' Choice Award in September. In addition, in late August SpectorSoft was named to the prestigious Inc. Magazine List of Fastest Growing Private Companies in the U.S. for the fourth time in five years.

"Reaching the 2009 Hot Company finalist stage is another mark of distinction in what has been an especially gratifying year for SpectorSoft," said President C. Douglas Fowler. "The Hot Company designation further validates our position as a company uniquely poised to help overcome the worldwide productivity and liability issues faced by businesses today."

The Hot Companies 2009 evaluation process assesses candidates for entrepreneurial spirit, seasoned executives with relevant experience, clear understanding of the segment of IT market in which they are currently active and plan to stay active in, products and solutions that are positioned to take advantage of emerging market opportunities, a well-developed revenue growth model, and clearly planned expansion strategies.

The 2009 Hot Companies winners will be announced and honored at the 2009 "World Executive Alliance Summit" scheduled for March 26-27, 2009 in San Francisco, California. Additional companies of note making the list of finalists include AppRiver LLC, Foundry Networks Inc., Red Hat Inc., VeriSign, and Webroot. For the complete list of finalists please visit http://www.networkproductsguide.com/hotcompanies/.

About SpectorSoftSpectorSoft develops, markets and supports PC and Internet monitoring and surveillance products for education, business, government and home users, including Spector Pro, eBlaster, Spector Pro mac, Spector CNE Investigator, and Spector 360.

More than 50,000 companies and more than 500,000 consumers have purchased SpectorSoft solutions to crack down on Internet abuse in their business or home, and SpectorSoft has made the prestigious Inc. Magazine List of Fastest Growing Private Companies in the U.S. four times in the past five years. SpectorSoft monitoring technology is a THREE-TIME winner of the prestigious PC Magazine Editors' Choice Award.

About Network Products Guide AwardsNetwork Products Guide, published from the heart of Silicon Valley, is a leading provider of products, technologies, and vendor-related research and analysis. Network Products Guide boasts a wealth of information and tools including the best products and services, roadmaps, industry directions, technology advancements, and independent product evaluations designed to facilitate making the most pertinent technology decisions impacting business and personal goals. The guide follows conscientious research methodologies developed and enhanced by industry experts. To learn more, visit www.networkproductsguide.com.
SpectorSoft has been named a 2009 Hot Companies finalist by Network Products Guide. The 2009 Hot Companies award covers all areas of information technologies including security, wireless, storage, networking, software, and communications.
Vero Beach, FL (PRWEB) December 11, 2008 -- SpectorSoft Corporation (www.SpectorSoft.com), the worldwide leader in Internet Monitoring and Surveillance Software, announced it has been named a 2009 Hot Companies finalist by Network Products Guide.
Selected from a global list of information technology vendors including established large companies, mid-size organizations, and startups, SpectorSoft advanced to finalist stage based on Network Products Guide's "4Ps" selection criteria -- Products, People, Performance, and Potential. The 2009 Hot Companies award covers all areas of information technologies including security, wireless, storage, networking, software, and communications.
SpectorSoft's designation as a 2009 Hot Companies finalist comes on the heels of Spector 360 being named "Best Software Solution" at mid-November's Everything Channel Tech Innovators event in San Jose, California, and the same flagship employee monitoring product receiving a PC Magazine Editors' Choice Award in September. In addition, in late August SpectorSoft was named to the prestigious Inc. Magazine List of Fastest Growing Private Companies in the U.S. for the fourth time in five years.
"Reaching the 2009 Hot Company finalist stage is another mark of distinction in what has been an especially gratifying year for SpectorSoft," said President C. Douglas Fowler. "The Hot Company designation further validates our position as a company uniquely poised to help overcome the worldwide productivity and liability issues faced by businesses today."
The Hot Companies 2009 evaluation process assesses candidates for entrepreneurial spirit, seasoned executives with relevant experience, clear understanding of the segment of IT market in which they are currently active and plan to stay active in, products and solutions that are positioned to take advantage of emerging market opportunities, a well-developed revenue growth model, and clearly planned expansion strategies. The 2009 Hot Companies winners will be announced and honored at the 2009 "World Executive Alliance Summit" scheduled for March 26-27, 2009 in San Francisco, California. Additional companies of note making the list of finalists include AppRiver LLC, Foundry Networks Inc., Red Hat Inc., VeriSign, and Webroot. For the complete list of finalists please visit http://www.networkproductsguide.com/hotcompanies/.
About SpectorSoftSpectorSoft develops, markets and supports PC and Internet monitoring and surveillance products for education, business, government and home users, including Spector Pro, eBlaster, Spector Pro mac, Spector CNE Investigator, and Spector 360.
More than 50,000 companies and more than 500,000 consumers have purchased SpectorSoft solutions to crack down on Internet abuse in their business or home, and SpectorSoft has made the prestigious Inc. Magazine List of Fastest Growing Private Companies in the U.S. four times in the past five years. SpectorSoft monitoring technology is a THREE-TIME winner of the prestigious PC Magazine Editors' Choice Award.
About Network Products Guide AwardsNetwork Products Guide, published from the heart of Silicon Valley, is a leading provider of products, technologies, and vendor-related research and analysis. Network Products Guide boasts a wealth of information and tools including the best products and services, roadmaps, industry directions, technology advancements, and independent product evaluations designed to facilitate making the most pertinent technology decisions impacting business and personal goals. The guide follows conscientious research methodologies developed and enhanced by industry experts. To learn more, visit www.networkproductsguide.com.

Spector 360 Named Best Software Solution--Business and Technology Integrators Acclaim SpectorSoft Product "XCellence"

2008-12-04T13:57:00.002-05:00

Spector 360 Named Best Software Solution--Business and Technology Integrators Acclaim SpectorSoft Product "XCellence"

Spector 360 receives the XCellence Award for "Best Software Solution" at the Nov. 17-19

XChange Tech Innovators event in San Jose, CA.
Vero Beach, FL (PRWEB) December 3, 2008 -- SpectorSoft Corporation (www.Spector360.com), the worldwide leader in Internet Monitoring and Surveillance Software, announced Spector 360 employee monitoring software received the XCellence Award for "Best Software Solution" at the recent Everything Channel XChange Tech Innovators event in San Jose, CA.

Spector 360 records employees' web sites visited, emails sent and received, chats and instant messages, keystrokes typed, files transferred, documents printed, and applications run. In addition, through a first of its kind surveillance-like camera recording tool, Spector 360 shows in exact visual detail what an employee does every step of the way. Further, Spector 360 takes the recorded Internet and computer activities, feeds that information into a database, and provides easy-to-read management reports summarizing all employee activity.

"Spector 360 has been the subject of considerable excitement at all of the Everything Channel events we've attended, so this honor is not only a great positive affirmation, but also a natural progression for this standout product," said Sharon Woolley, Director of Channel Sales at SpectorSoft. "Spector 360 truly impresses everyone who spends the time to learn more about it, especially those as keenly aware as the talented professionals who attend the range of popular XChange forums throughout the year."

Sponsored by Everything Channel's XChange Events, the XChange XCellence Awards measure overall Business and Technology Integrator perceptions of Vendor products and services during an XChange event. XChange attendees evaluate and score each Vendor's presentation, message and presence, and awards are handed out during the XChange XCellence Awards Presentation. Citrix and Level Platforms were also nominated for the award during the November 17-19 event.

XChange is the largest IT channel event of the year, attracting more than 1,000 attendees. The 3-day program brings together approximately 250 qualified and profiled Solution Providers and leading industry Vendors in diverse technology areas to build business relationships.
"The XChange XCellence Awards winners are selected by top Solution Providers at each event and honor the Vendors with the most exceptional products, programs and technologies," said

Nancy Hammervik, Vice President, Everything Channel Events. "Congratulations to all of the winning companies. They have demonstrated that they deliver high-quality solutions and have many satisfied business partners."

More About Spector 360Spector 360 dramatically increases employee productivity while minimizing liability, IT costs, and data loss by answering previously impossible or hard-to-determine questions such as:

-Which employees or departments are spending the most time personal web surfing?
-Which employees may be leaking confidential information via USB Drives, CDs or email?
-Which employees chat or use anonymous email services like Hotmail and Gmail?
-What are employees searching for on Google?
-Who is downloading music, games, or other large files?
-Who is taking the longest breaks or leaving work early?

Spector 360 was awarded Editors' Choice by PC Magazine in its September "First Looks Business" section. The honor makes SpectorSoft monitoring technology a THREE-TIME PC Magazine Editors' Choice award winner. No other monitoring software has received this distinction. SpectorSoft's Spector Pro previously has won Editors' Choice on two occasions.
In giving the product four and a half stars, author Matthew Sarrel called Spector 360 "better than anything else I have tested" and "mature."

For more information on Spector 360 employee monitoring software, an evaluation copy, or an interview with SpectorSoft President Doug Fowler, please contact Kasey Sellati at (772) 770-5670.

About SpectorSoftSpectorSoft develops, markets and supports PC and Internet monitoring and surveillance products for education, business, government and home users, including Spector Pro, eBlaster, Spector Pro mac, Spector CNE Investigator, and Spector 360.

More than 50,000 companies and more than 500,000 consumers have purchased SpectorSoft solutions to crack down on Internet abuse in their business or home, and SpectorSoft has made the prestigious Inc. Magazine List of Fastest Growing Private Companies in the U.S. four times in the past five years. SpectorSoft monitoring technology is a THREE-TIME winner of the prestigious PC Magazine Editors' Choice Award.

About Everything Channel (www.everythingchannel.com, www.channelweb.com) Everything Channel is the one-stop-shop for accessing, enabling and accelerating technology sales channels. From branding and recruiting to marketing and sales, Everything Channel offers technology marketers the unmatched breadth and depth of global brands and market intelligence combined with an unparalleled audience loyalty and credibility serving all technology sales channels. Through innovative sales and marketing solutions, Everything Channel arms the sellers of technology with the resources they need to achieve measurable and significant results. Everything Channel is a subsidiary of United Business Media

(http://www.unitedbusinessmedia.com/), a global provider of news distribution and specialist information services with a market capitalization of more than $2.5 billion.

TCPalm.com: Vero Beach firm releases software to monitor computer activity on Macs

2008-12-04T13:42:00.005-05:00

VERO BEACH — SpectorSoft Corp. has released a new a monitoring program for Macs called Spector Pro mac 2009, the company announced Tuesday.

Vero Beach-based SpectorSoft develops, markets and sells Internet monitoring and surveillance software nationwide.

SpectorSoft's Windows Internet activity monitoring products include Spector Pro, Spector CNE Investigator, and Spector 360.

The company said Spector Pro mac 2009 is software parents can used to protect their children from the dangers of the Internet. The software can also be used for employers concerned about maximizing productivity and minimizing liability in the workplace by keeping track of everything employees do on a Mac.

Spector Pro mac 2009 takes screen snapshots of everything a user does at the Mac and on the Internet.

“The release of Spector Pro mac 2009 is a landmark event in the world of Mac monitoring software,” said SpectorSoft President C. Douglas Fowler in a release. “The appearance of the word 'Pro' in the product name indicates the power of this program, as well as its ease of use.”

Spector Pro mac 2009 is priced at $99.95 for a one-user license. It is available for immediate download at www.SpectorSoft.com or at Apple stores across the United States.
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SpectorSoft Enhances Award-Winning Spector 360

2008-12-04T13:30:00.003-05:00

Top employee monitoring software boasts a more robust database and expanded filtering in the latest release of the award winning employee monitoring software, Spector 360 6.2.

Vero Beach, FL (PRWEB) November 20, 2008 - SpectorSoft Corporation(www.Spector360.com), the worldwide leader in Internet Monitoring and Surveillance Software, announced the availability of Spector 360 6.2, the latest release of the award-winning employee monitoring software.

Spector 360 6.2 enhancements include the ability to handle massive amounts of data to facilitate installations such as entire school districts, state-wide agencies or multi-national corporations, updated Website filtering to block the latest Web 2.0 sites that continue to rob employers of productivity, support for 64-bit Windows, and optional privacy settings.

Spector 360 6.2 records employees' web sites visited, emails sent and received, chats and instant messages, keystrokes typed, files transferred, documents printed and applications run. In addition, through a first of its kind surveillance-like camera recording tool, Spector 360 shows in exact visual detail what an employee does every step of the way. Further, Spector 360 takes the recorded Internet and computer activities, feeds that information into a database, and provides more than 50 easy-to-read management reports.

"Spector 360's management friendly charts and graphs were embraced by the monitoring software marketplace from day one," said SpectorSoft President C. Douglas Fowler. "Now, with the latest product enhancements, I am pleased to say Spector 360 is fast becoming part of the Top 5 must-have software products in every IT department's repository."

Spector 360 6.2 dramatically increases employee productivity while minimizing liability, IT costs, and data loss by answering previously impossible or hard-to-determine questions such as:

-Which employees or departments are spending the most time personal web surfing?
-Which employees may be leaking confidential information via USB Drives, CDs or email?
-Which employees chat or use anonymous email services like Hotmail and Gmail?
-What are employees searching for on Google?
-Who is downloading music, games, or other large files?
-Who is taking the longest breaks or leaving work early?

More About Spector 360:

In an October, 2008 survey of Spector 360 customers, 96% found that the product confirmed their initial suspicions with 78% saying the product found "more" or "far more" abuse than they expected.

According to Franklin Arosemena, Senior IT Manager with INCA, a large construction supply company based in the Dominican Republic, "Spector 360 identified cost savings opportunities, tracked inappropriate offsite use of company laptops, and uncovered a potentially catastrophic gap in security."

At F&B Communications, an Iowa-based SMB, GM Ken Laursen said Spector 360 discovered that with the exception of just two employees "EVERYONE was abusing."

Editors' Choice … Again and Again:

Spector 360 6.2 was awarded Editors' Choice by PC Magazine in its September "First Looks Business" section. The honor makes SpectorSoft monitoring technology a THREE-TIME PC Magazine Editors' Choice award winner. No other monitoring software has received this distinction. SpectorSoft's Spector Pro previously has won Editors' Choice on two occasions.

In giving the product four and a half stars, author Matthew Sarrel called Spector 360 "better than anything else I have tested" and "mature."

For more information on Spector 360 employee monitoring software or an interview with SpectorSoft President Doug Fowler, please contact Kasey Sellati at SpectorSoft (772) 770-5670.

About SpectorSoft:

SpectorSoft develops, markets and supports PC and Internet monitoring and surveillance products for education, business, government and home users, including Spector Pro, eBlaster, Spector Pro mac, Spector CNE Investigator, and Spector 360.

More than 50,000 companies and more than 500,000 consumers have purchased SpectorSoft solutions to crack down on Internet abuse in their business or home, and SpectorSoft has made the prestigious Inc. Magazine List of Fastest Growing Private Companies in the U.S. four times in the past five years. SpectorSoft monitoring technology is a THREE-TIME winner of the prestigious PC Magazine Editors' Choice Award.

