CNET Editors' review
OM Spy is a powerful program that records all aspects of computer usage. Much more than just a keylogger, the program delivers comprehensive information about computer use in a variety of formats.
The program's interface is simple and intuitive. Users need only set a key combination and password in order to access the program later, click Start Monitoring, and OM Spy does the rest. Accessing the information that the program gathers is easy, and the data is almost creepily detailed. Users can view keystrokes, Web sites, and screenshots taken every 30 seconds. All of the data is time-stamped, providing a clear timeline of computer activity. The program offers two "stealth levels," allowing the program to become all but undetectable even by advanced users. In addition to viewing the information on the computer that's being monitored, users can have the data e-mailed to them or they can access it remotely through the publisher's Web site. We were impressed with how easy all of this was to set up and how thoroughly our computer use was recorded. Cheating spouses, mischievous teens, and job-hunting employees should all be very nervous; OM Spy tells all, and even the most unsophisticated user can set it up and start monitoring computer usage in a matter of minutes.
OM Spy has a 30-day trial period and it installs and uninstalls without issues. The trial period lasts for seven days or five viewings of the data, whichever comes first. We recommend this program for all users.
Publisher's Description
From OM SPY:
OM SPY is a software product that enables you to record all computer activity without being detected. You can view the recorded data from the computer later, or you can view the data from any computer over the internet via remote surveillance. The process of recording keystrokes, screenshots and websites visited is well hidden from the user.
What's new in this version: Version 8.0 may include unspecified updates, enhancements, or bug fixes.
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"Not bad, too expensive"
Version: OM Spy 7.3
Pros
- Very good installation routine, easy
- really invisible
- Logs every website and all keystrokes; screenshots in user-defined intervals
- good interface on child computer, different views and quite easy to get an overview or details
- good screenshot qualityCons
- No reports via email (just your password etc. is sent to you)
- Surveillance from parent-computer is rather poor: just 1 screenshot every 15 minutes. this two points sound different in advertisement and were the reason for me to buy. I feel a bit cheated...
- expensive: ca. 55 Euro
- Scrolling with mousewheel does not work on childs computer in overview mode. you have to click the arrow (at the bottom of the scrolling bar) all the time...Summary
Good features, useful, but not yet mature enough to deserve the price. hoping for updates which are promised to be free. especially I would appreciate the same possibilities on parents computer like on childs and also get eamils with detailed information, as was promised...
Uff, there is a mistake in my review: It was not the publisher who promised that much, but the cnet-editor's-review! Sorry for that!
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"easy to use for me"
Version: OM Spy 4.0.10t
Pros
simple to set up for me and found msot of what i needed
Cons
price is ok, but could be cheaper
Summary
easy to use for me
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"non existant customer service"
Version: OM Spy 4.0
Pros
do not like it at all
Cons
I tried this for a week, then wanted money back as part of the money back guarantee they offer, but got no response even after 6 contacts. The app doesn't work well remote viewing. Doesn't capture each keystroke, only about every other, stay clear
Summary
Poor customer service, does not honor money back guarantee. Be sure if you try it that you use the free trial only, don't buy it then expect to get a refund if you don't like it.
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