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Despite having a higher price tag than most of its competitors, WebWatcher makes it to the top of our list of 2010's best monitoring software, offering the best, most complete set of monitoring tools we found.
Aside from doing both website monitoring and blocking (it's rare for one product to do both), it also lets you keep tabs on the person you're monitoring 100% remotely.
In other words, once WebWatcher is installed onto the computer you want to monitor, you'll never need to visit that computer again to see what the person you're monitoring is up to.
So how well does WebWatcher actually work?
Very well. In our testing, installation on our test lab PCs went smoothly, after which WebWatcher did what we expected it to, monitoring, recording, and blocking as advertised--all without once revealing itself to the person being monitored.
We were pleased to see that because of the way WebWatcher runs (as a true hidden process), WebWatcher didn't show up anywhere in Windows Explorer, the registry, task manager, process list, or any other place(s) where savvy computer users might look.
Webwatcher Monitoring Software Features
Record All Websites Visited
Keep track of all websites they visit online--even if they try to clear their web browser's history or take other steps to cover their tracks.
Block Websites
Should you ever decide to, you can also prevent any sites (or even categories) you choose from being displayed on the computer you're monitoring.
Content Filtering
In addition to blocking sites by their website address, you can also block sites based on their content, too, even if you don't know the site's address.
Log Keystrokes
Record everything they type online and offline even if it never gets saved to the hard drive or sent to someone else.
Record Chats/IMs
See exactly who they're chatting with online--and what they're talking about. Records both sides of the conversations.
Record Emails
Read all emails sent and received, even if they delete them from the Inbox or Sent Items. (Also records attachments.)
Log Keystrokes
Record everything they type online and offline even if it never gets saved to the hard drive or sent to someone else.
Take Screenshots
Automatically capture screenshots of what's on their screen anytime the 'Alert Words' you configure WebWatcher to be on the lookout for show up.
After reviewing its features and functionality, we feel WebWatcher is the best computer monitoring software this year.
We found it's recording capability to be extremely powerful, light-running, and invisible.
It can record and capture pretty much any information or image on the monitored computer and allows you to view all of this information remotely.
The online reports in your personal account are easy to understand, easy to sort, and as detailed or limited as you choose.
The strong combination of quality features does come at a bit of a price: it's the second most expensive monitoring product we've reviewed behind eBlaster / Spector Pro which are both slightly more expensive.
That said, even though the price is a bit higher than some of the competition, the power, long-term value, and customer service should make up for that.
