Using 007 Spy Software


Monitoring System Activities:

All the five menu items can be left clicked or right clicked. Left click will display corresponding log records in right panel, while right click will disable or enable corresponding monitoring engine. For example, left click on WebSites Log item will display all URL recorded by 007 Spy in the right panel, but right click on it will disable 007 Spy to record website visited, and right click again will enable it.

Keystrokes Monitoring

007 Spy can record all keystrokes typed in any application window, such as user name, password, e-mail, chat, instant message (MSN/AOL/ICQ/AIM ), etc. The records are time stamped and categorized by the window title they belong to, so you can tell when and what documents were being typed.

WebSites Monitoring

007 Spy can record all websites URL visited in Internet Explorer (Netscape Navigator and Opera will be supported in Pro Edition of 007 Spy). 007 Spy will log the website URL, the website title, and the time the website was visited! You can click on the link in the Log Viewer to launch the visited page in your browser immediately!

Applications Monitoring

007 Spy can record all applications' window activity taken place on your computer! It will log the window title, the opening and closing time of the window, and the current user name. By this you can find out what movies/games were played, what files were modified, what pictures were displayed, and so on.

Screen Shot Logging

007 Spy can take picture of the Windows Desktop just like a automatic surveillance camera! It will capture images at set intervals. You have the option of taking pictures of the entire screen or just of active window, and saving the pictures in high quality or low quality JPEG format. 007 Spy will also log the active window name and the time stamp when the screen shot was taken. When you click the record in log viewer, 007 Spy will launch the selected screen picture in your default image viewer.
Please keep in mind that it is possible to fill up your hard disk in hours if you have a small hard disk or you don't have enough free space on it. On default setting, 007 Spy will take about 3MB disk space for one hour, and about 72MB for one day. If option of Capture Active Window Only is selected, 007 Spy will take about 75% less disk space on average than Capture Full Screen, depending on the user's computer activities. Furthermore, a low quality picture can be about 4 or more times smaller than a high quality picture. The recommended value is 70%.

File/Folders Monitoring

007 Spy records all file/folders change made by users within Windows Explorer, such as create file/folder, delete file/folder, rename and move file/folder, etc. These activities are logged by path and time stamp of first access.




Viewing Logs:



With the help of 007 Spy's powerful built-in Log Viewer you can review the activity log conveniently. You can find all Log Viewer command labels on the Main Control Pane, located on the left side of the interface. They are Keystrokes Log, Website Log, Applications Log, ScreenShots Log and File/Folders Log. Under each command label there is a subhead like "Records: 0". The number following the colon indicates how many records 007 Spy has logged until now. If you click anyone of the 5 command labels, the corresponding Log Viewer window will appear on the right side of 007 Spy's interface. In this window you can:

Refresh Log

When you click "Refresh" button, 007 Spy will synchronize its Log Window display with its log files, so you can see the newest records immediately in Log Viewer window.

Export Log

By clicking "Export" button, you can save all the current records displayed in the window as a HTML file (".htm") in the folder assigned by you, then you can view the html file in your favorite Browser such as Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator.

Clear Log

You can click "Clear" button to delete all records displayed in current log window, but the records in other log windows will remain. This operation also delete the corresponding log file in 007 Spy's log folder. If you want to delete all records made by 007 Spy you should click the "Reset" button in the bottom side of the interface.

Search Log

The "Search" button is a powerful tool for searching keywords in the log window. Please input the keyword into the textbox beside the button, then just click the button to find it!

View Record Detail

If you click on the records list in the log window, a pop-up window will appear. This window contains the detailed information of the record you just clicked. there is a button labeled "save to disk" on the bottom of the window which allows you to save the entire information to a text file on your local disk. Furthermore, in Websites Log window, clicking on the detailed information in the pop-up window will launch the web page immediately; and in Screenshots log window, clicking on it will launch 007 Spy's built-in image viewer.

View Screenshots Pictures

007 Spy has a built-in Image Viewer which allows you to view Screenshots picture conveniently. It appears when you single click any one of the records in Log Viewer window. You can just click the button on the bottom of the Viewer's window to view Next, Previous, the First and the Last picture of 007 Spy's Screenshots. Also you can click "Save as" button to export current picture to any folder specified by you.


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