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Big brother's watching: passwords mean very little with this product. (B.E. Reviews).


There's just one word to describe Spectorsoft's Spector

This article is about the company. For other uses, see Spector (disambiguation).


Spector is a company that makes bass guitars. Founded in 1974 by self-taught luthier Stuart Spector, Spector's first few instruments were essentially crude
 Professional Edition 3.1--scary. The spy software Spy software (also known as "Computer Monitoring Software" or "keylogger") secretly records a computer user by capturing all keystrokes, websites visited, and chat conversations.  application lets IT administrators closely monitor and record e-mail, keystrokes, and just about any activity on a PC--online and off--all without the user's knowledge.

The program is easy to set up and is invisible to the user; to launch Spector, IT administrators simply use command keys that they set up, type in a password A secret word or code used to serve as a security measure against unauthorized access to data. It is normally managed by the operating system or DBMS. However, the computer can only verify the legitimacy of the password, not the legitimacy of the user. See NCSC. , and select the Play button to quickly scan the PC. The application takes snapshots of a computer monitor as often as 60 times per minute. We were able to view snapshots of e-mails, keystrokes, Websites visited, chat conversations, and instant messages.

Spector lets you customize settings so you can, say, keep data for up to 999 days (provided you have the disk space) and/or and/or  
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Used to indicate that either or both of the items connected by it are involved.

Usage Note: And/or is widely used in legal and business writing.
 take a screen shot every second or 20 seconds. The program also lets you specify keywords--for example, "sex" or "I hate my job"--and sends an alert via e-mail whenever those words are used. ($149.95; www.spectorsoft SpectorSoft is a software manufacturer that develops and sells stealth computer surveillance tools and spyware[1]. History
The company was founded in 1998 by current President Doug Fowler[2].
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Title Annotation:Software Review; Spectorsoft Spector Professional Edition 3.1
Author:Donaldson, Sonya A.
Publication:Black Enterprise
Article Type:Brief Article
Date:Oct 1, 2002
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