CNET Editors' review
This tool is valuable for parents wanting to monitor their kids' PC use, as it logs the activity of selected Windows users, including keystrokes, applications, and URLs. Activity Logger has an attractive interface that features intuitive configuration panes. It lets you capture activity by specific or all users and you can configure it to run stealthily in the background or to warn users that their actions are being recorded. Activity is viewed in an attractive log interface that specifies apps used, duration of use, keystrokes, e-mails, and chats. This tool also will capture screenshots according to a user-defined schedule, so you can actually see what users have been viewing. We were able to set the size of the screenshots to help conserve storage space. Activity Logger performed very well in all of our tests, and any level of user will find it simple to master. The 15-day trial limit is a little brief, but it won't take more than a few sessions to get the hang of it. We recommend this tool to anyone interested in monitoring PC use by others in the house.
Publisher's Description
From SoftActivity:
Secretly record keystrokes, e-mail, chat, and programs on your child's computer. Monitor how your computer has been used while you are away. Keep an eye on how your children use their computer online. SoftActivity Keylogger runs invisibly in background and records to a log file history of visited websites, captures sent and received email, IM chats, history of used programs, typed keystrokes, file operations, and captures screenshots. It can email you a log file, when the monitored computer is connected to Internet. Recorded log files can be viewed in a convenient format. View captured screenshots as a slide show.
What's new in this version: Version 5.1 build 1165 may include unspecified updates, enhancements, or bug fixes.
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1.9 starsout of 11 votes
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"Not Stealthy AT ALL"
Version: SoftActivity Keylogger 5.0 build 1041
Pros
Shows up in the darn task bar!
Cons
A real bear to uninstall
Summary
waste of time
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"cant uninstall, must buy for 50 ugly icon til u buy NO!"
Version: SoftActivity Keylogger 5.0.2.881
Pros
nothing at all
Cons
u cant uninstall it
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"loaded trial software cannot delete it"
Version: SoftActivity Keylogger 5.0
Pros
no benefits
Cons
warning icon always on top and not movable - cover screen controls to minimize and close a screen
Summary
don't load trial software
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"Can't run program in stealth mode when in trial"
Version: SoftActivity Keylogger 4.1 build 534
Pros
didn't use
Cons
no stealth in trial version
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"Easy set up, and easy to use and install."
Version: SoftActivity Keylogger 3.8 build 2171
Pros
Haven't used it enough to say
Cons
Same as abouve
Summary
Good program and so-far I would recommend it.
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"Just downloaded it and it will not let me view my logs"
Version: SoftActivity Keylogger 3.8 build 2171
Pros
Well since it didn't work there is nothing great about this.
Cons
I downloaded it and tried to test it out but it did not log anything and when i tried to open the log viewer and error occurred. The actual website gives no support for when their product does not work.
Summary
DO NOT DOWNLOAD THIS
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"after installing norton 360 found a spyware"
Version: SoftActivity Keylogger 3.8 build 2168
Pros
not reliable
Cons
not reliable
Summary
i will not recommend anyone to download and use it
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"Good product, but doesn't detect some keys"
Version: SoftActivity Keylogger 3.8
Pros
User-friendly, very good interface
Cons
It's impossible to rebuild the exact strings chains the user did insert in any doc/form: since SKL doesn't intercept backspace or DEL key (and other) the foinal string cannot be recostructed.
Summary
Good product, but doesn't detect/handle some important keys
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"free trial shows up in task bar"
Version: SoftActivity Keylogger 3.6 build 2108
Pros
non because it was not stealth
Cons
shows up in task bar as an eye
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"A bit pricy but excellent!"
Version: SoftActivity Keylogger 3.5
Pros
I bought this product licensed for two computers so the cost was actually 69 dollars but it truly works great for me. The negative review didn't bother me because the program does not appear in the programs list when you start task manager and my user is NOT savvy enough to find it in the processes section, which does not list the program name either. It's stealthy enough for me! I had a previous keylogger monitor that did not work at all and was money down the drain. This one does it all!
Cons
cha ching $$$ but I'm glad I got it
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