Actual Spy is a monitoring software that records all computer activities and keystrokes, along with desktop screenshots continuously, without being noticed by the user.
With Actual Spy, you can control all user actions and monitor system events effortlessly. The software runs hidden in the background, and automatically logs all keystrokes, and can also take desktop snapshots. The interface can further be password-protected for security purposes, and the log files are encrypted.
You can access the reports in both HTML and plain text formats, and even have them emailed to you automatically. Actual Spy is perfect for system administrators who want to keep an eye on their systems, managers who want complete control over their company's computer usage, and parents who want to know and control the programs run and web sites visited by their children.
Actual Spy provides a comprehensive solution to help any computer user see all activities that took place on their computer. For those who want to maintain complete control over their computer usage, Actual Spy is highly recommended.
Version 3.0:
New Version 3.0 is compatible with Windows Vista.
Now it is possible to set the interval of making screenshots in seconds.
Version 2.8:
Now it is possible to specify the port while sending a report by e-mail.
Now it is possible to send screenshots to a FTP server.
Problems with computer restarts are fixed.
Version 2.7:
Now it is possible to send a report via e-mail without using an SMTP server.
Bugs in work with a network printer are fixed.
Version 2.52: Now it is possible to record quantity of pages printed on the printer.
Version 2.5: Now it is possible to record quantity of pages printed on the printer.
Version 2.4: Now it is possible to pause making screenshots if the system is idle. If the system is idle for some time specified by the user, the program stops making screenshots.
Version 2.3:
1). A new type of log files has been added: the program logs switching the computer on/off. The time when the computer is switched on (the operating system is loaded) and when it is switched off is logged.
2). Now it is possible to send reports at the specified time (to an e-mail address, via FTP or through a local area network). Now the user can specify the time when the report should be sent and the program will send it at this time every day.
Version 2.0:
New types of log files are added:
1. Monitoring the printer. You can find out what documents, when, on what printer were printed out and who printed them.
2. Monitoring the file system. The program monitors the creation, deletion and renaming of files and folders. You can monitor the entire file system or a separate folder. You can also monitor its subfolders.
3. Monitoring web sites visited on the Internet.
4. Monitoring connections to the Internet (who, when and through which connection connected the Internet).
The program is hidden better: now it is invisible in the autostart list.
Now it is possible to send reports via FTP and a local area network.
Informing about the large size of log files: if the size of a log file exceeds 90% of the maximum possible size, the information in the status bar about its size will be red.
The “Default settings†button is added: it gets the settings back to their defaults.