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The Latest 'Spyware' Now Works For You

Spysure is a new product allowing you to monitor computer and Internet usage on your PC systems. Once loaded onto your PC, Spysure runs in an 'ultra stealth' mode allowing you to see how the PC system has been used .

'Facts and Figures' about Home Internet usage:

• 50% on children say that they pretended to be doing school work online whilst actually surfing the Internet, and nearly one third of children said that they would be in trouble if their parents knew what they were looking at.
• One in three British young people say that they have interacted with strangers online.
• 10% of British young people say that they have conducted sexually explicit conversations with people they know, and 1% have conducted sexually explicit conversations online with strangers.
• 70% of teens have accidentally stumbled across pornographic material online.
• 62% of parents of teenagers are unaware that their children have accessed objectionable websites.

Spysure Home Version Features:

• Keylogger - Records keystrokes (even passwords) entered at the PC.
• Website Tracker - See every website visited.
• Email Capture - Read every email sent or received
• On-Line Chat Logging - Capture online chatting on MSN & Yahoo.
• Website Control - Restrict access only to sites you have approved.
• Capture screen snapshots automatically at regular intervals.
• Password Protected - Only you can access the program.

How you choose to use Spysure is up to you. You can enable or disable all of the features independently according to your preferences and the agreement you have with your family members.

When trying to protect your children, it is important to: Set expectations, Monitor and control what your children do online. It is important for you as a parent to be clear with your children what you expect of them when they are using the PC. You need to be clear about what you consider to be appropriate online behaviour, as well as what is and is not appropriate to be accessing online.

You should be aware if your child becomes secretive about what they are doing online. Averting a computer monitor, or quickly turning it off whenever someone walks into the room is not normal computer behaviour. It is, however, the behavior of an individual who is trying to hide something. If your child is exhibiting "odd" computer behaviour question them. If you get no answers or you do not like the answers, take away their computer privileges and/or get software that monitors their activity.

An annoyed safe child is better than a happy unsafe one.

Spysure Home Edition. £39.97

Using the Internet at Work:

• More than 60% of companies have disciplined (and more than 30% have terminated) employees for inappropriate use on the Internet in the workplace.
• 80% of companies reported that employees had abused Internet privileges including downloading pornography or pirated programs.
• 70% of all pornographic downloads occur between 9am and 5pm.
• 25% of employees admit to spending between 10 and 30 minutes per day surfing non-work-related websites. 22% admit to spending between 30 minutes and 1 hour. 12% said that they spent between 1 and 2 hours online and 13% admitted spending more than 2 hours per day visiting non-work-related websites!
• 46% of online shopping during the Christmas period occurs at work.

Spysure Network Edition Features:

• All the features of the home version (see above) but specially designed for computer networks. Plus-
• File Download Monitor - to detect employees who download video and music files using FTP File Transfer Protocol.
• File Directory Monitor- a very powerful tool allowing you to view all files and documents saved on the computer.
• Program Checker - All unauthorised programs running on the computer are revealed.
• Allows you to monitor up to 50 computers on the same network from one main single admin computer.
• Easy to install and operate.
• We recommend that staff are told about the use of Spysure as part of a company policy on supporting responsible and honest computer practice. This adds another level of protection against computer misuse.

Spysure Network Edition. £149.97 plus Client Licences at £50 per 5 users.