Tag Archives: Monitor Activity

Actotracker Auto-Records A History Of All Activity On Your Mac

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If you’ve ever come to work on a Monday and wondered what were you doing on Friday, you’re not alone. You might also have suddenly drawn a blank while working on multiple tasks, and completely forgotten what it was that you were doing. Worst still, you might have spent a considerable amount of time looking for a file or folder, only to discover that you've lost it again because you forgetfully closed everything. Actotracker is a free Mac app that built for keeping a record of all your activity on your Mac. It tracks wherever you go, whatever app you use, and which URLs you visit. It can also takes screenshots of apps' states. Furthermore, you can add notes and also manually specify apps or places that Actotracker should mark. Your history is searchable and can be filtered by day, week, month, or app. Read More

Simple Watcher Monitors Local & Network Folders; Runs Apps Or Sends Emails When Changes Occur

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Whenever you are working on the computer, Windows is constantly creating, changing and deleting files in the background. Keeping track of all these file changes is impossible to do manually because of the sheer number of different files and their locations involved. Other than Windows' functions, our own activities in several applications also result in a lot of files getting created and modified. If you want to recall the files that were deleted or moved from a particular folder, having a log with details of all such activity can be a blessing. Previously, we have covered folder monitoring applications such as Folder Monitor that lets you monitor local folders and sends visual and vocal notifications whenever activity is detected inside them. Simple Watcher is an even better folder monitoring application that allows you to monitor local as well as network folders for file creation, changes, modifications and deletions. The app can display visual and vocal notifications, send out an email, copy files to another folder, execute a program or a batch file and a lot more whenever such an event occurs. Read More

Automatic Launch Object Detection: Monitor Launch Agent Activity In Mac

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Until only recently, an infected Mac was unheard of, but viruses and malware have both grown smarter and are able to find exploits where they previously didn’t appear to exist. One common way that Mac computers get infected with malware is that they use Launch Agent scripts. The script tells your Mac to load the malware and unbeknownst to you, you have an infected machine. Since the Launch Agent is there, it repeatedly loads/executes the malware. Of course, once it’s running, it can always install or copy more items on your Mac and it is already a little too late to do anything about it. All this is possible with a simple Launch agent. Automatic Launch Object Detection for Mac OS X is a free Mac utility that monitors folders on your Mac and alerts you each time a new launch agent is added. Read More

KidLogger: Log Keystrokes, Monitor Activities & Web History For All User Accounts Under One Hood

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Monitoring the activities of your kids on the internet has become a necessity for parents if they want to ensure that their child is not being exposed to adult or harmful material.  Nowadays, when almost everyone has a laptop or smartphone that can be used to access the internet, it is really hard for parents to keep an eye on what their kids are reading or watching when they are alone. However, the amount of control a parent should exercise has been the topic of discussion for a very long time now, and while some people believe in educating their children about what is right and what is wrong, others want to have complete control over the content their kids can access. Protecting children from inappropriate websites, as they browse through the internet, is the responsibility of parents, but to protect them, first they have to know what type of material their kids are accessing. Previously, we covered child monitoring applications, such as Qustodio (reviewed here) and Verity (reviewed here). Today, we have an open source parental control utility called KidLogger, which lets you record keystrokes, log used files and folders, monitor Skype IM, audio and video chat, take screenshots of the computer screen, track most used applications and monitor web browsing history. It also lets you monitor all the configured User Accounts from a unified interface. Read More

Spyrix Free Keylogger Monitors & Captures Screenshots Of All Activities On A PC

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Whether spying on someone is good or bad, is probably a relative concept. For instance, while it may be immoral spying on someone for stealing their identity, it can certainly be helpful to keep an eye on your kids’ computer activities, as all the explicit and violent content available on the internet can easily manipulate their fresh minds. If you were looking for an application that could help you monitor your children’s computer usage, then look no further than Spyrix Free Keylogger. This small tool is designed to log every activity, such as keystrokes, passwords, websites visited, emails, chats etc, at regular intervals. It automatically captures screenshots of all the activities, like applications used, under its installation directory for the visual evidence of any malicious activity. This tool is also quite useful for monitoring employees' computer usage patterns, as there’s nothing worse than having them wasting their time surfing YouTube. Read More

