Download.com Review of Chat Watch
As you can guess from the name, the main advantage of Chat Watch is it can
monitor both sides of conversations over all major instant messengers. The
password-protection spy program hides quite well in stealth mode. You can
even disable Task Manager so the user won't see and stop it. On the other
hand, you can have the program openly notify users that their conversations
are being logged. The program sorts logs by messaging program and can send
them via e-mail or transfer them to a PC on the network. It does lack
filters and alarms, but Chat Watch can highlight messages that contain words
you specify. In addition to monitoring use, you can ban messaging completely
or during certain hours. Parents will appreciate that you can disable
logging for some users. The program consumes a fair amount of memory. Though
requiring direct installation on the target machine limits its appeal for
corporate users, parents may really appreciate Chat Watch.
(Read
the review in its original context.)
 CNet's
PowerDownloader Pick - 06/20/03
Remember what
you said
Not a day goes by that Power
Downloader doesn't talk to more than a dozen people a dozen different ways.
Be it by phone, smoke signals, semaphore, or Internet, it's important for
Power to keep track of who said what in every conversation he has. When he's
chatting away on ICQ, he keeps everything on the record with
Chat Watch.
The simple utility works with most popular chat clients, running invisibly
in the background and capturing every word that's bandied back and forth.
The software also takes note of the ICQ users involved in the chat, as well
as the time and date the chat took place. If Power ever needs to recall an
ICQ-based conversation, he can open the software's reporting tool and sort
through chat logs by time, date, and user. When he locates the tête-à-tête
he is looking for, he can preview it in Chat Watch or save it as a simple
text document to peruse later.
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 WebAttack Review
Chat Watch allows you to monitor complete chat
conversations made with ICQ, AOL Instant Messenger, MSN Messenger, and Yahoo
Messenger. It records all messages sent and all messages received and can
optionally run completely hidden from the user. The password protected
interface provides an easy to understand overview of all chats that have
taken place and you can review each in its entirety. Additional features
include an option to disable access to these chat applications (Parental
Control), monitoring for objectionable content and logging to a network
location. You can also print chats, email them, search them for specific
text and more. Easy to use and effective.
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CNet's
PowerDownloader Pick - 10/11/02
Check out the
chat
Some years ago, Power Downloader
noticed that all the supervillains in town were coordinating their evil
plots via instant messaging. Now, to keep abreast of any new plots, Power
sneaks a copy of
Chat Watch
onto their computers. This little application monitors and saves chat text
conducted in ICQ, AOL Instant Messenger, MSN Messenger, or Yahoo Messenger.
It's fully configurable, so Power can have it monitor some, one, or all of
the big four chat networks, and he even has the option of selectively
disabling access to chat. Like any good spy application, Chat Watch can be
set to run in stealth mode, gathering its information unbeknownst to the
computer's user.
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Download.com User Opinion
This program has the best user interface I've seen on
chat monitoring programs. I'm a librarian and it's amazing how they support
so many chat programs!
- Luv2Read46 |
