Software to Monitor Computer Activities must be Invisible

An article about keylogger software and how it needs to be invincible.

If you’re in the need to use software to monitor computer activities, then you really need to be sure that the software doesn’t make it known to the whole world that such a program exists on the hard drive at all… simple common sense, correct? However the odd thing about many computer monitoring software programs is that they very often totally neglect the one huge factor of recording computer activities. Having these programs in use, there’d be an obvious icon for the program on the desktop screen, the programs name being in the list of programs as well, shouting out to anyone and everyone that all computer activities are being watched and recorded.

Now, wouldn’t you think that would be counterproductive? Let’s imagine for a bit that you wished to keep a watchful eye on your child’s online activities, seeing that he doesn’t go visiting any websites with adult material on them. If you want to truly know what your child is going to be doing on the computer while you aren’t watching over his shoulder, you’ll need to be certain that your child won’t be aware that any software to monitor computer activities exists on the hard drive, or he’ll realize that he’s being put under surveillance and will hold off on his adult website surfing until a time when he’s on his friend’s computer at another time.

It would be a similar situation if you are running a business and you need to keep abreast of your staff’s activities, making certain that they’re actually working and not wasting away your paid hours on some internet casino websites, or perhaps "fixing" accounts and tipping the books for ill-gotten monetary gains. Committing such acts are solid grounds for dismissal, but only if you can supply cold, hard proof… that is, if you want to avoid a wrongful dismissal law suit. For this reason, you’ll need the right software to monitor computer activities with stealth and operate discretely so that none would be the wiser to the computer being under surveillance.