As technology continues to lead society’s future, computers in the classroom are a common sight. From elementary grades throughout graduate school, schools are granting approval for the use of computers in the classroom. Each school is different regarding the use and frequency of computers in school and there are debates regarding the benefits and the risks. Whether schools allow students to have individual computers or allow time in computer labs, one thing is certain: more children are using computers in their off-school hours and are becoming proficient in modern technology. For those who have used computers in the classroom, the benefits are unquestionable. More teachers are finding the connection with computers one that enhances and benefits students’ learning and expands knowledge; however, teachers must supervise all computer use in order to achieve the greatest educational benefits. Children and teens should never have free access to surf websites unsupervised in the classroom.Read More
Today you will hardly find a company that has no access to the Internet. And in many of them employees even work in the Internet during the whole day. A temptation to use Internet for personal needs is rather high and this dramatically affects employee overall productivity. That’s why more and more companies practice employee computer monitoring including monitoring of employee email. If you face the same problem and feel that your employees’ productivity is dropping, it’s a time to think about complex employee computer monitoring.Read More
Some anti-virus and anti-spyware programs can detect such SoftActivity programs as Activity Monitor, Activity Monitor Agent and Activity Logger as spyware. To install SoftActivity software you must be the owner of the computer or authorized by the owner. In this case you may easily add SoftActivity programs to Exclude/Ignore/Exceptions list of your anti-spyware. Most of such programs provide such lists.
To monitor employee computers in your company or your home computer you need to install Activity Monitor Agent on the monitored computers. If you have Symantec Antivirus installed on the remote computer, it will prevent you from installing or running this program and report this attempt to the user. Follow these easy steps to safely disable Antivirus from detecting Activity Monitor Agent and stay protected by Antivirus.
Instructions for Symantec Antivirus 10 Corporate Client and Activity Monitor.
These instructions should be also valid or similar for other recent versions of Symantec Antivirus. In Corporate edition of Symantec Antivirus all described below changes to Antivirus Clients can be made from centralized Management Server.
For disabling detection of SoftActivity Activity Logger software instructions are basically the same, but you need to add Spyware.ActivityLog to lists of exclusions.
Would you like to monitor all performed activities of your employees on their computers in your absence? Web usage control solutions from SoftActivity allow to track and record all user activities on any local computer, including usernames and passwords, incoming and sent emails, online chat conversations, websites visited, programs executed, etc. Internet usage control program Activity Monitor is a program that runs invisibly in the background, recording all keystrokes and saving results to log files for further investigation.
Internet usage monitoring will allow you to improve your office productivity by knowing what your employees are doing and when. Web usage control software from SoftActivity is an extremely easy to use solution with user friendly interface and all advanced options included. Whether you need to control low productivity, decreased employee performance or suspicious employee activities, web usage control program is dedicated to help you become more aware of that.
With web usage control solution you will get the flexibility to monitor and record every detail of computer and Internet activity in home and office.
Workers who suspect they’re being monitored at work probably are – at least a little. While Bill Gates himself might not be doing the watching, studies suggest that nearly three-fourths of employers engage in some degree of employee monitoring
As I’ve mentioned in recent entries here, when it comes to employees’ rights to privacy, the deck is heavily stacked in favor of the employer. Businesses have broad and sweeping rights to monitor employee messaging, Internet, and email usage, to eavesdrop on phone calls, and to videotape them, provided they can demonstrate a legitimate need to do so. Businesses with employees who drive company-owned vehicles are even allowed to using GPS satellite technology to track those employees. The key to exercising all of this power is for employers to write clearly stated policies that make it crystal-clear what will be monitored and how. Such policies should also include statements informing employees that they have virtually no expectation of privacy when using company email accounts and/or computer equipment.
Unfortunately, virus and malware infections on work-owned computers aren’t always as obvious as this. That’s one reason companies have a legitimate need to keep tabs on what’s being shared and downloaded on their computers
Depending on how productive you’ve been at work lately, you might or might not feel as if your employer is doing a little electronic “peeking” over your digital shoulder. Maybe you feel as if you’re being watched A LOT or maybe none at all. Allow me to quash your doubts: you can rest assured, no matter how paranoid you might or might not be feeling; no matter how productive you have or haven’t been lately, your employer is probably watching – at least a little, but maybe a lot. That’s right. According to a study conducted by the American Management Association, three-fourths of the largest employers in the United States conduct regular, routine – and legal, it must be added – employee computer monitoring, keeping tabs on employee email, Internet usage and computer files being uploaded from or downloaded to company machines. While such digital eavesdropping may seem unfair or immoral, employers DO have legitimate reasons to monitor employee computers and mobile devices. Below are 7 things your boss wants to know about your computer; 7 reasons why your employer might be using keylogger software, spyware or other means to spy on employees’ computer usage.
Keylogger software, one of many options businesses can employ in monitoring employees, records every keystroke a user makes on a company-owned computer
Time is money – or so goes the long-established credo of the business world. In today’s fast-paced, ever-evolving, high-tech society, this philosophy is more relevant than ever. Interestingly, all our hi-tech advances have given rise to cutting-edge tools companies can use to monitor basically every aspect of the work environment. It’s not difficult to see why businesses might want to use such tools; modern employees face more non-work-related distractions than ever. From smartphones to social networking to the internet in general, a workday distraction – something that pulls the employee away from the on-the-clock task-at-hand – is always just a click, swipe or even a voice command away. Complicating matters, however, is the fact that the line between personal task and professional can often be blurred by the fact both are routinely performed on the same equipment. Keep in mind, too, that employees don’t lose ALL their privacy rights simply because they’re on company time and equipment. They DO lose a great many of those rights, but Human Resource (HR) Departments are nonetheless best advised to take a thoughtful, disciplined, common-sense approach to employee monitoring, taking into account factors such as the work environment, the industry involved and the employee/employer relationships necessary to succeed in the given business sector. Employer and employee alike should also be aware of what of what’s acceptable and legal in terms of employee monitoring and what’s not.