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About.Com: Spector Pro Mac 2009 Monitors Computer Activity

2008-11-05T15:54:00.001-05:00

Link: About.com
Peter Cohen, Macworld.com
Thu, 30 Oct 2008 14:50:18 -0700

SpectorSoft has announced the release of Spector Pro mac 2009, a monitoring and surveillance software package for the Mac. It costs US$99.95 for a one-user license.

Based on the Windows software of the same name, Spector Pro Mac is aimed at parents who want to make sure their kids don't find trouble online, employers who need to keep tabs on employee computer activity or minimize liability, and others who might need to keep watch of computer activity in their home or office.

The software takes "screen snapshots" of what's going on the Mac and with any Internet activity. It also keeps detailed logs of Web site visits with actual addresses; records and reviews instant messaging made with iChat, AIM, MSN, Yahoo and Adium; details e-mail activity with apps including Apple Mail, Microsoft Entourage, Mozilla Thunderbird and other POP/SMTP clients; lets you track user activity; and provides a remote viewer you can use either from a Mac or PC to watch, in realtime, what's happening on a remote Mac.

Spector Pro mac 2009 requires Mac OS X 10.4 or later, runs on an Intel or PowerPC-based Mac, and requires 5-20MB of disk space per day for recordings, depending on settings.

Spector Pro for Mac 2009 adds password capture

2008-11-05T15:50:00.001-05:00

Link: macnn
10/31/2008, 12:40pm, EDT

SpectorSoft has announced Spector Pro for Mac 2009, its surveillance and monitoring application for the Mac. Intel support and password capture have been added in the most recent update. The software takes hundreds of snapshot hour-to-hour, creating a video-like playback of what is taking place during a user's session. It also records each website visited, keystrokes, chats instant messages and e-mail.

Spector Pro also allows remote viewing of recordings from another Mac or PC. The software is geared towards parents who want to monitor their children's Internet habits, and can be used by companies to monitor employees. Spector Pro exports screen captures as videos in QuickTime format, Flash or WMA, can record in black and white or color and can exports single snapshots as JPG, Tiff, BMP and other formats. The software is available for download now for $100 and is compatible with Mac OS X 10.4 or newer.

State Worker: Unauthorized access raises big questions

2008-11-05T15:46:00.000-05:00

Link: http://www.sacbee.com/737/story/1355420.html
By Jon Ortiz jortiz@sacbee.com

Two cases, one question.

The first: Former Sacramento County Deputy Sheriff Chu Vue reportedly used a department computer to look up personal information on Steve Lo shortly before the state correctional officer was gunned down at his home on Oct. 15.
Vue, now fired from his job and jailed on an unrelated charge, is considered a principal in the Lo murder probe.

The second: Former Consumer Affairs worker Rachael Rivas Dumbrique last week pleaded no contest to downloading the names and Social Security numbers of 5,500 state employees.
She'll be sentenced for the felony next month.

Now the obvious question: How often does this sort of thing go undiscovered?
"More than you think," said Doug Taylor, marketing director for SpectorSoft Corp., a Florida-based company that designs computer monitoring software.
Employees at huge government agencies and at the tiniest private businesses abuse their computer access, Taylor says. The bad behavior ranges from incessantly browsing e-Bay to heisting business tax identification numbers.

"So employers have to be diligent," Taylor said. "And obviously, the more computers, the more difficulty you'll have policing everybody."

The state of California is a huge civil service employer, second only to the federal government. Tens of thousands of state workers every day access things like tax information, Social Security numbers and vehicle and driver's license data. They have to. It's their job.
The state doesn't take its security responsibilities lightly. Departments monitor use, although some of its aging systems can't support the latest software.

Workers in departments that handle sensitive data, like the Employment Development Department, get regular reminders to stay out of unassigned files. They're not to open outside e-mails and must lock down their computers if they get up from their desks.

"And we sign security agreements every year," said Harold Pfeiffer, an EDD claims adjudicator in Elk Grove. "Look at something you shouldn't and it's a terminable offense."
Despite all of that, bad actors still abuse their access.

"Usually somebody has to get caught. That's how it's deterred," said Taylor. "Unfortunately, these things don't get fixed until the organization runs into a headline-producing event."
It's bad enough that all of us have to worry about identity theft or a hacker stealing our credit card information.

But a single wayward public employee can turn government's power against us by misusing the very information that we're compelled to give it.

So how many public employees can't resist peeking? We hope – we trust – that they're a tiny fraction.

Unfortunately, keeping the rules and just doing your job isn't a headline-making event.

In The News: Macworld

2008-11-05T15:43:00.001-05:00

Spector Pro mac monitors computer activity
by Peter Cohen, Macworld.com

SpectorSoft has announced the release of Spector Pro mac 2009, a monitoring and surveillance software package for the Mac. It costs $99.95 for a one-user license.

Based on the Windows software of the same name, Spector Pro Mac is aimed at parents who want to make sure their kids don’t find trouble online, employers who need to keep tabs on employee computer activity or minimize liability, and others who might need to keep watch of computer activity in their home or office.

The software takes “screen snapshots” of what’s going on on the Mac and with any Internet activity. It also keeps detailed logs of Web site visits with actual addresses; records and reviews instant messaging made with iChat, AIM, MSN, Yahoo and Adium; details e-mail activity with apps including Apple Mail, Microsoft Entourage, Mozilla Thunderbird and other POP/SMTP clients; lets you track user activity; and provides a remote viewer you can use either from a Mac or PC to watch, in realtime, what’s happening on a remote Mac.

Spector Pro mac 2009 requires Mac OS X 10.4 or later, runs on an Intel or PowerPC-based Mac, and requires 5-20MB of disk space per day for recordings, depending on settings.

Employee Monitoring Software: Just What the Economy Ordered

2008-11-05T15:34:00.001-05:00

Employee Monitoring Software: Just What the Economy Ordered
Spector 360 Customers Go On the Record with Impressive Productivity Gains

Vero Beach, FL – November 11, 2008 – SpectorSoft Corporation (www.Spector360.com), the worldwide leader in Internet Monitoring and Surveillance Software, announced its 2008 Annual Corporate Customer Survey revealed more than 70 percent of its Spector 360 employee monitoring software customers benefitted from increased productivity. The survey uncovered conservative savings estimates of from $15,000 for a northeastern United States SMB to $200,000 or more for an Enterprise business located in Canada.

“As businesses struggle with a deep recession, organizations will need to be diligent about increasing productivity and lowering costs to survive,” said SpectorSoft President C. Douglas Fowler. “For years, SpectorSoft’s employee monitoring customers have reported often immediate and dramatic productivity increases. Our recent Customer Survey confirms what we’ve been hearing on a case-by-case basis for quite some time: in addition to a host of other benefits, Spector 360 pays for itself many times over just by increasing productivity. The typical 100 percent return on investment is less than 60 days.”

Increasing productivity is important to businesses in any economy, but even more so in current tough economic times. According to a 2008 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics report: “The cyclical effects of the economic downturn in 2001 had a dramatic impact on productivity. After slowing and, in some sectors, declining during the recession that occurred in 2001, productivity growth rebounded, resulting in robust increases over the period from 2000 through 2005.”

Taking advantage of Spector 360’s unmatched ability to quickly detect employee PC and Internet activity abuse – and review the details of the abuse via easy-to-read Quick View charts and graphs – 72% of respondents reported the employee monitoring software helped increase their organization’s overall productivity. More than a third estimated the productivity increase to be greater than 10 percent, approximately 10 percent estimated the boost in productivity to be in excess of 25 percent, and several noted an increase of more than 50 percent.

Spector 360 records employees’ web sites visited, emails sent and received, chats and instant messages, keystrokes typed, files transferred, documents printed, and applications run.
In addition, through a first of its kind surveillance-like camera recording tool, Spector 360 shows in exact visual detail what an employee does every step of the way. Further, Spector 360 takes the recorded Internet and computer activities, feeds that information into a database, and provides more than 50 easy-to-read reports.

Real Customers. Real Successes. Real Savings.
Spector 360 has a distinguished track record of increasing productivity in small, medium, and enterprise-size businesses, government offices, and educational institutions.

Spector 360 customer Success Stories of impressive increased productivity include:

Ø At IMV Projects of Calgary, Alberta, Canada, IT Manager Ross Benov conservatively estimated the company will recoup nearly $200K in lost productivity.

Benov said that most of the company’s 650 employees make from $30 to $40 an hour. Using Benov’s highly conservative estimate of 10 hours of work recouped per employee per year – and factoring in the lower end of the stated compensation range – the yearly cost savings estimate equates to $195,000. At $40 an hour, the cost savings estimate increases to $260,000. Staying at the $40 an hour rate -- but increasing the recoup of lost productivity to a still-conservative estimate of 40 hours a year per employee -- the estimated cost savings changes to more than $1 million a year.

Ø Edward DeAngelis, President of HighTec HVAC -- an SMB located in Southampton, PA outside of Philadelphia -- said: “If every business owner put Spector 360 out there, they’d save a lot … more than they realize. You can’t comprehend the abuses you will find. I would calculate Spector 360 impact this way: 10 people at a productivity savings of 1 hour a week, at $30 an hour … that’s $300 a week times 50 weeks, or $15,000. And I think the savings are actually more like 5 hours a week.”

More About Spector 360
Spector 360 was awarded Editors' Choice by PC Magazine in the “First Looks Business” section of the publication’s September edition. The honor makes SpectorSoft monitoring technology a THREE-TIME PC Magazine Editors' Choice award winner. No other monitoring software has received this distinction. In giving the product four and a half stars, author Matthew Sarrel called Spector 360 "better than anything else I have tested" and "mature."

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For more information on Spector 360 employee monitoring software, an evaluation copy, or an interview with SpectorSoft President Doug Fowler, please contact Kasey Sellati at (772) 770-5670 or press@spectorsoft.com.

About the 2008 SpectorSoft Customer Survey
The 2008 SpectorSoft Customer Survey was sent to 2,000 active Spector 360 customers, and 256 -- 12.8% -- completed the online survey. Respondents included small, medium, and enterprise-size businesses, government offices, and educational institutions. Read the White Paper covering the complete results of the 2008 SpectorSoft Customer Survey: (LINK)

About SpectorSoft
SpectorSoft develops, markets and supports PC and Internet monitoring and surveillance products for education, business, government and home users, including Spector Pro, eBlaster, Spector Pro mac 2009, Spector CNE Investigator, and Spector 360.

More than 50,000 companies and more than 400,000 consumers have purchased SpectorSoft solutions to crack down on Internet abuse in their business or home, and SpectorSoft has made the prestigious Inc. Magazine List of Fastest Growing Private Companies in the U.S. four times in the past five years. SpectorSoft monitoring technology is a THREE-TIME winner of the prestigious PC Magazine Editors’ Choice Award.

New from SpectorSoft: Spector Pro mac 2009

2008-10-30T11:16:00.001-05:00

New from SpectorSoft: Spector Pro mac 2009

Monitoring Software Incorporates Features of Award-Winning Windows Version

Vero Beach, FL – October 30, 2008 – SpectorSoft Corporation (www.SpectorSoft.com), the worldwide leader in Internet Monitoring and Surveillance Software, announced the release of Spector Pro mac 2009, the most powerful and easy to use monitoring program for Macs available in the marketplace today.

Just as SpectorSoft’s award-winning Windows platform monitoring products -- Spector Pro, Spector CNE Investigator, and Spector 360 -- lead the field when it comes to PC and Internet activity monitoring, Spector Pro mac 2009 is the software of choice for parents concerned about protecting their children from the dangers of the Internet. Spector Pro mac 2009 is also appropriate for employers concerned about maximizing productivity and minimizing liability in the workplace by keeping track of everything employees do on a Mac.

“The release of Spector Pro mac 2009 is a landmark event in the world of Mac monitoring software,” said SpectorSoft President C. Douglas Fowler. “The appearance of the word ‘Pro’ in the product name indicates the power of this program, as well as its ease of use.

“We at SpectorSoft take great pride in the industry awards and accolades our Spector Pro for Windows program has received over the years, so after the considerable time and effort spent developing this new Mac monitoring program, I am pleased to say its features and benefits deserve the ‘Pro’ distinction.”

Spector Pro mac 2009 goes beyond the original Spector for Mac’s unrivaled ability to take screen snapshots of everything a user does at the Mac and on the Internet because the new program includes many of the powerful features of the award-winning Spector Pro for Windows, including:
· Web Sites Visited -- See full details of every web site visited, plus actual web site addresses.
· Chat and Instant Message Activity – Record and review conversations on all the major chat clients: iChat, AIM, MSN, Yahoo, and Adium.
· Email Activity – Get a copy of every email sent or received with common email programs like Apple Mail, Microsoft Entourage, Mozilla Thunderbird, and other POP/SMTP email clients.
· User Activity – See if and when they are actively using the computer with the User Activity chart.
· Remote Viewer – Review recordings from another computer, PC or Mac, in your home or office without having to return to the computer you are monitoring.
A complete description of the expanded recording capabilities of Spector Pro mac 2009 is available at: http://www.spectorsoft.com/products/Spector_Macintosh/

Spector Pro mac 2009 is priced at $99.95 for a one-user license. It is available for immediate download at www.SpectorSoft.com or at Apple stores across the United States.

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For more information on Spector Pro mac 2009, an evaluation copy, or an interview with SpectorSoft President Doug Fowler, please contact Kasey Sellati at (772) 770-5670 or press@spectorsoft.com.

About SpectorSoft
SpectorSoft develops, markets and supports PC and Internet monitoring and surveillance products for education, business, government and home users, including Spector Pro, eBlaster, Spector Pro mac 2009, Spector CNE Investigator, and Spector 360.

More than 50,000 companies and more than 400,000 consumers have purchased SpectorSoft solutions to crack down on Internet abuse in their business or home, and SpectorSoft has made the prestigious Inc. Magazine List of Fastest Growing Private Companies in the U.S. four times in the past five years. SpectorSoft monitoring technology is a THREE-TIME winner of the prestigious PC Magazine Editors’ Choice Award.

SpectorSoft, Tech Giants Tackle Internet Safety at Harvard

2008-09-22T14:55:00.000-05:00

VERO BEACH, FL - September 18, 2008 - SpectorSoft Corporation, the worldwide leader in Internet Monitoring and Surveillance Software, announced it has agreed to join forces with the Internet Safety Technical Task Force (ISTTF) and will be a presenting participant in the group’s inaugural Open Meeting Tuesday and Wednesday, September 23-24.

The ISTTF was created in February 2008 in accordance with the Joint Statement on Key Principles of Social Networking Safety announced by the Attorneys General Multi-State Working Group on Social Networking and MySpace in January 2008. The event is open to the public and is being hosted by the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard Law School in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

In addition to SpectorSoft, the Task Force includes more than 20 industry-leading businesses, not-for-profit organizations, and technology companies such as AOL, AT&T, Comcast, Google, Microsoft, MySpace, NCMEC, Symantec, Verizon, and Yahoo!.

