REFOG Personal Monitor 6.1.7.1044

Do you have any idea what your children are up to while they use the computer? They could be chatting with strange people, or they could be watching inappropriate content. How can you know what they are up to? You need to do what I always do – turn to software and see if there is an application out there that can lend a helping hand.

As a matter of fact there are a myriad of applications out there that can help you. Out of them all I would like to draw attention to the Refog-developed REFOG Personal Monitor. Once you have this application up and running it will monitor your children’s computer usage and tell you precisely what they are up to.

Here is what you can expect to get from REFOG Personal Monitor

Ease of use – it is quite easy to install and use REFOG Personal Monitor. The development team behind the app has put a great deal of emphasis on ease of use. Consequently you should be able to have the app up and running in no time at all. You should be able to use it without any significant problems.

Extensive monitoring - REFOG Personal Monitor logs keystrokes, monitors URLS, monitors applications, takes screenshots at specific intervals of time, intercepts IM and Facebook chats.

Real-time alerts – you can configure multiple alerts. For example you can set up REFOG Personal Monitor to alert you when it detects certain keywords. You can also set up REFOG Personal Monitor to send whatever it logs to your email address. The great thing is that all alerts are real-time alerts.

Stealth - REFOG Personal Monitor runs stealthily in the background (Invisible Mode) so your children will never realize your are monitoring them.

Works with all Windows versions – you can expect REFOG Personal Monitor to work with any version of the Microsoft-developed Windows operating system, including the latest iteration, Windows 7.

Pros

• Easy to use
• Logs keystrokes, takes screenshots, intercepts IM chats
• Real-time alerts
• Invisible mode
• Language support for English, German, French and Spanish
• Works with Windows 7

Cons

• Free to use only during the 3-day trial period
• Nag screen

About Refog Inc
Founded back in 2002, and with offices in Virginia, USA and Pskov, Russia, Refog specializes in employee monitoring and parental control solutions. The products developed by Refog have been installed on more than 12 million computers in 196 countries around the world. As Refog explained, its mission is to “create reliable and feature rich solutions for employee monitoring which would help our customers to secure their commercial secrets and intellectual property without oppressing employees; enforce policies by monitoring, not filtering and prohibiting.”

Additional details about Refog and its products are available here.

REFOG Personal Monitor has been reviewed by George Norman on 21 Jun 2010. Based on the user interface, features and complexity, Findmysoft has rated REFOG Personal Monitor 4 out of 5 stars, naming it Excellent