SpectorSoft has released two significant updates to Spector 360 2010 since the initial Fall 2009 release. Available free to those who have purchased and are current with Premium Maintenance, the new versions included many new features that customers have requested including a new Control Center, Event Alerts, additional privacy settings and much more. Spector 360 2010 customers can now also purchase Client Recorders for Apple Macintosh computers.

Attend this Live Webinar to learn about many of the new features, see some of them in action and ask a Sales Engineer technical questions.

Some of the New Features in Spector 360 2010 include:

- Recording of Macintosh Clients means you can now record and report on everyone’s productivity
- Centralized Event Alerts notify you of suspect activities
- Updated Control Center and Control Center Server makes configuration, installation and management of all components a breeze
- Enhanced Web Filtering Server helps protect your PCs by blocking millions of the worst sites by category, user, group and time profiles
- Web Event Reporting lets you allow users to visit categories such as Social Networking but tracks how long they spend there
- User Name Masking blocks employee names in charts from lower level managers and vendors for added privacy
- Support for Citrix now records both Desktop and Published Applications
- Time and Date Stamps on Screen Snap Shots provide additional evidence
- Massively Scalable Communications provides unparallel scalability to thousands or even tens of thousands of seats
- Plus more

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Attend one of these Live Interactive Webinars to learn how you can do away with lengthy investigations and give management the power to examine employee use of PCs and the Internet with Spector 360.

Spector 360 records your employees’ websites visited, emails sent and received, chats and instant messages, files transferred, documents printed and applications run. In addition, through a first of its kind surveillance-like camera recording tool, Spector 360 shows you in exact visual detail what an employee does every step of the way.

Attend a Webinar to learn how Spector 360 enables you to:

- Measure and increase employee productivity
- Find out if data or information is leaking from your organization
- Monitor application utilization and identify inefficiencies
- Receive alerts about suspect activities
- Archive all communications including email, Webmail, Social Networking and Chat
- Enforce your Acceptable Use Policy and discover best practices

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SpectorSoft today announced a new version of Spector 360 with Mac Client monitoring. Spector 360 corporate monitoring software records and archives all employee activity on corporate PCs, Macs, laptops, netbooks and servers—regardless of whether they are in the office, traveling, or working remotely.

Spector 360 2010 with Mac Client allows businesses to monitor both Windows and Mac OS systems to uncover Internet abuse, lost productivity, leaking of confidential information and other inappropriate activities by their employees that expose them to financial, legal and other preventable risks.

For more information, visit www.Spector360.com or call: (772) 770-5670.

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If you’re not familiar with Chatroulette, this “web cam-based” website connects users with a random stranger — at which point they can decide to chat on camera and in a text window, or hit the “next” button to reveal another stranger.  In May 2010, the site boasted 1.3 million visitors – 89% of whom are male and criticized for exposing themselves sexually on camera to strangers, including kids who log on for fun.

SpectorSoft Blocks All Chatroulette Websites — Even Personalized Ones

With Spector Pro or eBlaster installed, if kids do choose to play this dangerous game, you’ll be alerted and given the opportunity to cut off potential predators before they enter your kid’s world.  Both products feature built-in website “blocking” capabilities to quickly block access to websites you determine to be inappropriate, as well as people they shouldn’t be chatting with.

Although this may sound daunting for parents to do anything about, if you’re a Spector Pro or eBlaster customer, you can rest easy.

Simply setting Spector Pro or eBlaster to block: http://www.chatroulette.com, will automatically extend to customized channels like http://www.chatroulette.com/orangecounty and http://teenfun.chatroulette.com. Also consider blocking the site http://chatroulettemap.com which can reveal a user’s general location based on the computer’s IP address.

SpectorSoft urges parents to be aware of the security risks as well. Experts are already warning about Chatroulette-based “phishing” scams, designed to gather information about people’s location and identity in a particular area. An innocent click on a web link in a chat window could unknowingly expose your computer to malware, spyware and Internet viruses – and provide critical information about your child’s name and address to strangers and pedophiles.

As Chatroulette expands with enticing new channels, parents are encouraged to install monitoring software to continually be aware of what your kids are doing, saying and seeing online – regardless of whether you are in the other room at home, or miles away at work.

Attend one of these Live Interactive Webinars to learn how you can do away with lengthy investigations and give management the power to examine employee use of PCs and the Internet with Spector 360.

Spector 360 records your employees’ web sites visited, emails sent and received chats and instant messages, files transferred, documents printed and applications run. In addition, through a first of its kind surveillance-like camera recording tool, Spector 360 shows you in exact visual detail what an employee does every step of the way.