SpectorSoft is the acknowledged industry leader in the PC and Internet Activity monitoring market space for parents concerned about the safety of their children online. SpectorSoft’s best-selling and PC Magazine Editors’ Choice award-winning Spector Pro is used worldwide by hundreds of thousands of parents to safeguard their loved ones. Spector Pro’s companion product eBlaster provides a remote monitoring feature making the Spector Pro and eBlaster combination a powerful one-two punch against individuals whose intent is to target children unwittingly leaving themselves open to wrongdoing when emailing, chatting, and posting information about themselves, their family, and friends while on social networking sites and other online web sites. In addition, SpectorSoft has a monitoring software product developed specifically for the Macintosh: Spector for Mac OS.

“Our first and perhaps most well-known product, Spector Pro, was based on the premise that the Internet has a dark side and that parents have a well-founded concern about the safety of their children online,” said SpectorSoft President C. Douglas Fowler. “When we learned of the opportunity to share our experience in a groundbreaking effort such as the ISTTF, it was an easy decision to join.”

The ISTTF is led by Berman Center Executive Director John Palfrey, who said: “The safety concerns posed by the Internet are part and parcel of the safety concerns that arise in human interactions in the physical world. These concerns are not unique to any one service or technology platform; they are shared by the companies that provide Internet services and the individuals who use these services. We should work together – private firms, technologists, experts from the non-profit world, and leaders in government – to solve online safety issues as a joint effort.”

SpectorSoft’s Director of Product Management, Andrew Tate, is scheduled to present his White Paper: Enforcing Internet Safety for Children with Spector Pro®, eBlaster® and Spector® for Mac OS, on Tuesday, September 23 at 3:50 pm EDT. The White Paper is available in PDF form at: http://www.spectorsoft.com/resources/SpectorSoft_ISTTFTAB_submission.pdf.
The entire ISTTF agenda can be found at: http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/2008/09/isttf.
For interested parties unable to attend the ISTTF public meetings, a “live” webcast can be accessed at: http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/interactive/webcast.__________

About SpectorSoft
SpectorSoft develops, markets and supports PC and Internet monitoring and surveillance products for education, business, government and home users, including Spector Pro, eBlaster, Spector for Mac, Spector CNE Investigator, and Spector 360.

More than 50,000 companies and more than 400,000 consumers have purchased SpectorSoft solutions to crack down on Internet abuse in their business or home, and SpectorSoft has been selected for three years by Inc. Magazine as one of the Fastest Growing Private Companies in America. SpectorSoft monitoring technology is a THREE-TIME winner of the prestigious PC Magazine Editors' Choice Award.

For more information about SpectorSoft Corporation and its monitoring software products, please visit www.spectorsoft.com. For more information about SpectorSoft's Partners Program, please visit www.spectorsoftpartners.com.

To schedule a product demonstration, please contact press@spectorsoft.com , or call: (772) 770-5670 .

SpectorSoft Internet Safety Technical Task Force Presentation

2008-09-22T10:10:00.001-05:00

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In The News: SpectorSoft executive makes magazine's Top 50 list

2008-09-17T15:42:00.000-05:00

SpectorSoft executive makes magazine's Top 50 list

VERO BEACH — SpectorSoft Corp., which develops Internet monitoring and surveillance software, said Wednesday its director of channel sales, Sharon Woolley, had been named to the Top 50 Women in the Channel for 2008 by VARBusiness magazine in its August issue. Woolley has more than 30 years experience, including work for Vero Beach and Melbourne companies.
Under Woolley's direction, SpectorSoft has created the Passport Partners program, which recently was awarded five-star status by VARBusiness.

"Part of SpectorSoft's overall success includes significant revenue growth from the channel, and Sharon's expertise, experience, and leadership is a huge part of that positive process," said SpectorSoft President C. Douglas Fowler.\

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Press Release: Award-Winning Spector Pro Now Available at Staples -- Monitoring Software "On the Shelf" at World's Largest Office Products Store

2008-09-09T11:36:00.001-05:00

Award-Winning Spector Pro Now Available at Staples -- Monitoring Software "On the Shelf" at World's Largest Office Products Store

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Spector Pro, the worldwide leader in Internet Monitoring and Surveillance Software, announces it is now available at Staples locations to give SpectorSoft customers convenient and local access to the software from a trusted retailer.

Vero Beach,FL September 9, 2008 -- SpectorSoft Corporation (www.SpectorSoft.com), the worldwide leader in Internet Monitoring and Surveillance Software, announced that Staples is selling Spector Pro, the groundbreaking and award-winning PC and Internet activity monitoring software product, at more than 1,450 of its retail outlets across the United States.

Selected twice as the Editors' Choice by the experts at PC Magazine, Spector Pro records every detail of what users do on the computer: their chats, instant messages, emails, the web sites they visit, what they search for, what they do on MySpace, the pictures they post and look at, the keystrokes they type, the programs they run and much more. And because of its advanced surveillance screen snapshot feature, employers or parents get to see not only what PC users do, but the exact order in which they do it, step by step.

Monitor Across the Home or Small Business Network
With the increasing popularity of home and small business networks, it became clear to SpectorSoft that many parents and employers don't always have easy access to the computers they own. To help alleviate this situation, SpectorSoft developed a method to make it simple for networked homes and small businesses to monitor their PCs without having to physically visit them. Now, with the touch of a button, Spector Pro recordings can be viewed from any networked computer … eliminating the need for parents to pry their children away from the PC or for business owners to interrupt their employees.

Spector Pro is the latest version of the groundbreaking Spector program first released in late 1998 by then-fledgling SpectorSoft Corporation. The tremendous market acceptance surrounding Spector spawned Spector Pro, eBlaster, Spector for Mac OS, Spector CNE (Corporate Network Edition), and Spector 360, SpectorSoft's flagship product for company-wide employee monitoring.
"Having Staples carry Spector Pro is a source of pride SpectorSoft and yet another example of the continually growing acceptance of PC and Internet monitoring," said SpectorSoft President C. Douglas Fowler. "In addition, the convenient Staples locations give SpectorSoft customers immediate and local access to the software from a trusted retailer."

More than 50,000 companies and more than 400,000 consumers have purchased SpectorSoft solutions to crack down on Internet abuse in their business or home, and SpectorSoft has made the prestigious Inc. Magazine List of Fastest Growing Private Companies in the U.S. four times in the past five years. SpectorSoft monitoring technology is a THREE-TIME winner of the prestigious PC Magazine Editors' Choice Award.

For more information about Spector Pro monitoring software, an evaluation copy, or an interview with SpectorSoft President Doug Fowler, please contact Kasey Sellati at (772) 770-5670.

Case Study: HighTec HVAC

2008-09-04T12:37:00.002-05:00

The Setting

HighTec HVAC is located in Southampton, Pennsylvania, about 15 minutes outside of Philadelphia. President and Owner Edward DeAngelis and an outside IT consultant manage a Windows 2000 Server and approximately 20 workstations running XP Pro.

The Challenge
“Concerns? We had them all,” said DeAngelis. “Some people seem to think they have a God-given right to do personal stuff at work … web surfing, shopping, banking, chatting, emailing. I believe in being a little lenient, but abusers are abusers.”
Search for a Solution

The search for an employee monitoring solution at HighTec HVAC was short and sweet, thanks to the company’s prior experience with SpectorSoft.

“About five years ago we suspected excessive game-playing was going on, especially with one individual, and at that time we searched the Internet and found Spector CNE,” said DeAngelis. “Recently, when we were ready to see what else SpectorSoft had to offer, the sales team had it waiting for us … Spector 360.”

Discoveries
“My employees let me know they thought one of my staff was spending a lot of time playing games on the PC,” said DeAngelis. “Because I didn’t want to accuse anyone without knowing the truth, I used SpectorSoft monitoring technology and sure enough I found she was playing solitaire four hours a day. I called her in and told her she was playing games all day long and she obviously didn’t have enough work to do. I offered to show her proof of my findings and she declined… that was the end of it … she left. “In addition to the game-playing, I also found excessive emailing. Spector 360 uncovered one person sending 40 to 50 personal emails a day. With the proof provided by Spector 360, we put a stop to that.”

In an interesting but not unprecedented scenario tied to use of monitoring technology, DeAngelis recounts how SpectorSoft played a part in the location and return of equipment lost to theft. “I had SpectorSoft’s product installed on a laptop,” said DeAngelis. “One day I brought the PC home with me and it was stolen. Luckily, because my son used the laptop on occasion, I had not password-protected it … but I did have the SpectorSoft Keyword Alerts feature active. Obviously, while the thief was using the PC he typed a keyword, because I received an email based on the programmed alert."I gave the information to the police, and with a court order they were able to trace the IP address, find the criminal, and get my PC back.”

Spector 360 also has uncovered inappropriate use of chat. “We found some employees chatting at least an hour a day,” said DeAngelis. “Most business owners are clueless as to how bad the problem is and how unfair it is to those employees who must pick up the slack.”

Working with Employees
DeAngelis has made the presence of monitoring software perfectly clear to his workforce, and added that new hires must agree to an Acceptable Use Policy clearly stating employees are subject to monitoring.
“I told everyone about monitoring and that abuse will not be tolerated,” said DeAngelis. “It’s not fair to the rest of the company … employees who abuse company resources are not taking on their share of the workload.

“Providing employees with a PC and a high-speed Internet connection gives them a window to the world, and some are hell-bent to prove they can use that window as they see fit … to prove they can do otherwise. But most employees comply with expected reasonable behavior … most of them realize monitoring is for the right reason, that it’s in the right direction.”

Spector 360: The Software of Choice
“If every business owner put Spector 360 out there, they’d save a lot … more than they realize,” said DeAngelis. “You can’t comprehend the abuses you would find. “I would calculate Spector 360 impact this way: 10 people at a productivity savings of 1 hour a week, at $30 an hour … that’s $300 a week times 50 weeks, or $15,000. And I think the savings are actually more like 5 hours a week.”
“I’m not an IT person, but I installed Spector 360 and it was not difficult,” said DeAngelis.

“I like the centralization of Spector 360, the ability to see it all from the Dashboard,” said DeAngelis. “The Dashboard is extremely easy and intuitive. The visuals lead you to the information you want and need … well organized, with nice graphics. For me, the ready-to-use reports work well for 98% of the information. The Top 10 format is great but for our company the Top 4 works best … and Spector 360 makes it very easy for me to customize that report.”

“Many of the Spector 360 Quick View reports, like the User Activity/Inactivity feature, give you a nice overview of what’s going on … a broad stroke,” said DeAngelis. “It’s a nice way of finding out who’s working and who’s not.”

Web Filtering “Magnificent”
· “I love the web filtering,” said DeAngelis. “I was not filtering prior to Spector 360 … I think the feature is magnificent. With some of Spector 360’s other features, like the Screen Snapshots, you can actually see how the filtering works. You see the popup that appears when employees attempt to go to a blocked site.

When they try to go there again but find they can’t, you see them trying to go there again a few times … and then they try to get around it. Eventually they just give up and do their work.“One of the greatest things I have found with Spector 360 is to notice a website that’s not blocked by the filtering function, and add it to the list. I really like that fine-tuning capability.”

DeAngelis said he relies on Spector 360’s “Keyword Alerts” feature as a day-to-day safeguard, but added that beyond the initial in-depth review of the entire workforce’s activities, there are times when he especially appreciates Spector 360’s ability to provide highly granular reports.

“I believe it is important to take a closer look when new hires are on the way in … or when employees are on the way out,” said DeAngelis. “For me, this is a period of high scrutiny. With new employees, it’s especially helpful to have Spector 360’s Screen Snapshots feature to take a look at the way they work and to help them to do their job more efficiently. You don’t have time to stand behind them, but Spector 360 does.”

“From the first day, there was no question,” said DeAngelis. “Spector 360 is clearly worth the money. Spector 360 has cured all our problems. Spector 360 is so important to me that if it somehow the program was not working, I’d be freaking out.”

For more information about HighTec HVAC please visit www.hightechvac.com. For more information about Spector 360, please visit www.spector360.com … or for more information about SpectorSoft and its other dependable, full-featured PC and Internet Activity Monitoring Software products, please visit www.spectorsoft.com.

Press Release: Spector 360 Wins Network Products Guide Reader Trust Award

2008-09-04T12:31:00.002-05:00

VERO BEACH, FL - August 12, 2008 - SpectorSoft Corporation, the worldwide leader in Internet Monitoring and Surveillance Software, announced today that Network Products Guide, a Silicon Valley Communications publication and a leading publication on technologies and solutions, has named Spector 360 a winner of its 2008 Best Products and Services Award.

The Network Products Guide Award for "Best in Surveillance" marks the second prestigious honor Spector 360 has received in less than two months. Spector 360 — SpectorSoft's flagship product for company-wide employee monitoring — also recently received an Editors' Choice award from PC Magazine.

Spector 360 records employees' web sites visited, emails sent and received, chats and instant messages, keystrokes typed, files transferred, documents printed and applications run. In addition, through a first of its kind surveillance-like camera recording tool, Spector 360 shows in exact visual detail what an employee does every step of the way. Further, Spector 360 takes the recorded Internet and computer activities, feeds that information into a database, and provides more than 50 easy-to-read reports.

"Increased end-user awareness and ongoing advances in technology are helping shape better products and services," said Rake Narang, Editor-In-Chief, Network Products Guide. "Spector 360 is bringing employee monitoring to the forefront of the industry because of its ability to track, via easy-to-read charts and graphs, everything a user does at the PC and on the Internet."

SpectorSoft President C. Douglas Fowler said: "The Network Products Guide awards go to the best technology products every year and SpectorSoft is honored that Spector 360 has gained the Network Products Guide Reader Trust Award."

About Network Products Guide
Network Products Guide, published from the heart of Silicon Valley, is a leading provider of products, technologies and vendor-related research and analysis. A wealth of information and tools is available to readers of the guide, including the best products and services, roadmaps, industry directions, technology advancements, and independent product evaluations that facilitate making the most pertinent technology decisions impacting business and personal goals. The guide follows conscientious research methodologies developed and enhanced by industry experts. To learn more, visit www.networkproductsguide.com.

For more information about SpectorSoft's Passport Partner Program or an evaluation copy of Spector 360, please email partners@spectorsoft.com or call toll free at 888 598-2788 and ask for your Passport Partner representative.

About SpectorSoft
SpectorSoft develops, markets and supports PC and Internet monitoring and surveillance products for education, business, government and home users, including Spector Pro, eBlaster, Spector for Mac, Spector CNE Investigator, and Spector 360.

More than 50,000 companies and more than 400,000 consumers have purchased SpectorSoft solutions to crack down on Internet abuse in their business or home, and SpectorSoft has been selected for three years by Inc. Magazine as one of the Fastest Growing Private Companies in America. SpectorSoft monitoring technology is a THREE-TIME winner of the prestigious PC Magazine Editors' Choice Award.