ActivTrak: Remotely Monitor Employees’ Computer Activities

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There is nothing worse than having your employees not performing their assigned tasks. Not only does this hampers a company’s overall productivity, but also puts its future at stake. If you have ever wondered what your employees are been doing on their systems, then there are several applications and services available out there that help you monitor their activities and internet usage, such as ExtraSpy Employee Monitor, Easytime etc. ActivTrak, is another employee monitoring software that can covertly keep an eye on how your company’s computers are being used. It comes with an agent app, which basically installs a monitoring service to keep track of applications being used on the employees systems. The agent silently runs in the background, and keeps providing you with reports of recent activities regarding apps and websites being used and how much time being spent on such activities. It also comes packed with a stealth screen capture utility, which automatically takes screenshots of running application and upload them to your online account. Details to follow after the jump. Read More

Deploy Event-Based Network Monitoring Solution With IT Service View

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Amongst the list of network administration tasks, monitoring each connected device, including hubs, routers, switches, clients, member and main servers is probably the most complicated task, as it requires system administrators to manually check each devices in a deployed network architecture. There are certainly a wide range of network-related tools available for server editions of Windows that allow monitoring a set of network devices like hubs, switches and routers, but If you don’t want to install multiple network monitoring applications to keep an eye on all connected devices, have a look at IT Service View. It’s a simple, yet robust, Network Devices monitoring utility that supports client and server editions of Windows, allowing system administrators to monitor both small scale and large-scale network architecture without having to deploy a complex monitoring solution. Details to follow after the jump. Read More

Document Monitor: Auto-Update All Opened Notepad++ Documents To View Changes

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Log file analyzers come with a built-in auto-update feature to let users view latest changes made to log files and most recent events reported by deployed solution. If you want to bring the auto-update feature to Notepad++, add Document Monitor to Notepad++ plugin list. This plugin comes useful in instances where you need to check shared documents for changes, and also to analyze long log files. Since Notepad++ requires you to re-open the document to view the changes and latest modifications, Document Monitor saves you not only the time, but also the effort, involved in finding the file and scrolling down the document to view the latest changes. Read More

AllOff: Auto Shutdown PC When Idle For A Specified Time

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Usually we leave our PCs ON twenty four hours a day, seven days a week. Albeit computers are designed to stay always on, with the growing prices of electricity and energy crisis, they can give a serious blow to our wallet. To counter this problem, automatic shutdown applications are a great way to save up on your hefty energy bills. You can set particular shutdown timers so the computer shouldn't remain up long when you're at work, school or vacations - or when a particular task has been completed. Previously, we covered DownOff that initiates automatic shutdown if the download rate drops and stays below a pre-specified limit for a predefined time. A great tool indeed, backed by an innovative idea. But what if you have to leave your PC on for something other than a download? Maybe hard disk defragmentation? Maybe a virus or malware scan? Maybe a game or application installation? For this you'd probably need an alternative solution, and one such solution we have for you is called AllOff Lite. It is a Windows activity monitor and automatic shutdown utility that monitors the idle state and turns off your PC. For instance, if there is no mouse, keyboard or CPU activity for a specified number of seconds. The application initiates automatic shutdown if the keyboard or mouse remain inactive for 900 seconds, or the average CPU load remains below 15%. Read More

Folder Monitor Notifies You Of Changes To Your Local Directories

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Sometimes when you have a shared folder on your local network, you may want to keep an eye on it, in order to know which content is moving in and out. If  the folder is shared among trusted people, then it might not seem to create a lot of problems, but the nuisance arise when you're working under an environment where new staff keeps turning in and out. Sadly, there is no Windows native utility that provides real-time folder monitoring facility, but on the brighter side, various third party applications suffice the job. One such that hit my path is Folder Monitor. The application is portable and helps you to monitor activity within a selected directory. It tracks files and folders when someone creates, deletes, modifies or renames a file. You can monitor local folders as well as remote locations and also choose which events to monitor, such as, creation, deletion, modification. The application sends notification with sound alerts whenever a monitored event occurs in your selected folders. The minimum time interval before the program notifies you about modifications within the same file can also be changed. Read More

Track Activity On Computer Using Twitter

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Twitter is a great service where you can post a tweet in only 160 characters or less, but did you know that you can monitor your system via Twitter too? Here is an interesting scenario, suppose your friend wants to use your computer while you are away. What will you do in order to make sure he/she doesn’t touch any important app? Read More