MONITORING SOFTWARE BLOG

Deep Software has released Activity Monitor version 4.41. This is a maintenance release that includes several important issues fixed. Update is recommended to all customers.

Most changes are made on Agent side, that requires re-installation of Agents on client computers. But Monitor from 4.41 version is compatible with Agents 4.4 and vise versa

Changes in Activity Monitor version 4.41:

• fixed: sometimes user actions were not recorded after fast user switching on Windows XP
• fixed: incorrect fields shown in the bottom part on Email tab in Reports Viewer
• fixed: Agent Description field was always getting replaced with computer name
• fixed: Computers could show up as offline in some situations in a network with Windows Domain
• fixed: Agent Log not recording on computers with international versions of Windows containing non-English characters in “Application Data” folder name
• fixed: Agent log not recording if no Agent password is set

• new: Log Viewer: Top Websites report that shows a list of most visited websites per user
• new: Log Viewer: Search reports on current tab and all tabs
• new: Log Viewer: Filter by date range: today, yesterday, custom range, etc.
• new: Log Viewer: Report tables are divided by days
• new: improved security – password protected and encrypted Central Log Database (strong AES encryption) Set strong Activity Monitor password to have database securely encrypted
• new: improved security – logs stored on monitored computers are strongly encrypted
• new: improved security – list of Agents is stored in encrypted format, icnluding remembered Agents passwords
• improved: improved security – password protected login to Activity Monitor
• new: IntelliSnap™ technology for Screenshots. Activity Monitor takes screenshots based on user actions and not just every few seconds, like in previous versions. This advanced technology allows you to view remote screen in near live mode without using much network traffic
• new: export/import of Agents list. Copy a list with all Agent settigs to Activity Monitor on other user account or computer
• new: view list of open Applications or all Processes in monitoring window similar to Tasks Manager
• new: Applications tab shows program icons
• new: wizard to manage Central Log Database. Move database or select new file
• new: recording of web pages visit duration
• new: Agent works as Windows service now for improved security and reliability
• new: support of Windows Server 2008 added
• improved: select what data to export in Log Viewer (web pages, emails, etc.)
• improved: Agent List tooltips have an updated look
• fixed: unreadable characters in e-mails with different encodings
• fixed: unreadable characters in AIM and ICQ chat clients in some languages
• fixed: mouse pointer disapearing in Monitor when users type text on the remote computers
• available only in English language. For multi-language user intface of Activity Monitor download previous version 4.3. Next version will be multi-lingual.

• new: User interface in 11 Languages:
  • English
  • German
  • Spanish
  • Italian
  • French
  • Portuguese
  • Russian
  • Chinese Simplified
  • Chinese Traditional
  • Japanese
  • Korean
• new: support for 64-bit editions of Windows XP/Vista
• new: copy email to clipboard in HTML format
• new: ability to deploy Agent in your domain via Active Directory

• new: Activity Monitor keylogger supports most international keyboard layouts now! Our keylogger records, in addition to English keystrokes, any characters in Asian languages, such as Chinese, Japanese, Korean and recognizes accented characters in such languages as German, Spanish and Portuguese, for example.
• new: Keystrokes tab in real time monitoring shows program and window name where text has been typed.
• new: saving of keystrokes tab in .rtf format with preserved colors and fonts
• improved: update of large Agents list does not take much CPU and does not freeze Activity Monitor. This allows to work with lists of computers as large as several hundreds.
• improved: naming of computers in list. Agent name in list renamed into Description. Computer name, host name or IP address is shown in list instead. To view description, switch to Details mode and enable this column. User can change only Description, and not Name.
• new: “Don’t resolve host names to IP addresses” setting in Activity Monitor Options. Allows to turn off resolving for the network setups where it resolves incorrectly. For example, in some types of VPN, all hostnames are resolved to the same IP address according to user reports
• new: Quick Start tutorial has been included. Opens when Activity Monitor is started first time
• new: support of different international encodings in emails. Activity Monitor will correctly display emails that use any international encoding
• fixed: computers sometimes duplicated in list
• fixed: Enter Agent Password command is not available for the remote computers in offline state
• improved: scheduled collection of logs. Download windows do not pop up if Activity Monitor is minimized
• fixed: users list in Log Viewer was empty in some cases
• fixed: work time in applications was recorded incorrectly after system time change
• improved: shows when active program opens new window or window caption changes. For example, it now records when programs open “Save As…”, “Enter Password” window or web browser’s title changes for different websites
• fixed: Log Viewer correctly shows activity for users/computer with names containing non-English characters

• improved Get Agent Log functionality;
• formatting code removed from text messages in AIM and Yahoo messenger;
• copy to clipboard From/To/Subject fields for emails;
• password field in Activity Monitor Options shows as empty if no password is set;
• other improvements and bugfixes;

• works on Windows Vista now; does not support Windows 98 anymore.
• record email sent and received by users. Includes POP3/SMTP mail using email client software
• record chat conversations in instant messengers. Supports MSN Messenger, AOL Instant Messenger, Yahoo messenger, ICQ, IRC. Both sides of all conversations are recorded;
• new format of log files
• SoftActivity Log Viewer for viewing recorded logs
• Central Log Database for keeping recordings from all computers in one location
• Automatic collecting of logs and screenshots from all computers. Collection schedule can be adjusted.
• Refreshed program look
• improved support of international characters

• Support for multi-monitor computers. Activity Monitor now shows whole virtual screen for such computers on screenshots and in monitoring window.
• Fixed: Option “Offline Logging – Delete log file and start new one” did not save properly
• Fixed: Rare problems when working under or monitoring Windows users with limited access rights