For more information about SpectorSoft Corporation and its monitoring software products, please visit www.spectorsoft.com. For more information about SpectorSoft's Partners Program, please visit www.spectorsoftpartners.com.

To schedule a product demonstration, please contact press@spectorsoft.com , or call: (772) 770-5670 .

Press Release: SpectorSoft Again Makes Inc. Magazine List

2008-09-04T12:26:00.000-05:00

SpectorSoft Again Makes Prestigious Inc. Magazine List - Monitoring Software Leader Honored for Fourth Time in Five Years

SpectorSoft Corporation, leader in Internet Monitoring and Surveillance Software, spent 2 years on the Inc. 500 list, last year on the Inc. 5000 list, and has just been announced as one of the Inc. 5000 for 2008. The Inc. 5,000, an extension of Inc. Magazine's annual Inc. 500 list, catches many businesses that are too big to grow at the pace required to make the Inc. 500.

Vero Beach, FL (PRWEB) August 21, 2008 -- SpectorSoft Corporation (www.SpectorSoft.com), the worldwide leader in Internet Monitoring and Surveillance Software, announced it has made the prestigious Inc. Magazine List of Fastest Growing Private Companies in the U.S. for the fourth time in the past five years.

SpectorSoft now has received Inc. Magazine's distinction in 2004 (Inc. 500), 2005 (Inc. 500), 2007 (Inc. 5,000) and 2008 (Inc. 5,000). The Inc. 5,000, an extension of Inc. Magazine's annual Inc. 500 list, catches many businesses that are too big to grow at the pace required to make the Inc. 500, as well as a host of smaller firms. Taken as a whole, these companies represent the backbone of the U.S. economy.

"It is a source of pride and satisfaction that SpectorSoft continues to be recognized as a growing and formidable force not only in its market space, but also by recognizable and highly regarded media organizations such as Inc. Magazine," said SpectorSoft President C. Douglas Fowler. "Making the list the first time is quite an event, but staying in the mix thereafter becomes an even greater feat, one I'm pleased to say we've been able to accomplish."

SpectorSoft, which will mark a decade of PC and Internet monitoring product excellence in December 2008, develops, markets and supports the world's leading monitoring software for education, business, government and home users, including Spector Pro, eBlaster, Spector for Mac, Spector CNE Investigator, and Spector 360.

More than 50,000 companies and more than 400,000 consumers have purchased SpectorSoft solutions to crack down on Internet abuse in their business or home, and SpectorSoft monitoring technology - following yet another recent coveted honor -- is now a THREE-TIME winner of the prestigious PC Magazine Editors' Choice award. Spector Pro has been selected as PC Magazine's Editors' Choice on two occasions, and in June 2008 SpectorSoft's flagship product for company-wide employee monitoring - Spector 360 - also received an Editors' Choice award from PC Magazine, considered by many to be the most respected publication in the computer technology industry.

"The Inc. 5,000 provides the most comprehensive look ever at the most important part of the economy - the entrepreneurial part," Inc. 5,000 Project Manager Jim Melloan said after last year's list was revealed. "The expansion of the list has allowed us to tell the stories of larger companies, older companies, and a wealth of companies in industries like Manufacturing and Construction that are under-reported in the business media."

Complete information on this year's Inc. 5,000, can be found at www.inc.com/inc5000. The list features a profile for each company, almost all of them written as a result of Inc. interviews with management. In addition, the list is searchable according to numerous criteria, including industry, city, state, region, and year founded.

About Inc.com
Inc.com, the Daily Resource for Entrepreneurs, delivers advice, tools, breaking news, and rich multi-media to help business owners and CEOs start, run, and grow their businesses more successfully. Information and advice covering virtually every business and management task, including marketing, sales, finding capital, and managing people can be found at http://www.inc.com.

In The News: WFSB Eyewitness News 3

2008-09-04T12:24:00.000-05:00

WFSB Eyewitness News 3 recently ran a Q&A with a computer expert.
Below is a quote from the interview:

EWN: If you’re a parent of a high school student, is there software to keep an eye on where he/she is up to on the computer?
Semmel: The best software out there is Spector Soft, if you want to watch what your kids are doing on the computer to “protect them” … It'll e-mail you where they've been going, what they've been doing on the computer. Obviously as a parent, you'd set whatever rules are out there as far as what you'd like them to do or not do on the computer. … Spector Soft allows you as a parent to monitor every activity on that computer and it'll e-mail you based on keywords and alert you to what they're doing.

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Press Mention: The Daily Reveille

2008-07-31T10:16:00.004-05:00

FBI seizes former LSUPD officer's computer
Staff Reports
Issue date: 7/31/08

Former LSU Police Department Lt. Thomas Fife is under investigation after the FBI seized his work computer, which was used to access child pornography.

Fife was placed on paid administrative leave July 19 after agents searched his on-campus office, The Advocate reported Tuesday.

Fife, a 21-year LSUPD veteran, resigned July 23.

Sheila Thorne, a special agent in the FBI's New Orleans office, told The Daily Reveille on Monday that the FBI is holding a criminal investigation but said she could not make specific comments. Thorne said because the investigation is ongoing, Fife has not been arrested.

LSUPD spokesman Maj. Lawrence Rabalais told The Daily Reveille that the FBI is running forensics on Fife's computer, and Rabalais said he is "not sure exactly what the end result is going to be."

Earlier this month, LSUPD began monitoring its internal network with a program called Spector 360, according to an affidavit.

An officer assigned to review data logged by the monitoring software noticed on July 10 that a computer at LSUPD headquarters, under the user name "tfife," was "viewing still images of animated child pornography," according to the affidavit.

Numerous still images of child pornography were accessed on Fife's computer between July 9 and July 19.Along with Fife's computer, the FBI also seized software, e-mail messages, chat logs, cameras, film, videotapes and any other photographic equipment, among others, according to a federal search warrant.

If you would like to learn more about Spector 360 and what it will do for your business or organization please click here or call use toll free at 1-888-598-2788.

Press Release: SpectorSoft Named a CRN Emerging Tech Vendor

2008-07-16T15:25:00.001-05:00

Press Releases

SpectorSoft Named a CRN Emerging Tech Vendor
PC and Internet Monitoring Technology Continues Award-Winning Ways

VERO BEACH, FL - July 22, 2008 - SpectorSoft Corporation (www.SpectorSoft.com), the worldwide leader in Internet Monitoring and Surveillance Software, announced it has been selected by Everything Channel as a CRN Emerging Tech Vendor

CRN's Emerging Tech Vendor list captures companies that are delivering solution providers a product and relationship marked by innovative and easy-to-use technology that undercuts industry giants.

In making the Emerging Tech Vendor list, published in the June 30, 2008 print and online issues of CRN, SpectorSoft continues to distinguish itself as a formidable, growing force in the world of computer software and information technology. The Emerging Tech Vendor listing comes on the heels of SpectorSoft monitoring technology becoming a THREE-TIME PC Magazine Editors' choice award winner. The latest Editors' Choice award was announced in a June 2008 PC Magazine review.

According to the CRN Emerging Tech Vendor survey, the top reasons solution providers add emerging technologies include: the technology is superior to other products in the market segment; the technology complements a solution providers' existing practice areas; emerging vendors provide better services opportunities; emerging vendors pay better attention to partners; emerging vendors offer successful pricing models; customers want alternative product choices; and emerging vendors have better joint marketing programs.

"New and innovative vendor partners can help spur profitable new ideas that Solution Providers can use to build revenue and customer loyalty, and the CRN Emerging Tech list is where Solution Providers go to find these vendors," said Robert C. Demarzo, senior vice president and editorial director, Everything Channel editorial.

Vendors who make the CRN Emerging Tech Vendor list must have an established solution provider program and formal guidelines for recruiting channel partners. They must demonstrate that its direct sales mix is trending down as evidenced by the company's revenue history, and a channel-positive or channel-neutral strategy for internal sales compensation. Final selection to the Emerging Technology Vendor list was made at the discretion of the CRN editorial team after a review of the submitted information and conversations with current or targeted partners.

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About SpectorSoft

SpectorSoft develops, markets and supports PC and Internet monitoring and surveillance products for education, business, government and home users, including Spector Pro, eBlaster, Spector for Mac, Spector CNE Investigator, and Spector 360.

More than 50,000 companies and more than 400,000 consumers have purchased SpectorSoft solutions to crack down on Internet abuse in their business or home, and SpectorSoft has been selected for three years by Inc. Magazine as one of the Fastest Growing Private Companies in America. SpectorSoft monitoring technology is a THREE-TIME winner of the prestigious PC Magazine Editors' Choice Award.

For more information about SpectorSoft Corporation and its monitoring software products, please visit www.spectorsoft.com. For more information about SpectorSoft's Partners Program, please visit www.spectorsoftpartners.com.

To schedule a product demonstration, please contact press@spectorsoft.com , or call: (772) 770-5670 .

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About SpectorSoft's Partners Program

SpectorSoft's Passport Partner Program, which received certification as a Gold 5-Star Overall Winner in the VARBusiness 2008 Partner Program Guide, is designed to grow Partner revenue in the PC and Internet monitoring and surveillance market, one of the fastest growing security segments today. The Passport Partner Program is tiered to address channel business demands, underpinned by the tools needed to sell and support SpectorSoft's full range of products - from Consumer to Enterprise.

For more information about SpectorSoft's Passport Partner Program or an evaluation copy of Spector 360, please email partners@spectorsoft.com or call toll free at 888 598-2788 and ask for your Passport Partner representative.

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About CRN

CRN provides solution providers and technology integrators with the crucial information and analysis they need to drive their company's sales. As an advocate for and voice of the IT channel, solution providers turn to CRN first for immediate information. Celebrating its 25th year, CRN is the most trusted source for channel professionals. CRN can be found on the web at www.channelweb.com.

Podcast: Tech Talk with Craig Peterson

2008-07-02T14:36:00.006-05:00

Kasey Sellati from Spectorsoft joins Craig to discuss the popularity of webblog sites such as MySpace and Friends Re-United and why you must know where your kids are going and what they are doing and how their software will help.

NOTE: This is a rebroadcast episode regarding MySpace.com and how products from SpectorSoft can be of benefit to parents that have children surfing the web.

Please visit the following link to learn more about Tech Talk with Craig Peterson

Press Release: Spector 360 Receives PC Magazine Editors' Choice Award

2008-07-01T13:51:00.004-05:00

Spector 360 Receives PC Magazine Editors' Choice Award - SpectorSoft Monitoring Technology Now a Three-Time Award Winner

SpectorSoft has received its third PC Magazine Editors' Choice Award. Spector 360 Corporate Monitoring software received the award and a rating of four and a half stars. The in-depth review described Spector 360 as "better than anything else I have tested". "I've been following this space for years, and I think this is the most mature product in the class." - Matt Sarrel- PC Magazine.

Vero Beach, FL (PRWEB) June 24, 2008 -- Spector 360, the flagship employee monitoring product from SpectorSoft Corporation (http://www.spectorsoft.com/), the worldwide leader in Internet Monitoring and Surveillance Software, has been awarded Editors' Choice by PC Magazine in a June review.

The honor makes SpectorSoft monitoring technology a three-time PC Magazine Editors' choice award winner. PC Magazine is widely considered to be the most respected publication in the computer technology industry. SpectorSoft's Spector Pro previously has won Editors' Choice on two occasions. No other monitoring software has received this distinction.

In giving the product four and a half stars, author Matthew Sarrel called Spector 360 "better than anything else I have tested" and "mature."

Spector 360 records employees' web sites visited, emails sent and received, chats and instant messages, keystrokes typed, files transferred, documents printed and applications run. In addition, through a first of its kind surveillance-like camera recording tool, Spector 360 shows in exact visual detail what an employee does every step of the way. Further, Spector 360 takes the recorded Internet and computer activities, feeds that information into a database, and provides more than 50 easy-to-read reports.

PC Magazine's in-depth analysis began by discussing why employers should use products like Spector 360 to detect if employees are misusing computing resources noting, "If installed before your problems begin, monitoring software may prevent malfeasance, because employees know they are being watched."

Sarrel commented that installing Spector 360 was a breeze, "the server components took less than half an hour" and the Client Deployment Utility is a "straightforward, well-documented wizard."

The article discussed Spector 360's many monitoring features and in-depth reports stating, "The software really began to show its excellence at internal espionage." While discussing Data Loss Prevention, a growing issue that employers face, Sarrel noted, "Talk about an audit trail! The system is powerful enough to uncover data loss by tracking users sending sensitive files as attachments or copying them to removable storage devices such as USB keys, iPods, or CDs." Sarrel also liked Spector 360's unique Keyword Alerts saying, "This feature works well, and alerts were typically e-mailed in a few minutes."

The reviewer highlighted 360's built in reporting functionality saying, "The product's comprehensive reporting features really make it stand apart from the crowd … Spector 360 gives you a full-fledged application with plenty of text reports, charts, and graphs. If you've chosen to capture everything, as I recommend, you can slice and dice by application, user, Web sites visited -- almost by anything you can imagine."

Mr. Sarrel concluded by saying, "I'd be hard-pressed to find any major deficiencies in Spector 360. I've been following this space for years, and I think this is the most mature product in the class. And it's likely to get better."

Read the entire review online at:http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2704,2320460,00.asp
For more information about SpectorSoft, a press evaluation copy of Spector 360, or an interview with SpectorSoft President Doug Fowler, please contact Kasey Sellati at (772) 770-5670

About SpectorSoft:SpectorSoft develops, markets and supports PC and Internet monitoring and surveillance products for education, business, government and home users, including Spector Pro, eBlaster, Spector for Mac, Spector CNE Investigator, and Spector 360.

More than 50,000 companies and more than 400,000 consumers have purchased SpectorSoft solutions to crack down on Internet abuse in their business or home, and SpectorSoft has been selected for three years by Inc. Magazine as one of the Fastest Growing Private Companies in America. SpectorSoft monitoring technology is a three-time winner of the prestigious PC Magazine Editors' Choice Award.

In The News: IceNews - Daily News

2008-06-26T11:02:00.003-05:00

Title: Gothenburg company sacks employees after spying on web usage

By Luna Finnsson on Jun 26, 2008

Structured Consulting Sweden recently fired two employees after spying on their online conversations with software they had installed on the workers’ computers.

Tomas Hedin, who worked from home using a company owned computer, was dismissed after a conversation with a colleague about their employers. The husband and wife owners turned up at his home shortly after dismissing his colleague, and forced him to sign a dismissal agreement.

The management had used software from SpectorSoft to monitor their habits, having asked employees to install routine software updates which had the spying software installed. Following a complaint to his union, Hedin had his dismissal withdrawn but he has since resigned over the incident in which the employer accused him of having a theoretical conversation on how to cheat them.

According to prosecutor Hakan Roswall, Structured Consulting was within its rights to install spyware on its own computers. “As long as you own the computer you have the right to install spyware that keeps track of everything from bank transactions to web cameras,” he told Goteborgs-Posten. However, Sweden’s data protection laws deem it illegal for employers to monitor workers without the staffmembers’ consent.

