Ever seen a crime-scene/investigation TV show when the victim is a teenager?  You know those shows that the lead investigator takes this teen’s computer and looks for signs of where she/he could be, whom she has had contact with, things she may have said in an e-mail, on Twitter, or even in Facebook?  In this day and age when our own children are much more computer savvy than we, it is vital to be one step ahead of them.  Being vigilant of what our children do is important and when they are online, even more so.  The world wide web (WWW) could be a wonderful place (like this lovely blog) or it could also be a scary place.  How do we avoid or prevent the unnecessary?  Since we can’t be in two places at once (though I wish I could bi-locate, almost on a daily basis) it is important to find the right piece of software that will be your “assistant”, sort-of speak, while you aren’t right next to your child(ren) when they are on the computer.

I’ve heard and looked into many other programs in the past but never got a chance to “test-drive” one until now, introducing WebWatcher Parental Control Monitoring Software!  From their website:

Webwatcher monitoring software is the best keylogger for Your PC or laptop because it lets you remotely ensure that there is no inappropriate activity taking place on your computer without your knowledge.

WebWatcher is your online chaperone!  Webwatcher monitoring software not only helps you monitor what your child(ren) are doing online but also control it.  That’s correct, you can either “white list” sites you’d like your child(ren) to go to or/and “black list” those sites you don’t want them to visit.  So not only do you see what your child is doing online (from any computer in the house or at work, it works remotely) but you can also block those sites you definitely don’t want your kids to visit.  This was one of my most favorite features of the program!  You can also individualize this feature, for example I have a 13 year old and a 6 year old who share a computer.  They each were assigned a log in so that the 6 year old would have different sites available to him and vice versa.  This is how it works:

Some of the additional features are:

• Facebook & Myspace Activity
• Read every e-mail sent or received on your PC
• See all Instant Message and Chat (both sides)
• Monitor every website visited
• See every web search performed and the links that were clicked
• Capture every keystroke
• Take screenshots
• Be notified when alert words are used

The beauty of it is that you can set up as many or as little monitoring as you’d like!  If you want to give your child more privacy, that’s fine or if you want to know everything they did, that too is possible!

So how does it work?  Easy, just follow these simple steps:

Set up was simple and setting up the monitoring was easy too!  Don’t think you are computer savvy enough to do this yourself?  Not to worry, WebWatcher will help you and do the settings that you’d like for you.  How much easier could they make it???   Want to see how easy?  Just watch this video demo of the software.

To order your copy by either download or to receive it in the mail, visit WebWatcher’s website.

Guess what???  We are thrilled to announce that WebWatcher is happy to participate in a giveaway to offer one free version of  Webwatcher monitoring software to you, our readers!  Just follow these easy steps:

REQUIRED COMMENT: Visit the WebWatcher website, look around, then come back and tell me something you liked, want, or learned.

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*DISCLAIMER: I was sent a free version of this software by WebWatcher to help facilitate my review. Any opinions stated are strictly my own.*