Attend a Webinar to learn how Spector 360 enables you to:

- Measure and increase employee productivity
- Find out if data or information is leaking from your organization
- Monitor application utilization and identify any inefficiency
- Receive alerts about suspect activities
- Archive all communications including email, Webmail, Social Networking and Chat
- Enforce your AUP and discover best practices

Click a link below to register. Log in information and reminders will automatically be sent to the email address you provide. Note: This is an Interactive webinar and questions are welcome. If you use the VoIP option please have a microphone and speakers available. Otherwise, simply use the phone option.

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Version 7 features rapid configuration, deployment, and management of the Client Recorder across PCs on a Windows network. It also includes a powerful Control Center Server and profile-based recorder settings, support for Terminal Services and Citrix Published Applications, enhanced recording for Facebook and blog forms, as well as time and date stamps on screen snapshots.

Spector CNE Investigator is the leader in the marketplace because it is a powerful, easy-to-use software tool for uncovering and documenting frivolous, inappropriate – even illegal — employee activities,” said Jim Fields, SpectorSoft Vice President of Sales. “Now, Version 7 makes it even easier for often overburdened IT professionals to configure and deploy the program so they can get to the task at hand: reviewing employee PC and Internet activity to ensure security and productivity.”

Why Monitor Your Employees?

Nearly every company has one or two individuals who try to bend the rules or attempt to walk away with company confidential information. According to new research from Pricewaterhouse Coopers, more than 90% of organizations report suffering a data breach in the past year, up from 72% in 2008. Spector CNE Investigator is used by small businesses as well as Fortune 100 companies to conduct targeted investigations and random spot checks across the network. Top reasons companies monitor their employees include:

• Conduct Investigations and Document Violations
• Enforce Acceptable Use Policy
• Meet Compliance Requirements
• Increase Productivity
• Gain “Insider” Theft Protection
• Guard Against Corporate Fraud and Criminal Activities

Don’t run your business in the dark.
Investigate.. Prove… Prevent… with Spector CNE Investigator Version 7

Spector CNE Investigator Version 7 is available now and includes one full year of Premium Maintenance, which includes Product Version Upgrades at no additional charge, Product Updates at no additional charge, Unlimited Access to the Spector CNE Investigator Knowledge Base, and Priority Product Support 24 Hours a Day, 7 Days a Week by phone or email.

For more information or to place an order, call (772) 770-5670 or visit: www.SpectorCNE.com.

A few areas the duo plan to tackle are Cyberbullying, Internet Security, and being a good online citizen. Facebook spokesman, Barry Schnitt, said the plan is not just to educate kids about being on Facebook, but about being online.

SpectorSoft agrees. “The key is for your kids to know what is and isn’t acceptable behavior online”. SpectorSoft markets parental monitoring software so parents can know if their kids are behaving appropriately.”We don’t think any parent wants to be the last to know if their kids are the victim of a Cyberbully, or behaving inappropriately themselves”, said Doug Fowler, SpectorSoft  President.

Anne Collier, co-director of Connectsafely.org, a forum about online safety issues, said the deal combining Facebook’s broad reach and the PTA’s relationship with schools and parents “makes a lot of sense.”

“Citizenship online and offline needs to be a part of the child’s life,” she said. “It needs to be taught at school and at home — it’s not just a digital thing.”

Child safety advocate Parry Aftab also welcomed the program, and said it’s important for parents not to be scared of technology but to use it to their advantage to communicate with their kids.

“It’s not about turning it off any more, it’s not about scare tactics,” Aftab said. “It’s all about teaching our kids the skills they need to survive in this digital world.”

At this point not many details have been released about the planned resources. SpectorSoft has long supported PTA’s and many groups that do presentations for parents on Internet safety. In response to so many requests, we developed the SpectorSoft Advocate program. The program supports PTA’s, ICAC officers (Internet Crimes Against Children), and other presenters to parenting. We supply information on a Free Lingo Guide, Spector Pro monitoring software, and eBlaster remote monitoring software to name a few.

The combination of  PTA (offine) and Facebook (online) should be a great way to reach both parents and kids when the new tools and resources resources become available.

Please follow us at www.twitter.com/SpectorSafeKids for all the latest news on the Internet Safety and our kids.

According to U.S. Census data, two-thirds of households have both parents working, or a single working parent. This creates a bit of a dilemma for working parents. They need to be at work but they also need to keep an eye on things at home. Summer break means even more time than usual to be online. Throw in a little boredom and it could be a recipe for trouble. Parents need to establish “House Rules” for computer use and for Social Networking sites and be able to confirm the rules are being followed.