Press Release: Employee Monitoring Software Identifies, Ends Widespread Abuse

2008-06-19T15:09:00.004-05:00

June 3, 2008
Vero Beach, Florida

Employee Monitoring Software Identifies, Ends Widespread Abuse‘All But Two Employees’ Pinpointed by Spector 360

SpectorSoft Corporation, the worldwide leader in Internet Monitoring and Surveillance Software, announced the availability of a Success Story in which Spector 360, its flagship employee monitoring software product, is shown to both identify and end widespread PC and Internet abuse at F&B Communications, Inc.

The Success Story, “Spector 360 Identifies and Ends Widespread Abuse at F&B Communications,” describes how General Manager Ken Laursen perceived an email and Internet abuse problem at the Wheatland, Iowa company and used Spector 360 to pinpoint and put an end to the problems.

“I can’t believe the difference Spector 360 has made,” said Laursen. “Now I don’t see ANY abuse. It’s a huge change. The abusive emailing and the web-surfing have just STOPPED.”

In addition to restoring order in the workplace – all but two employees were cited for PC activity and Internet abuse -- Laursen estimated a quick return on investment.

“Very early in my use of the program, it became clear to me that if I were to take just one of the employees abusing work time surfing the Internet and stop them by using Spector 360 – which I did – the software would pay for itself in one year or less,” said Laursen.

How It Works

Spector 360 records employees’ web sites visited, emails sent and received, chats and instant messages, keystrokes typed, files transferred, documents printed and applications run. In addition, through a first of its kind surveillance-like camera recording tool, Spector 360 shows in exact visual detail what an employee does every step of the way.

Further, Spector 360 takes the recorded Internet and computer activities, feeds that information into a database, and provides more than 50 easy-to-read reports – with unlimited customization potential -- to answer questions IMV Projects previously found problematic, such as:

Which employees may be leaking company confidential information via removable media like USB flash drives, CDs, and DVDs?
Which employees chat or use anonymous email services like Hotmail and Gmail?
Which employees are spending the most time surfing web sites?
Who is sending the most emails with attachments?
Which employees are printing sensitive documents?
Who is arriving to work late and leaving early? Who takes long lunch breaks
What are my employees searching for on Google, Yahoo, and MSN?

Spector 360's Bottom-Line Impact

Laursen provided perhaps the most telling, bottom-line description of Spector 360’s impact at F&B when he said:

“Spector 360 is well worth the money. The value is good, the quality of the program is good. Like most businesses, we need to cut costs … to be lean and mean. Spector 360 is helping us achieve that goal.

“I wish I had Spector 360 a long time ago.”

For more information about SpectorSoft, a press evaluation copy of Spector 360 or an electronic copy of the F&B Communications Spector 360 Success Story, please contact Kasey Sellati at: (772) 770-5670 or

press@spectorsoft.com.

Spector 360 Receives PC Magazine Editors Choice

2008-06-18T08:15:00.003-05:00

PC Magazine names Spector 360 as the best surveillance software for business use. Below are some quotes from the review.

Spector 360 is the most mature surveillance
offering for business use,
which shows in its comprehensive reporting and
configuration.
If you need to spy on your employees, this is
the way to do it.

Mature product provides top-notch
reporting and employee monitoring.
Highly configurable and scalable. Well-designed and
-implemented client server architecture.
Records screenshots at set
intervals.

"Monitoring may make you feel a bit like Big Brother, but
it's also one of the best ways to protect your data, your business, and, in
extreme cases, yourself. That's where Spector 360 comes in. This mature
client/server software is designed to automatically record everything that your
employees do while using their PCs and, perhaps more importantly, the Internet.

If you suspect an employee is misusing computing resources
or divulging secrets, installing Spector 360 will allow you to track every
keystroke, e-mail (sent and received), Web-site visit, and instant message
conversation. If installed before your problems begin, monitoring software may
prevent malfeasance, because employees know they are being watched. At $75 per
client license (that is, per employee monitored), Spector 360 isn't a casual
purchase, but if you really need to track what your employees are doing this
package does it better than anything else I have tested. "
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In the News: Middle East bosses fight back against staff Internet abuse

2008-06-16T11:05:00.003-05:00

Moussa Ahmad recently wrote an article titled Middle East bosses fight back against staff Internet abuse.

Below is a quote from the artice:

"More and more companies anxious about lost productivity, inappropriate activity by their staff or just plain theft are monitoring what their employees are up to on their terminals," says Balakrishnan Balasubramanian, General Manager of Dubai-based Netcare System Services, the regional distributors of Spector 360 monitoring software."

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Press Release: Spector 360 Success Story Outlines Blueprint for Savings, Security

2008-06-09T08:46:00.002-05:00

Who Wants to Recoup $1 Million? Spector 360 Success Story Outlines Blueprint for Savings, Security

SpectorSoft Corporation, the worldwide leader in Internet Monitoring and Surveillance Software, announced that Spector 360, its flagship employee monitoring product, is shown to be part of a solid security formula as well as responsible for recouping lost productivity valued at anywhere from $195K to more than $1 million. IMV Projects, considers Spector 360 the anchor of a four-part security plan and using conservative calculations, projects a minimum annual cost savings of $195K.

Vero Beach, FL

June 5, 2008 -- SpectorSoft Corporation (www.SpectorSoft.com), the worldwide leader in Internet Monitoring and Surveillance Software, announced the availability of a Success Story in which Spector 360, its flagship employee monitoring product, is shown to be part of a solid security formula as well as responsible for recouping lost productivity valued at anywhere from $195K to more than $1 million.

The Success Story, "Spector 360 Helps IMV Projects Secure Network, Increase Productivity," describes how IT Manager Ross Benov at IMV Projects in Calgary, Alberta, Canada -- a business unit of the Wood Group, a major multinational corporation -- considers Spector 360 the anchor of a four-part security plan and using conservative calculations, projects a minimum annual cost savings of $195K.

"Since we were acquired by the Wood Group, security has been the main concern," said Benov. "The Wood Group sees a comprehensive and complete security package as including a firewall, antivirus software, web filtering, and employee monitoring … with Spector 360."

Regarding the value of lost productivity, Benov said: "Spector 360 has absolutely increased productivity. Considering the impact it has had … Spector 360 definitely is worth the price. If you get back just 10 hours of work per employee a year, Spector 360 pays for itself many times over."

Doing the Math

Benov said that most IMV Projects employees make $30 to $40 an hour. Using Benov's conservative estimate of 10 hours of work recouped per employee per year - and factoring in the lower end of the compensation range - the yearly cost savings estimate is $195,000. At $40 an hour, the cost savings estimate increases to $260,000. Staying at the $40 an hour rate -- but increasing the recoup of lost productivity to a still-realistic estimate of 40 hours a year per employee -- the cost savings estimate increases to more than $1 million a year.

How It Works

Spector 360 records employees' web sites visited, emails sent and received, chats and instant messages, keystrokes typed, files transferred, documents printed and applications run. In addition, through a first of its kind surveillance-like camera recording tool, Spector 360 shows in exact visual detail what an employee does every step of the way. Further, Spector 360 takes the recorded Internet and computer activities, feeds that information into a database, and provides more than 50 easy-to-read reports - with unlimited customization potential -- to answer questions IMV Projects previously found problematic, such as:

Which employees may be leaking company confidential information via removable media like USB flash drives, CDs, and DVDs?

Which employees chat or use anonymous email services like Hotmail and Gmail?

Which employees are spending the most time surfing web sites?

Who is sending the most emails with attachments?

Which employees are printing sensitive documents?

Who is arriving to work late and leaving early? Who takes long lunch breaks?

What are my employees searching for on Google, Yahoo, and MSN?

Spector 360 a Standout
Benov said Spector 360's many features and benefits immediately stood out when Benov began his research into a security and monitoring solution for IMV Projects:

"I very quickly noticed Spector 360. My main interest was what we could monitor and next, its reporting. I liked the reporting as well as what it can monitor … and it can monitor a lot!"

About Spector
SoftSpectorSoft develops, markets and supports PC and Internet monitoring and surveillance products for education, business, government and home users, including Spector Pro, eBlaster, Spector for Mac, Spector CNE Investigator, and Spector 360.

More than 50,000 companies and more than 300,000 consumers have purchased SpectorSoft solutions to crack down on Internet abuse in their business or home, and SpectorSoft has been selected for three years by Inc. Magazine as one of the Fastest Growing Private Companies in America. SpectorSoft monitoring technology twice has been awarded the prestigious PC Magazine Editors' Choice Award.

In The News: WFTV 9

2008-05-30T09:26:00.003-05:00

WTFV Channel 9 has posted an article titled: Company Has Unique Software It Says Can Help Protect Your Child Online. The article discusses the danger that children are facing on MySpace.com.

Below are a few of quotes from the article:

"An Apopka mother didn't know her 12-year-old daughter was arranging sexual
encounters with a 29-year-old through the social-networking site MySpace. She
found out when it was too late.

A Central Florida-based software company, SpectorSoft, says it didn't have
to happen. They've developed a new version of monitoring software designed
with social-networking sites, MySpace and Facebook, in mind.

"If a child is on MySpace, [the program records] profiles, conversations,
pictures, everything they've done on there," said Doug Taylor, SpectorSoft."

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Employee Monitoring: It's Not Paranoia—You Really Are Being Watched!

2008-05-27T15:49:00.002-05:00

PC Magazine wrote an article titled: Employee Monitoring: It's Not Paranoia—You Really Are Being Watched!

Below is a quote from the article:

There is no shortage of such software available for purchase by both companies and individuals. Programs like Spector Pro can keep detailed logs of keystrokes and SMTP and POP sessions, screenshots, instant messages, and URLs visited on individual computers. Spector can also be programmed to inform users at start-up that their computers are being monitored—a handy tool that can keep an employer in the legal clear.

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2008-05-21T16:01:00.001-05:00

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SpectorSoft Products Awarded The National Parenting Center’s Seal of Approval

2008-05-21T13:52:00.002-05:00

Spector Pro 2008, the world’s best-selling PC and Internet Activity monitoring software from SpectorSoft Corporation (www.SpectorSoft.com), has been honored with The National Parenting Center’s 2008 Seal of Approval for Computer Software. The National Parenting Center’s product testing division is run by independent testers including parents, educators and panelists of The National Parenting Center. The testing of Spector Pro involved a multi-step process conducted over an eight-week period. The testing facility of The National Parenting Center gives parents, children, and educators the opportunity to examine a variety of submitted products in a hands-on environment. Each product is evaluated for its level of desirability, safety features, and other ingredients essential in the make-up of a quality product.

Press Mention: The Daily News Online

2008-05-19T14:41:00.002-05:00

Leslie Slape from TDN.com recently wrote an article titled: Protective parents sniff out improper e-mails.

Below is a snippet from the article:

When a man sent a 12-year-old Longview girl an e-mail asking her for nude photos of herself, the girl’s parents quickly knew. They have an Internet surveillance program. The mother said she set up an e-mail account for her daughter for a school project. She checked up on the girl’s use of the Internet with Spector Pro, a surveillance program she installed 18 months ago.

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In The News: Geek News Central

2008-05-07T09:17:00.004-05:00

Online Videos by Veoh.com

In The News: Good Housekeeping

2008-05-07T09:07:00.001-05:00

In an article titled “Do You Know Where Your Kids Are”, SpectorSoft’s remote Internet monitoring software called eBlaster was featured in Good Housekeeping Magazine.
Several parents who use eBlaster to monitor their children’s Internet activities are quoted in the article and refer to how eBlaster has alerted them to dangerous instant messages, web sites and postings of inappropriate pictures of their children online.

In The News: Reader's Digest

2008-05-07T09:04:00.001-05:00

In an article titled "Is Your Boss Spying on You? It's legal, it's happening and it can get you fired," Reader's Digest writer Kim Zetter discusses how more employers are monitoring PCs to protect themselves against lawsuits such as sexual harassment and copyright infringement, as well as to increase security and improve employee productivity.

The article opens with the story of Ismael Rodriguez, a network analyst for Copier Country, a small New York company that sells photocopiers. According to Zetter, "A few years ago, after a salesman took the firm's customer database when he left for a new job, Rodriguez installed a program called Spector Pro on most of the company's computers. The software, made by SpectorSoft, can track and block the websites a user tries to visit and log his or her every keystroke."

"I can see screen shots of what they do in Yahoo!," Rodriguez says. "I can see what they're typing, whether it's resumes or business-related stuff. The program even keeps track of songs that employees download to their iPod. There's not anything these guys can get away with that I can't see."

In The News: InformationWeek

2008-05-07T09:01:00.001-05:00

To catch a data thief, you'll need discreet audio and video recorders, tiny cameras, keystroke loggers and a trove of other 007-worthy digital security, monitoring and surveillance devices. Spector Pro is one of the tools discussed by the experts at InformationWeek.

In The News: CBS Evening News

2008-05-07T08:58:00.002-05:00

In a segment titled 'The Secret Lives of Teens,' CBS Science and Technology Correspondent Daniel Sieberg discussed the dangers children face on the Internet and the issues involved with parental monitoring."Is it high-tech parenting or old-fashioned prying?" asked Sieberg. "For any parent concerned about what their kids are doing in the digital domain, software programs can log every keystroke, keep track of every Web page, read every e-mail, instant message, etc. Users can even set keyword 'alerts,' so if a child types or reads something they deem inappropriate an e-mail is sent to the person who installed the software."

Award:PC Pro Magazine awards 5 Stars to Spector 360

2008-05-07T08:53:00.002-05:00

Spector 360 has been awarded 5 Stars by PC Pro magazine and receives the official "PC Pro Recommended" seal.

The review calls Spector 360 "invaluable in detecting computer misuse and security issues". During their evaluation, reviewers found Spector 360 to be "easy to install" and noted that "good security practice means monitoring and reporting is essential".

Award: Spector 360 nominated for two XChange Xcellence Tech Innovators Awards

2008-05-07T08:46:00.001-05:00

SpectorSoft’s Spector 360 PC and Internet activity monitoring software was one of three finalists for “Best Software Solution” at the CMP XChange Tech Innovators show October 7-9 in Miami, FL.Nominees included FalconStor, and VMWare.

At the same event, SpectorSoft’s live Spector 360 demo was nominated as a finalist for “Best XChange Appointment Demonstration.”Other nominees included FalconStor, and HP.

The show’s field of nearly 50 vendors included such industry powerhouses as AMD, Citrix, Fujitsu, HP, Lenovo, Lexmark, McAfee, Toshiba, and Xerox.

What you will see with Spector Pro

2008-04-25T12:13:00.004-05:00

eBlaster Demo

2008-04-25T10:20:00.006-05:00

In The News: ABC 6 News

2008-04-24T11:56:00.000-05:00

The following video covers the importance of internet monitoring software.The software used in the news piece was Spector Pro.

