The Best Way to Protect your Children Online.

ChatChecker Family Edition Now Available at CompUSA and Amazon.com

BOSTON -- Tri Synergy, a leading software publisher and distributor, today announced that its ChatChecker Family Edition is available in CompUSA and Amazon.com and will soon be shipping to other major retail outlets.

ChatChecker Family Edition assists concerned parents by allowing them to secretly monitor their children's online activity remotely from any PC with Internet access.

ChatChecker Family Edition captures and records both sides of Instant Message and chat room conversations, and works with MySpace, AOL/AIM, MSN, Yahoo, GoogleTalk, Trillian, and more.

Recent news stories of Internet sexual predators are staggering. According to The National Center for Victims of Crime, the chance that your child will become a victim of a sex offender is 1 in 3 for girls and 1 in 6 for boys. If you have three daughters statistically one of them will become the victim of a sex offender before her 18th birthday.

Statistics show that 9 out of 10 sexual solicitations were made in either chat rooms or instant messages.1 3 out of 5 children said someone they met via instant messaging wanted to meet them in person.2

"As the mother of two, I spend much of my time trying to protect my children," said Tamra Nestler, President and CEO of Tri Synergy. "I am terrified by the horror stories regarding children and the Internet. I am proud to be publishing a product that can help keep kids safe. Some critics may feel that this is an invasion of our kid's privacy. I say that if this invasion of privacy informs parents as to the dangerous activities of their children it is well worth it."

Whether or not a parent may feel that their child is too savvy to fall prey to sexual predators on the Internet, ChatChecker can help parents protect their children from other dangers and parental concerns. Parents can set watchwords that will signal ChatChecker to alert them when any word or acronym of concern is used that may refer to drug usage, alcohol, sex, bullying, suicide, names of others, etc.

ChatChecker also includes an Acronym Dictionary to keep parents up-to-date on the modern lingo typically used by children online. Literally any word or acronym or number (street address, phone, social security, and credit card) can be tracked and reported back to the parent.

Do you know WHO is talking to your CHILD online?

With ChatChecker Family Edition, parents can record and view BOTH SIDES of instant message and chat room conversations. ChatChecker can be installed on up to six PCs (desktops and/or laptops) that you want to monitor. Even if your child takes their laptop out of the home, Chatchecker will still monitor and record their online chat and messaging.

About Tri Synergy, Inc.:

Founded in Dallas, TX in 1996, Tri Synergy is an independent computer software and videogame publisher that offers an alternative to traditional affiliate label and licensing deals. For more information please visit www.trisynergy.com.

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1 Pew study reported in JAMA 

2 MSNBC Interactive