Keylogger software is able to record keystrokes stuck on the keyboard, and the extended keylogger software can be used to track computer activities including recording keystrokes, tracking visited websites, logging clipboard actions, and some keyloggers even have parental control function. The keylogger software has been widely used for many purposes in the digital age. It can be used for business use to track employees’ productivity and network use. Some people use it to catch cheating spouse by collecting evidence on the computer, while at most time, it’s used by parents to keep close eyes on children’s computer and Internet usage.
In short the reasons why we need to use keylogger software can be concluded as below:
First of all, you can use it in class or institutions. Teachers or administrators in such kind of organization need specific tool to assist them to control and guide students or children’s computer use. At this time, keylogger software is one of the best ways to help admin or teachers know what children are doing on the Internet. Keylogger software allows you to track and monitor the computer activities on your own computer. Because keylogger software has function of email delivery, all the logs collected by the software will be automatically periodically to you via email.
Secondly, keylogger software is used to protect children from dangers lurking on the Internet. Online predators, cyber bullying, sexual harassment and cyber criminals are all the dangers on the Internet, which will seriously affect people especially children’s online safety. These kinds of people will transport messages with violent, sexual, pornographic contents via chat rooms, forums, email, and social networking sites. In order to ensure children’s online safety, you can use keylogger software to block some sites containing improper online contents, and record children’s computer activities, so that you can find out the signs of dangers from the logs collected by the program the first time.
If you suspect your spouse has love affair and is cheating on you, you can also use the recording feature of this program to collect evidence to verify your suspicion. However, the installation of keylogger software is only advised when you share the computer with your spouse, otherwise you may confront legitimate issue.
For the business, keylogger software is widely used to monitor employees network activities management tool, for admin can check employees computer and Internet use during working hours. Every company admin don’t want employees to use company resource and working time to do things unrelated to work. In order to ensure employees’ productivity, many businesses choose to use network monitoring tool to help admin to control and manage employees’ computer use, and the keylogger software is considered as a easy to use and effective tool with reasonable price.
However, no matter what reason you use keylogger software, you need to keep in mind that this program should be used for positive purpose but not for bad purpose such as stealing other people’s information or data by recording their keystrokes on the computer.
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