SpectorSoft Presentation

2008-04-24T11:48:00.000-05:00

Press Mention: Officer.Com

2008-04-24T11:40:00.000-05:00

Tabatha Wethal from Officer.com recently wrote an article titled Digital kids in danger. The article discusses how children are vulnerable now more than ever before to predatory grooming.

Below is a quote from the article:

"Brown, who also gives presentations on Internet safety in his community and teaches sex crimes at the Orange County Sheriff's Academy, says the only way to safeguard children and prevent predatory harm is monitoring their activities with software like eBlaster by SpectorSoft for computer monitoring and eAgency's Radar for cell phones."

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Spector CNE: Workplace Efficiency

2008-04-21T13:22:00.000-05:00

Get Connected host Mike Agerbo takes a look at Spector CNE Investigator, for recording keystrokes on computers to keep an eye on when your employees are working and what they're working on.

Press Release: SpectorSoft Certified as "Gold 5-Star"Overall Winner By VARBusiness 2008 Partner Program Guide

2008-04-16T10:53:00.003-05:00

SpectorSoft -- known worldwide for its award-winning, best-selling PC and Internet Activity monitoring software -- announced its Partner Program was certified as a Gold 5-Star Overall Winner in the VARBusiness 2008 Partner Program Guide. SpectorSoft was one of only 10 Gold 5-Star Overall Winners chosen in the 14th annual VARBusiness Partner Programs Guide survey.

Vero Beach, FL (PRWEB) April 1, 2008 -- SpectorSoft Corporation (www.SpectorSoft.com) -- known worldwide for its award-winning, best-selling PC and Internet Activity monitoring software -- announced its Partner Program was certified as a Gold 5-Star Overall Winner in the VARBusiness 2008 Partner Program Guide.

The CMP Channel publication acknowledges the commitment and strength of a vendor's partner programs for its Channel resellers, IT integrators, and technology consultants.

"Receiving Gold 5-Star from an acknowledged industry leader like VARBusiness is a tremendous honor and achievement," said Sharon Woolley, SpectorSoft Channel Sales Director. "Many companies strive for years to achieve this rating and we're elated to have made it in a relatively short time. It's not only a testimony to our products and people, but also a clear indication of the commitment and strength of our Partner Program."

Woolley attributed SpectorSoft's success to providing its Partners with the ability to demo, sell, install and support the most comprehensive PC and Internet activity monitoring software products in one of the fastest growing security segments in the technology marketplace today. With products like Spector 360 leading the way, SpectorSoft Partners have the perfect solution for customers concerned with inappropriate use of the web, insider threat protection, adherence to policy and compliance requirements, and productivity issues.

SpectorSoft was also certified a Silver 5-Star Winner in the Marketing Support, Partner Profitability, Channel Operations, and Partner Recruitment elements of the awards program.
Inclusion in the "Gold 5-Star" category places SpectorSoft in good company. Some of last year's winners included CA, Cisco, Citrix, HP, Fujitsu, and IBM.

Each year, hundreds of companies are called upon by VARBusiness to submit entries for their partner programs, and these programs are reviewed and measured across six partner program elements including Sales Support, Marketing Support, Partner Profitability, Channel Operations, Partner Recruitment, and Communications.

"The quality of a vendor's partner program reflects the true commitment they have to the thriving Solution Provider Channel, and this year's 5-Star Partner Programs Guide winners are the cream of the crop of Channel-friendly vendors," added Robert C. DeMarzo, CMP Channel Vice President and Editorial Director.

For more information about SpectorSoft, the SpectorSoft Partners Program, an evaluation copy of any of SpectorSoft's award-winning PC and Internet Activity monitoring software, or to speak with SpectorSoft Channel Sales Director Sharon Woolley, please call SpectorSoft at 888 598-2788, extension 2774 or email partners(at)spectorsoft.com.

About SpectorSoft
SpectorSoft develops, markets and supports PC and Internet monitoring and surveillance products for education, business, government, and home users, including Spector Pro, eBlaster, Spector for Mac OS, Spector CNE Investigator, and Spector 360. More than 50,000 businesses and more than 300,000 consumers have purchased SpectorSoft solutions to crack down on Internet abuse. SpectorSoft has been selected for three years by Inc. Magazine as one of the Fastest Growing Private Companies in America. SpectorSoft monitoring technology twice has been awarded the prestigious PC Magazine Editors' Choice Award.

About VARBusiness
For the past 20 years, VARBusiness' strategic resources have been the gateway to the commercial and public sector (or government) Solution Provider community. The VARBusiness integrated platform of media opportunities provides strategic insight for technology integrators through industry-defining research, in-depth editorial, channel events and innovative Web services, enabling these IT professionals to make educated decisions for their businesses, partnerships and customers. VARBusiness offerings lead vendors and distributors to unprecedented access to the most powerful strategic Solution Providers in the market. VARBusiness has been the recipient of numerous industry awards for both editorial content and design.

Press Release: Spector Pro 2008 Keeps Tabs on Popular But Potentially Dangerous Social Networking Sites

2008-04-16T10:51:00.002-05:00

Vero Beach, Florida

Spector Pro 2008 Keeps Tabs on Popular But Potentially Dangerous Social Networking Sites

Facebook + MySpace = Most Robust Spector Pro Ever

Spector Pro 2008, the world's best-selling PC and Internet Activity monitoring software from SpectorSoft Corporation, has been enhanced by the inclusion of an easy-to-use tab dedicated to tracking both detailed and summary use of the popular but potentially dangerous Facebook social networking site.

With the addition of the Facebook tab, Spector Pro 2008 includes tracking of both MySpace and Facebook activities, making Spector Pro the easiest-to-use, most feature-rich Spector Pro ever. Perhaps most importantly, Spector Pro 2008 addresses serious concerns shared by millions of parents everywhere.

“MySpace and Facebook are the most popular sites for teenagers to hang out on the Internet,” said SpectorSoft President C. Douglas Fowler. “Unfortunately, the information they post about themselves is available to almost anyone else using the Internet, and that includes millions of adults of all ages, thousands of whom are sexual predators trying to prey on young people.”

Spector Pro 2008 is the latest and most robust version of the immensely popular and groundbreaking Spector, introduced by SpectorSoft nearly a decade ago.

Spector Pro 2008 helps parents by recording everything a child does on Facebook and MySpace - as well as all PC and Internet activity in general - so parents will know exactly what their child is doing. If a child updates his or her profile, posts pictures, makes comments about other users, sends messages, invites someone to be a friend, accepts an invitation from a new friend, Spector Pro for 2008 will record the information and make it easy to find by simply clicking on the clearly marked Facebook or MySpace tab.

“Anything a child does on Facebook and MySpace will be recorded by Spector Pro, and parents will be able to review that activity,” said Fowler.

Spector Pro has been reviewed by PC Magazine, the most trusted computer publication in the world, on two separate occasions. Each time, Spector Pro was selected as the magazine's Editors' Choice. No other monitoring software has received this distinction.

Using Spector Pro 2008, a concerned parent can guard against predators by recording every detail of what the child does on the computer - chats, keystrokes typed, web sites visited, what they search for, emails sent and received, and programs run. Further, with the monitoring program's advanced screen snapshot feature, parents can see not only what their child has done, but the exact order in which they have done it, step by step.

Spector Pro 2008 also has an advanced warning system designed to inform parents when a monitored PC has been used inappropriately. Through the use of keywords and phrases a parent can specify, Spector Pro 2008 can be placed "on alert", emailing the parent an immediate and detailed report of when, where, and how a keyword was used … every time it is typed or appears on the PC, on a web site, in a chat/instant message, or in an email.

Spector Pro 2008 costs $99.95 and supports Windows Vista -- Home Basic, Home Premium, Business, and Ultimate -- whether a user has upgraded to Vista or received it pre-installed. Spector Pro 2008 also supports Windows XP Home or Professional, Windows 2000, and Windows NT.

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About SpectorSoft

SpectorSoft develops, markets and supports PC and Internet monitoring and surveillance products for education, business, government and home users, including Spector Pro, eBlaster, Spector for Mac, Spector CNE Investigator, and Spector 360. SpectorSoft monitoring technology twice has been awarded the prestigious PC Magazine Editors' Choice Award. SpectorSoft is a 2007 Inc. 5000 company and is a two-time recipient of the Inc. 500 award for being one of the fastest growing privately held companies in America.

To schedule a product demonstration, please contact press@spectorsoft.com , or call: (772) 770-5670.

Press Release: New for 2008! SpectorSoft's eBlaster Makes It Easier Than Ever

2008-04-16T10:49:00.001-05:00

New for 2008! SpectorSoft's eBlaster Makes It Easier Than Ever
To Know Everything They're Doing Online by Simply Checking Email

Remote Options/Settings Capability Bolsters “Install and Walk Away” Concept

SpectorSoft Corporation, the worldwide leader in Internet Monitoring and Surveillance Software, announced the release of a major upgrade to eBlaster, for almost a decade the industry standard in remote monitoring software for parents and employers. Effective immediately, eBlaster 6.0 is available and shipping.

eBlaster 6.0 adds several significant features to the best-in-class monitoring software program. Highlighting the list of new items is the ability to change eBlaster options and settings from anywhere program owners have an Internet connection, eliminating the need to return to the PC on which eBlaster is installed.

“Version 6.0 represents a real innovative change in eBlaster,” said SpectorSoft President C. Douglas Fowler. “eBlaster has been the remote monitoring market leader since inception, and the new eBlaster for 2008 includes enhancements that further solidify it as the software of choice when parents or employers need to know what is happening on their PCs, even if they are thousands of miles away.”

eBlaster is the only remote monitoring software capable of capturing and recording the emails, chats, and instant messages of children or employees and then forwarding an EXACT copy to any email address.

Robust and secure for the most demanding businesses, yet easy enough for computer novices to install and use effectively, eBlaster combines Instant Notification features and a Comprehensive Scheduled Activity Report to enable users to be copied via email on the emails, chats, instant messages, and sensitive words and phrases of their children or employees.

In addition to the new remote options/settings capability -- reinforcing the program's “install and walk away” appeal - eBlaster for 2008 boasts several additional new features.

Summary of What's New in eBlaster for 2008:

Change Options and Settings Remotely
As highlighted above, once eBlaster for 2008 is installed on the PC to be monitored, the program owner need not return to that PC to change the destination email address, or the frequency of reports. Anywhere the eBlaster owner has an Internet connection, they can logon to change any option or setting desired.
Web Site Blocking
Inappropriate web sites can be blocked by name immediately when they appear in reports. If the eBlaster owner notices a visit to a web site they don't approve of, they can block future access directly from the eBlaster Activity Report.
Chat/IM Contact Blocking
eBlaster owners can block all chat and instant messaging with specific people, or limit conversations to specific people only. If a parent notes their child is chatting with an adult stranger they're uncomfortable with, the parent can block that person from further talking with their child, protecting the youth from a potential online predator.
Online Searches
The new eBlaster records searches made using Google, AOL, MSN, and Yahoo -- plus many other search engines -- and adds the recorded searches to its Activity Reports. Parents or employers can see what children or employees are searching for on the Internet, and how often they search for these topics.
Screen Snapshots with Keyword Alerts
With the inclusion of a screen snapshot to each keyword alert received, eBlaster owners can see exactly what the monitored individual saw. This powerful new feature provides the program owner with a clear picture of what their children or employees were looking at when the alert was triggered.
MySpace Activity
All activity on the popular but potentially dangerous MySpace web site is reported separately on eBlaster Activity Reports. Parents or employers can see how many accounts their children or employees have, what is posted in their profiles, how much time they spend on MySpace, who they invite as friends, and the people to whom they send and receive emails.

eBlaster 6.0 supports all versions of Windows Vista -- Home Basic, Home Premium, Business and Ultimate -- whether a user has upgraded to Vista or received it pre-installed. eBlaster 6.0 also supports Windows XP Home Edition or Professional, Windows 2000, and Windows NT.

eBlaster 6.0 is regularly priced at $99.95. Registered owners of eBlaster Versions 5.0 or 5.1 can purchase eBlaster 6.0 at a special upgrade price of $69.95.

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About SpectorSoft

To schedule a product demonstration, please contact press@spectorsoft.com , or call: (772) 770-5670.

Press Release: Hickman County Schools Credits Spector 360 With

2008-04-16T10:47:00.001-05:00

SpectorSoft Monitoring Software “Tightens” Learning and Work Environment

Spector 360 monitoring software, from SpectorSoft Corporation (www.SpectorSoft.com), has been credited by Hickman County Schools for a drastic reduction in frivolous and inappropriate PC and Internet activity at the central Tennessee school.

“The simplest way to describe Spector 360's impact is a major reduction of bad stuff happening,” said Robert Haviland, Technology Coordinator at Hickman County Schools. “Thanks to Spector 360, we have tightened both the work environment as well as the learning environment.”

Spector 360 records a PC user's web sites visited, emails sent and received, chats and instant messages, keystrokes typed, files transferred, documents printed and applications run. In addition, through a first of its kind surveillance-like camera recording tool, Spector 360 shows in exact visual detail what a PC user does every step of the way.

Further, Spector 360 takes the recorded Internet and computer activities, feeds that information into a database, and provides more than 50 easy-to-read, built-in reports with unlimited customization potential to provide answers to questions most school and district Information Technology professionals have found hard - even impossible - to answer, such as:

Which students are goofing off instead of doing their class work?
Are students getting around filters to visit MySpace, Facebook, or to surf porn … and how are they doing it?
Which students are eating up bandwidth by downloading music, videos, and games?
Who is copying files to or from USB drives or peer-to-peer servers?
Can the school or district save money by identifying costly, underused curriculum software?
Are staff members using school computers for inappropriate activities and communications?
Who is attempting to visit blocked web sites?
Are students searching for the Internet for terms like 'Proxy Server,' 'Suicide,' or 'Drugs'?

“I didn't find anything close to SpectorSoft,” said Haviland, responsible for nearly 1,000 workstations at seven schools and a central office. “I looked at a couple of other programs and tested them … it was just a headache. Spector 360 fit everything we needed.

“Spector 360 is a good investment. The use of Spector 360 has restored order.”

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CASE STUDY: Hickman County & Spector 360

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About SpectorSoft

To schedule a product demonstration, please contact press@spectorsoft.com , or call: (772) 770-5670.

Press Release: SpectorSoft Monitoring Technology Helps INCA Save Money, Track Laptop Use

2008-04-16T10:44:00.002-05:00

Vero Beach, Florida

SpectorSoft Monitoring Technology Helps INCA Save Money, Track Laptop Use

Dominican Republic Company Uses Spector 360 to “Find Out What's Real”

SpectorSoft Corporation, the worldwide leader in Internet Monitoring and Surveillance Software, announced the availability of a Case Study in which Spector 360, its flagship employee monitoring software product, is shown to fill an information void faced by countless organizations across the nation and around the world.