One tool to ensure that your teens are doing “safe social networking” is to use eBlaster remote monitoring software. This is particularly helpful for parents who work or travel. It emails you a report of your teens MySpace, Facebook activities. With so many parents having iPads and iPhones, they will virtually never be without access to activity reports. These devices as well as Wi-Fi & 3G make email and activity report access available 24 hours a day.

When you monitor with eBlaster you will:

• See when they update their profile, post pictures, make comments about other users, send messages to other users, invite someone to be a friend, accept an invitation from a new friend, and much more.
• Find out if they have multiple MySpace accounts and just how much time they spend on MySpace, or Facebook.

In addition to monitoring social networking activities, eBlaster records everything children do on a computer and automatically emails the parent an easy-to-read Activity Report at regular, user-defined intervals such as hourly, or daily. Plus, parents can stay informed in real-time using eBlaster’s Instant Notification feature, which provides immediate copies of emails, chats, and instant messages. Reports are sent to any email address, including free web mail accounts like Google Gmail and Yahoo mail, so parents can receive reports anywhere, anytime – all that’s needed is Internet access. Convenient activity reviewing can even be done on your iPad or iPhone.

eBlaster automatically records:

• Emails sent and received
• Chats and Instant Messages
• Keystrokes Typed
• User Activity
• Web Sites Visited
• Program Activity and more …

In addition to eBlaster’s powerful recording and reporting, parents can remotely access and change eBlaster settings – such as when and where they receive reports — over the Internet using any standard web browser.

Get All the Details
A complete description of the recording and reporting capabilities of eBlaster is available at:
http://www.spectorsoft.com/products/eBlaster_Windows/

See a Sample
A sample eBlaster Activity Report is available at: http://www.spectorsoft.com/products/eBlaster_Windows/Reports/Sample_Report_Activity.html

eBlaster is available for both Windows and Mac OS and is priced at $99.95 and is available for immediate download at www.SpectorSoft.com.

Of course, you don’t NEED an iPad to get eBlaster activity reports, but if you have one, it is just one more excuse to use it!

Federal inspectors found numerous instances of pornography and inappropriate material in the email accounts of 13 Minerals Management Service (MMS) employees over a four-year period—six of whom resigned. The Inspector General’s report (PDF here) notes “there were 314 instances in which the seven remaining employees received or forwarded pornographic images and links from their government email,” despite strict policies against it.

What’s far more troubling is the fact that MMS inspectors allowed oil and gas company officials to fill out their own inspection reports in pencil, and then later traced over the lines in pen and submitted the forms as their own. US Interior Secretary Ken Salazar commented, “Of the 1,700 employees at MMS, they continue to work to collect and distribute about $13 billion/year and to stop this oil that is leaking. There are bad apples, but they will be rooted out with every power we have.”

Bad Apples in Every Barrel

This MMS crackdown comes at a terrible time. News reports and congressional hearings are questioning whether MMS employee negligence and blatant ethics violations could have played a small but significant role leading up to the Gulf Oil Spill, which has now been deemed the “worst in U.S. history.”

Salazar’s comment also reminds us that no organization is without its “bad apples,” and that people can do unusual and even unthinkable things—especially when they think no one is watching.

Addressing the ‘human element’ of security is what makes SpectorSoft PC and Internet monitoring and surveillance products so compelling. More than 50,000 businesses, government agencies, and Fortune 100 companies use SpectorSoft monitoring and surveillance products to detect and stop behavior like viewing Internet porn at work, because it cuts right to the root of the problem: human nature.

Spector 360 Weeds Them Out

One major UK Law Enforcement Agency has deployed Spector 360 across thousands of client computers for day-to-day monitoring and data loss detection:

“Given the highly sensitive nature of our data, if we’re preventing information leakage with Spector 360, we could be preventing loss of life. Spector 360 is absolutely wonderful. It’s probably the best purchase we’ve ever made for the job we’re doing. Spector 360 is tackling one of our major problems … and rooting out the bad apples.” ~ UK Law Enforcement Agency

Spector 360 adds a critical layer of protection to the IT security architecture by recording and archiving everything employees do on the PC and Internet—every email sent and received, chat and instant message, keystroke typed, file transferred, document printed, application run, and website visited—for less than fifty cents per day, per employee.

In addition to being a powerful deterrent against unwanted activity, SpectorSoft products also make investigations extremely thorough, yet fast and simple—which can be helpful, or even critical, if you think you have even one bad apple.