The Case Study, “Spector 360 Helps INCA Keep It Real,” describes how the IT department at INCA (Industrias Nacionales), was unable to respond to management requests for data about employee use of the Internet and their PCs - including laptops -- and how Spector 360 helped provide the answers. INCA is a 60-year-old company specializing in steel construction products headquartered near Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

“There was a whole lot we didn't know about,” said Franklin Arosemena, INCA Sr. IT Manager. “We began to think we needed a forensic tool … something to let us know where, who, how.”

After checking with Bizion, INCA's technology provider, Spector 360 was proposed as the ideal solution to INCA's information void.

Further, Spector 360 takes the recorded Internet and computer activities, feeds that information into a database, and provides more than 50 easy-to-read built-in reports - with unlimited customization potential -- to answer questions that INCA previously found problematic, such as:

Which employees may be leaking company confidential information via removable media like USB flash drives, CDs, and DVDs?
Which employees chat or use anonymous email services like Hotmail and Gmail?
Which employees are spending the most time surfing web sites?
Who is sending the most emails with attachments?
Which employees are printing sensitive documents?
Who is arriving to work late and leaving early? Who takes long lunch breaks?
What are my employees searching for on Google, Yahoo, and MSN?

Thanks to Spector 360, INCA's Arosemena was able to determine that employees were accessing inappropriate websites with company laptops taken offsite, and also that a large number of PCs on its network were vulnerable to potentially catastrophic attacks because of the absence of a security program the company incorrectly believed was installed.

INCA also used Spector 360 to identify cost savings opportunities surrounding printing procedures, and cleared up a concern over what on the surface appeared to be an inordinate amount of files transferred by one employee.

Arosemena provided perhaps the most telling, bottom-line description of Spector 360's impact at INCA when he said that with the monitoring software “you find out what's real.”

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For more information or an electronic copy of the Case Study, “Spector 360 Helps INCA Keep It Real,” please contact Kasey Sellati at SpectorSoft.

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About SpectorSoft

To schedule a product demonstration, please contact press@spectorsoft.com , or call: (772) 770-5670.

Press Mention: The Star Telegram

2008-03-31T10:17:00.001-05:00

The Star Telegram recently wrote an article titled: Lewisville group named to online task force.

Below are a couple of quotes from the article:

‘The organization hopes to ensure that policymakers find ways to protect children while also allowing the fair and free use of technology, said Bartlett Cleland, director of the institute's Center for Technology Freedom.

Consider software surveillance programs. Such programs, with names like Spector and eBlaster, can keep track of every e-mail, instant message and Internet page viewed’

If you would like to read the entire article please click here
If you would like to learn more about eBlaster or Spector Pro please click here.

Press Mention: The Wichita Eagle

2008-03-31T10:08:00.001-05:00

The Wichita Eagle recently wrote an article titled: Tweens and Teens Online. The article discusses how parents need to be web-savvy in order to protect their children from dangers on the web.

Below is a quote from that article:
But what if a parent insists on having access to a child's account and a child refuses? Or what if a parent suspects a child has a "secret" account on MySpace or another social-networking site, which they're not handling wisely?
(It doesn't take much to establish a MySpace profile, which is why some child advocates have argued for better controls, such as needing a credit card to register with the site.)
The solution could be installing monitoring software -- SpectorSoft is a popular brand -- on a child's computer.
If you would like to read the article in its entirety please visit the following link: Click Here

If you would like to learn more about SpectorSoft please click here.

Press Mention: The Kingman Daily Miner

2008-03-31T10:01:00.001-05:00

The Kingman Daily Miner has an article titled, Internet Predators focus of KHS Forum.

Below is a quote from the article:

“Supervising Special Agent John Iannarelli with the Cyber Squad Division on the FBI Phoenix office will give a presentation and five computer parental control systems by SpectorSoft will be given away.”

If you would like to read the entire article please visit the following link: Click Here

If you would like to learn more about SpectorSoft please click here.

Press Mention: Security Matters Magazine

2008-03-28T15:38:00.002-05:00

Security Matters Magazine has posted an article titled "Employee monitoring does not equal spying".

Below is a quote from the article:

"Even though several recent studies have suggested the number is trending higher, conservative estimates suggest employees with a high-speed connection waste at least one hour a day on the Internet, costing an employer an average of $5,000 a year in productivity alone. That’s a $250,000 drain for a 50-person company."

If you would like to read the entire article please visit the following link:
http://www.securitymattersmag.com/security-articles-details.php?rmensubject=IT%20Security&articleid=98

Press Mention - The News Journal

2007-05-14T07:26:00.001-05:00

J.L. Miller from The News Journal recently wrote an article regarding the Delaware Online Predator Act of 2007. In the article Patricia Sine, the director of the Office of Educational Technology mentioned that there is software readily available for parents to use to keep tabs on their kids’ online activities.

Below are a couple of quotes from the article.

“But Sine said that protecting children online really is the parents' responsibility, and that legislation to require this technology could just provide parents with a false sense of security -- and a challenge for tech-savvy kids to defeat the programs.”

"The real power is with the parents," Sine said.

“The program known as eBlaster, for example, can monitor Internet activity on a computer and send e-mail reports on that activity without the user's knowledge.”

If you would like to read the entire article please visit the following link.

The News Journal Article

In The News: Seattle Times

2007-03-21T09:37:00.001-05:00

Kristi Heim from the Seattle Times recently wrote an article about March madness, what employers are faced with and what they can do about the possible decrease in employee productivity.

Below is a quote from the article;

But now employers have their own technology arsenal, and they are prepared to use it.
Some are secretly installing software that can tell who is going to game sites, betting online or sending mass e-mails with tournament picks.
What can they see? Pretty much everything.
If you would like to read the entire article please visit the following link;

Seattle Times

In The News: RedOrbit

2007-03-20T10:54:00.001-05:00

Richard J. Dalton Jr. from Newsday recently wrote about Employers having to contend with employee performance because of March Madness.

Below is a quote from the report;

Doug Fowler, president of SpectorSoft Corp., a company in Vero Beach, Fla., that makes Internet monitoring software, said some companies take screen shots every two seconds, sort of like a surveillance tape of the computer screen.

If you would like to read the entire article, please visit the following link;

Full Article

Press Mention: The Press Enterprise

2007-03-14T11:46:00.001-05:00

Lou Hirsh wrote an excellent article about Employers trying to keep up productivity during March madness.

This is an outstanding write up and I would recommend all employers read the article.

Below is a quote from the article;

During March Madness, Fowler said not everything captured by the software would
be grounds for worker discipline. For instance, if an employee is catching a
video feed or checking the score of a game in one window, the screen capture
could also show that worker is crunching numbers for the company in another
window and not necessarily wasting time.
Such software works best if employers tell the workers they are being monitored and don't turn it into a spying situation. The effect is to influence behavior similar to the way in which cameras discourage speeding through red lights.

If you would like to read the entire article please visit the following link;

The Press Enterprise Article

Press Mention: Denver Post

2007-03-14T11:40:00.001-05:00

The Denver Post recently discussed monitoring employee activity with Spector 360.

Below is a quote from the article.

Its Spector 360 program records employee e-mails, chats
and instant messages, websites visited, keystrokes typed, and files transferred
and printed, and takes snapshots of the computer screen to provide a visual
record.
More than 10,000 companies now use Spector 360 to monitor such
things as employee keystroke totals, duration of breaks, start and stop times
and Internet habits.

If you would like to read the entire article please visit the following link.

Denver Post Article

In The News: CBS 3 Philadelphia

2007-03-14T11:34:00.000-05:00

On CBS 3 in Philadelphia (Jim Donavan) recently did a report on kid tracking and eBlaster was one of the programs that were featured.

Below is a link to watch the video.

Kid Tracking

Press Mention: Seattle Post Intelligencer

2007-03-14T11:08:00.001-05:00

Tammy Joyner recently wrote an article that discusses March Madness and how it can affect employee work performance.

Below is a quote from the article;

"It's good for any kind of productivity issues," Kasey Sellati, a spokeswoman for Vero Beach, Fla.-based SpectorSoft, creator of Spector 360 software. "March Madness is especially tempting to employees."

You may read the entire article here

Press Mention: Chicago Tribune

2007-03-12T06:47:00.001-05:00

On March 12, 2007 Eric Benderoff wrote an article titled – Employers watching your every online move.

Below is a quote from the article;

It's legal too. Under the law, if you are using company equipment, expect no right to privacy. That also goes for your company purchased BlackBerry, by the way.

If you would like to read the entire article, please visit the following web site.

Article

In The News: Geek News Central

2007-01-30T07:37:00.001-05:00

Geek News Central recently posted an interview with Kasey Sellati from SpectorSoft during the CES Conference. The interview provides you with an excellent breakdown of the recording tools included in Spector Pro. Kasey also discusses how the software can be used and what the benefits are if you are a parent that needs to keep an eye on the kids.

If you would like to watch the interview, please click on the following link;

http://www.geeknewscentral.com/archives/006793.html

If you would like to learn more about Spector Pro, please click on the following link;

Spector Pro Product Page

Spector Pro – Keyword Alerts

2007-01-29T09:49:00.001-05:00

Keyword Alerts

There are going to be times when you need to know certain activity on the computer, but you are not able to get to the computer to review the recordings. Some may need to know about this regardless of where they are.

Built in to Spector Pro is the keyword alert system. It works when ever a keyword that you choose has been contained in an email, chat conversation, blog entry, instant message, web site, online search, word document, login screen, and the list goes on and on.

After the keyword alert has been triggered Spector Pro will kick in to over drive, increasing the recording capabilities and then send you an INSTANT email with details of who, what, when, and where all of the activity occurred for that specific keyword you wanted to know about.

Learn more about Spector Pro

Spector Pro – Top 10 Reports

2007-01-29T09:40:00.001-05:00

Top 10 Reports

Spector pro is a powerful all in one recording tool that allows you to see everything that has been done on the computer. You will see web sites, myspace.com activity, emails, chats, online searches, visual snapshots, keystrokes, and anything else that can be done on a computer.

The software will collect a wide variety of information and that is why we have created the summary reports in Spector Pro.

It works by scanning through all of the recordings and finds the most common activities for each and every recording tool and generates a top 10 summary of the most popular activity for each tool.

Example: Let’s say that you wanted to know what the most common web sites they visit were. This is simple because the top 10 summary will place them in order (by rank of most visited first), the time spent on each domain, the list of all pages they have visited within the web site, and the option to block the web site.

Having the ability to quickly review the most common activity on the computer is a definite time saver and you will quickly know what they do more than anything else.

Learn more about Spector Pro

Spector Pro – Program Recording

2007-01-29T09:23:00.001-05:00

Program Recording

There are so many different programs that are installed and used on a computer; it can often be a daunting task to know how and when they are used. Some programs are very useful and necessary, but there are also some that are time killers. While there is nothing wrong with playing a game on a computer, or watching a DVD, you should be aware what programs they are using, how long they use it, and how many times they actively run it.

That is the idea behind the program recording tool built in to Spector Pro. You will have a complete detailed list of every program that has been launched, how many times a day they launch it, the amount of time they actively used it and you will also be able to see a report of the most popular programs they use on the computer that you are monitoring.

A great example of how the tool works would be if you wanted to know how long someone was using a word processing program in comparison to a video game. You can actually compare the times, dates and the active time they were using each application and know if they were playing a game too much, or if they were actually staying on task.

Learn more about Spector Pro

Spector Pro – Email Recording

2007-01-29T09:21:00.001-05:00

Email Recording

Spector pro will record emails that have been sent and received on the computer it has been installed on.

You will see emails from Outlook, Outlook Express, Exchange, and most POP3/SMTP email clients.

That’s just the beginning as Spector Pro is one of the only email recording programs that capture web based email. Web based email recording includes, AOL internal and web mail, hotmail, yahoo mail, Gmail, Myspace web mail, Juno, NetZero, Netscape web mail, and countless others.

Because you will see all of the emails that have been sent and received, you may only want to see emails from specific email addresses. This is done with great ease as you may simply enter the email address that you would like to see recordings for in the search box. This means if you only wanted to see emails from “jonny@emailaddress87.com”, it is as simple as entering it to the search box and a click of a button.

Learn more about Spector Pro

Spector Pro – Web Site Recording

2007-01-24T11:13:00.001-05:00

Web Site Recording

If you have an Internet connection you have a gateway to the multitude of web sites that it has to offer. Knowing what web sites a person will visit is important to many people for various reasons.

Spector Pro has an advanced web site recording tool that will capture the exact URL’s that have been visited. You will be able to see the times the web sites were visited, how many times they have been there, the total amount of time they spent on each page, and if necessary, you may visit the URL from within the program.

Additionally, you can block web sites from being accessed. This will allow you to selectively determine what web sites you feel are inappropriate to be visited on your computer. You do not need to worry about anyone knowing that Spector pro has blocked the web site as it will give them a standard “page can not be displayed” message when they attempt to visit the web site.

The Spector Pro web site recording tool is one of the most powerful web site logging tools available.

Learn More about Spector Pro

Spector Pro – Search Engine Recording

2007-01-24T11:09:00.001-05:00

Search Engine Recording

As you know, a search engine is a portal to anything on the Internet.

There are millions of web pages that contain useful information, but there are also an equal amount of web pages that you may not consider appropriate for some people to view on your computer(s).

Spector pro will record any keyword that has been typed in Google, Yahoo, MSN, Ask, AOL, and MySpace search engines. Thos are only a few of the Search engines that this tool will record keywords from, there are countless other search engines included in this list.

A good example of why you may want to use the search engine recording tool would be if you suspected someone was searching for a job on Google, or if a child was searching for adult related content.

No matter what the reason is, online search engine recording can be achieved with the click of a button.

Learn More about Spector Pro

Spector Pro – MySpace Recording

2007-01-24T10:59:00.001-05:00

MySpace Recording

If you are a parent, MySpace should be something you want to keep an eye on. There are so many things that occur on MySpace.com that not recording the activity, can be a risk. The negative issues that can arise range from online predators to cyber bullying.

That is why Spector Pro has a recording tool that is dedicated to recording all of the activity from Myspace.com.

With the click of a button you will see all MySpace messages, chats, instant messages, profiles, pictures posted, blog entries, their friends list, any comment they post (or receive), and their myspace emails.

Additionally you can view the snapshots that were taken when they were on any MySpace page. You will know exactly who they have been engaging with the most and what they do on MySpace.com.

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Spector Pro - Keystroke Recording

2007-01-23T13:30:00.001-05:00

Keystroke Recording

The keylogger that is built in to Spector Pro is going to record any key that has been typed on the keyboard. Because the keyboard is basically the outlet for any computer activity, it is going to collect a lot of information.

This is what separates Spector Pro from other keylogging tools because with Spector Pro will categorize keystrokes by time and date, the title of the window they are typing in, how many keystrokes occurred in that window, and a complete log of every key that has been typed in the application they were using.

This includes keystroke that you would not normally be able to see, such as passwords that they may be typing that usually shows only asterisks (*****).

Another useful feature that keystroke log allows for is the ability to quickly search for specific keystrokes in the search bar. An example of how it would be beneficial is if you wanted to search for an email address login, you simply type the login name in to the search bar and it will find every instance of that login name.

If you are looking for a keystroke logger that records every keystroke that has been typed (including passwords) Spector Pro has what many people believe is the best keylogger on the market today.

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Spector Pro - Chat Recording

2007-01-23T13:05:00.001-05:00

Chat Recording

The chat recording tool that is built in to Spector Pro is designed to record both sides of chat and instant message conversation from all of the most popular chat programs that are used online.

Spector pro will automatically start recording the chat session when ever a new conversation has started. You will see exactly what both “chatters” were saying to each other, you will see their screen names, know what chat program was used, and also know what time each chat conversation occurred.

You will see any chat conversation that takes place in AOL chat rooms, AIM (internal, and the freeware version), Google Chat, Myspace Chat, MSN, ICQ, IRC, Skype, Trillian, Yahoo, and many of the “lite” chat services that people use. You will also have the ability to print chat logs with the click of a button.

If you start to notice a trend among the chat conversations and simply want to block them from using it a certain times of the day, you may do so with the click of a button.
Considering that chat is one of the most widely used services for internet communication, parents and employers will reap benefits by recording chat and IM.

Learn More about Spector Pro

Spector Pro - Snapshot Recording

2007-01-23T12:41:00.001-05:00

Screenshot Recording

Screenshot recording is a feature that allows you to review activity in a visual way. It works by taking a “picture” of what ever is on the monitor and Spector Pro stores the snapshots in the order they were taken.

Much like playing a movie on a VCR, you can play the snapshots just like you would a movie on a VCR. The software has play, fast forward, rewind buttons. Having these buttons provide you with greater control as to how you will view the snapshots.

In addition to having the standard buttons, there is also a slider bar that works on a timeline scale.

A great example of using the timeline slider would be in cases when you want to know what someone did at a specific time, you simply slide the bar to that time and you can start to view the visually recorded details for that time frame.

One of the advanced features that the snapshot recorder has is the ability to know when someone is not using the computer. The snapshot recorder stops taking images and it ultimately saves you the hassle of having to look over inactive periods.

What can you see with the snapshot recorder?

You can see everything they do on the computer. The major difference between snapshot recording and the other powerful recording tools is that you will be able to see everything visually. Snapshot recording is an excellent way to double check activity because its virtually a visual copy of all computer activity.

Learn more about Spector Pro

Press mention: San Francisco Chronicle

2007-01-18T12:38:00.001-05:00

Wednesday January 17th an article was published in the San Francisco Chronicle Titled “Make sure all employees know their Web use can be monitored”

The article discusses the various reasons that using computer monitoring software may be used.

Below is a quote from the article;

“If you determine there is a problem, you can install software that will monitor Internet activity and block access to questionable sites. (eBlaster is one of the applications mentioned.)”

If you would like to read the article in it’s entirety, please visit the following link;

Click Here

Blogline: Computer Monitoring

2007-01-18T12:27:00.001-05:00

One person discusses how computer monitoring can be a benefit and is becoming more of a necessity in the work place.

Below is a quote from the blog post;

With the incidences of misuse of office computer or Internet rising, companies have no choice in safeguarding their physical and intellectual property and one of the best ways to check this is by using a computer monitoring system by SpectorSoft

If you would like to read the entire blog entry, please visit the following link;

http://oftravelsandtravails.blogspot.com/2006/12/monitoring-computers.html

Blogline: A parent understands Internet safety

2007-01-18T12:20:00.001-05:00

A net savvy parent posts a blog entry regarding the recent need to have a keystroke logger.

Below is a quote from the blog;

I have to be careful of what they're doing while online in case they happen to
stumble onto something else that maybe they didn't intend to. I have parental
controls set up on my internet service so that I can be notified of all
activity, but sometimes I'm not sure if that's really enough protection.

If you would like to read the blog please visit the following link;

http://looneybin4sure.blogspot.com/2007/01/internet-safety.html

Blogline: Protecting your children

2007-01-18T12:06:00.001-05:00

A great blog entry from a family member’s perspective on MySpace.

Below is a quote:

Do all kids insert their real birthday. No, they don’t. It’s a fact that kids of
all ages are vulnerable when they’re online, more so perhaps at MySpace because
predators and pedophiles know that children gather there and can be targeted.

Please visit the following link to read the entire blog post;

http://skeetsclutteredlife.blogspot.com/2007/01/protecing-your-chidren.html

Blogline: Improving Safety for Kids on Myspace

2007-01-18T12:05:00.002-05:00

UPDATE: If you would like to learn more about the MySpace Recording tool built in to Spector Pro please click here

Another parent has a good understanding of the potential dangers that children face when they are online, specifically when they are using myspace.com.

Below is a quote from the blog entry;

Spector Pro is a great software, which records every single aspects of your
teenagers activity in MySpace. It tracks when they update their profile, sending
message and making comments on other profiles, accepting invitation etc.

We suggest that you read the entire article;

http://vaandoo.blogspot.com/2007/01/improve-safety-of-your-teenagers-using.html

Blogline: Keep Kids Safe on Myspace

2007-01-18T12:02:00.001-05:00

A parent writes and discusses the use of Spector pro and how it can be of benefit to recording all myspace activity.

Below is a quote from the blog entry;

What I like about this product is that it goes way beyond just what your child
is doing. It tells you who is contacting your child and lets you view their
profile. Often times you can trust your child, and not the other person. That’s
why I think this is a particularly important feature.

If you would like to read the entire blog entry, please visit the following link;

http://izzysboutique.com/?p=80

SpectorSoft to attend CES 2007

2006-12-11T12:22:00.001-05:00

SpectorSoft will be highlighting Spector 360 at CES 2007 in Las Vegas. Spector 360 is the world most advanced employee monitoring software that will record all computer activity, and from the recorded activity, you may create custom reports and charts.

SpectorSoft President C. Douglas Fowler states, “Other products simply show that an employee visited a web site, while Spector 360 shows EXACTLY what they did while they were on the web site. This can make a huge difference if there is a question of inappropriate behavior,”

SpectorSoft has been designing reliable monitoring software since 1999 and has been the only monitoring software company that has ever received PC Magazines Editors’ choice award, once in 2002 and again in 2004.

SpectorSoft will be at CES between January 8th and 11th and the Sands Expo and Convention Center/ The Venetian, Booth S-69034.

If you would like to learn more about Spector 360 and CES Vegas, please visit the following link;

http://www.spectorsoft.com/press/press_releases/06_12_01.html

In The News: PC World

2006-12-04T11:24:00.001-05:00

Steve Bass from PC World wrote and article on December 4th titled;

Have Kids? Try Spector Pro (Yes, a Keylogger!)
Below are a few quotes from this very informative article:

“I was stunned at how efficient it was at tracking everything -- and I mean everything”

“Mom and Dad (or, of course, your boss) can review every bit of the recorded activity. Heck, I watched a video and Spector Pro recorded it, too, so I was able to see the desktop and media player showing the video. And with all these kids, there's a tab that reports on MySpace activity, a useful addition”

If you would like to read the article in its entirety, please visit the following link:

PC World Article for Spector Pro

Or If you would like to learn about Spector pro and how it can help you, please visit the following link;

Spector Pro

Press Mention: Modbee.com - MySpace Safety

2006-11-15T09:48:00.001-05:00

Inga Miller from Modbee.com published an article today regarding Myspace.com and Internet Safety.

She reports on a community forum that was held by the Ripon Police Department at the Ripon Community Center.

One of the 50 attendees were quoted saying;

"I'm just scared to death about the Internet and children because you just don't know who's on the other end," said Karen Messner, 36, of Ripon, anticipating the day when her 8-year-old daughter gets online.

" You hear about inviting strangers into your home, and I don't want to go overboard with my paranoia, so I came here to get educated about it."

SpectorSoft has always understood that parents need to know what their child is doing on the computer and that is why we have complete MySpace activity recording in Spector Pro.

If you would like to read the entire article, please visit the following link;

MySpace Article

If you would like to learn more about Spector Pro and how it will be of great benefit to any parent that has concerns about Internet Safety please visit the following link;

Spector Pro

Press Mention: Parents turn into Web sleuths

2006-11-06T07:24:00.001-05:00

The Grand Rapids Press has an article that discusses the use of monitoring software in the home to keep an eye on their kid’s activity.

Below is a quote from the article:

“SpectorSoft Corp. of Vero Beach, Fla., this month launched a new version of its surveillance software. The $99.99 Spector Pro lets parents scroll through a log of all the sites visited and emails and instant messages sent, like a videotape on the computer they are tracking. The software, which resembles a product the company makes for corporate users, can be set to take pictures every second and to record keystrokes. “

If you would like to read the entire article, please visit the following link;

http://www.mlive.com/search/index.ssf?/base/features-1/1162223314106480.xml?grpress?FEGE&coll=6&thispage=1

In The News: Safe and Secure in Cyberspace

2006-11-06T07:22:00.001-05:00

NBC Affiliate WAVY – TV has an article that discusses the challenges parents face with regards to what kid’s do and see on the Internet. In the article, Spector Pro is the most recommended software for parents that need to monitor their children when they are online.

Below are just a couple of quotes from the article:

“Spector Pro records when your children update their profiles, post pictures, make comments, send messages to other users, and invite someone to be a friend.”

“A service called "Top 10" monitors all activity and provides summary reports, breaking down which web sites your child spends the most time on, and not only with whom they're chatting most, but transcripts of their conversations.”

If you would like to read the article please vivit the following link:

http://www.wavy.com/Global/story.asp?S=5620670&nav=23ii

Press Mention: SmartMoney

2006-10-23T11:31:00.001-05:00

SmartMoney.Com has an article titled “Office Spies” that was written by Aleksandra Todorova.

Below is a quote from the article;

Recording Every ClickInternet monitoring doesn't end with going through email and a list of visited web sites. Now, thanks to software programs like SpectorSoft, employers can record practically everything employees do on their computers and watch it as if on videotape, says Jay Mellon, vice president at AtNetPlus, a Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio-based IT security consultancy.

It's a fairly common practice. More than a third (36%) of the companies surveyed by AMA, for example, said they monitor web activity by using keystroke-tracking software, which can also monitor the time spent at the keyboard. These companies not only know what you wrote in an email, but also how long it took you to write it. They can access it even if you never sent it.
http://www.smartmoney.com/consumer/index.cfm?story=20061005

Press mention: eWeek

2006-10-23T11:30:00.001-05:00

eWeek reports on “The Evils that Lurk in Idle Web Surf”.
The article discusses some of the benefits that employers reap when using employee monitoring software such as the one’s that have been created by SpectorSoft.

Below is a quote from the article;

“Companies that have implemented the software feel that they've both boosted productivity and reduced their time patching security breaches.”
If you would like to read the entire article please visit the following link;

http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1961158,00.asp

In The News: WISH TV Channel 8

2006-10-23T11:29:00.001-05:00

Steve Bray from WISH TV Channel 8 reports on various SpectorSoft products and how it may be of benefit to parents and employers.

Below is a quote from the article;

“Where do your kids go when they're on the Internet? You can't stand over they're shoulder all the time. But Spectorsoft’s programs can.”
If you would like to read the entire article please visit the following link;

http://www.wishtv.com/Global/story.asp?S=1634441&nav=menu35_10

Spector Pro Feature Rundown

2006-10-13T08:56:00.001-05:00

Spector Pro Features

Spector Pro 6.0 is the latest addition to the SpectorSoft line up. You can very quickly and easily see any email, chat conversation, web site visited, program launched, keystroke typed, file downloaded, and Spector Pro also takes screenshots in sequential order so you have a easy way to view all activity in a visual detail.

That is not all; Spector pro has also added 3 new features that were the most requested by customers.

Total Myspace Tracking –NEW!

Parents have come to know that Myspace is one of the most heavily visited places that children go on the web. With that being said, there are many things that parents may be concerned about, such as cyber bullying, internet stalking, drug discussions, and internet predators approaching children.

These are real issues and real concerns that need to be addressed and handled as soon as possible. That is why Spector Pro 6.0 has incorporated total myspace tracking. You will quickly and easily be able to see any Myspace messages, account profiles, blog entries, friends list, comments they post, myspace web mail, login names, and password for each account they have.

This information is simple to locate in Spector pro 6.0 (you simply click the myspace button). You will be able to identify this from the myspace report that is included.

Additionally, you may choose to see any of the screen snapshots that were taken while they were on Myspace.com. You will not miss a beat with this powerful one of a kind tool.

Online Search Engine Recording –NEW!

Search engines are a portal to the web; you can search for anything with one. However, some searches may not be appropriate for your child to do. What are they searching for? How often do they search for it? What search engine is their favorite to search on?

These questions are all answered with the online search recorder built in to Spector Pro 6.0. You will know exactly what key words they search for, what time they search for it, how many times they have done it, and what search engines they search on the most. Additionally if you are looking for a specific search phrase, you can look for any recorded event by using the search tool in Spector Pro.

Summary Reports –NEW!

Because Spector Pro 6.0 records a wide variety of information, a person may not want to go through every single recording unless they have reason to. With that being said, Spector Pro 6.0 has a “Top 10” activity list. In this list you may quickly see the most common chat conversations, online searches, web sites visited, emails sent and received, programs they use, and keywords detected. This time saving tool will give you a quick overview of all activity on the computer in a quick efficient manner, but also allow you to dig deeper if you want to.

If you would like to learn more about Spector Pro 6.0 please visit the following link;

http://www.spectorsoft.com/products/SpectorPro_Windows/entry.asp?refer=4705

Spector Pro 6.0 is now available

2006-09-27T07:42:00.001-05:00

Spector pro 6.0 has been released and is now available for download and also in CD format.

Spector Pro records every detail of what they do on the computer – their chats, instant messages, emails, the web sites they visit, what they search for, what they do on MySpace, the pictures they post and look at, the keystrokes they type, the programs they run and much more.

Below are some of the new recording features that have been added to Spector Pro 6.0

-Complete MySpace.com recording (NEW)
-Top 10 Summary reporting (NEW)
-Online Search Engine recording (NEW)
-Improved Screen Snapshot recording
-Enhanced Chat and IM logging.
-Improved Keylogging capabilities
-Enhanced Web Site tracking (PLUS blocking)
-Improved email recording
-Program Activity logging
-Keyword Alert email notification

If you would like to learn more about Spector pro 6.0 please visit the following link;

http://www.spectorsoft.com/products/SpectorPro_Windows/entry.asp?refer=4705

Press Mention: The New York Times

2006-09-11T13:20:00.001-05:00

STEPHANIE ROSENBLOOM has wrote an article for the New York Times on September 7th, 2006 with regards to parents casting a watchful eye on their children.

Below is a quote from the article:

“Snooping gets more serious with powerful surveillance software like Spector Pro, which captures every keystroke a computer user types and allows the installer, with a password, to access information about the target user’s instant messages, e-mails and Web sites visited.”

If you would like to read the entire article please visit the following link;

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/07/fashion/07spy.html?_r=1&ref=fashion