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VERO BEACH, FL - January 24, 2002 - Spectorsoft Corporation today announced the Macintosh version of its award-winning Spector spyware program - the first automatic Internet and PC Activity Recorder designed for consumers and businesses.

"Since the release of Spector for Windows, we have had thousands of requests for a Macintosh supported version. We have been working for the past year to build Spector for Mac from the ground up to achieve the quality and ease of use Macintosh users demand." states Doug Fowler, president of Spectorsoft.

In the three years since the introduction of Spector, there has been an explosion of Internet Affairs - married or coupled adults who are seeking sex outside of their relationships. Spector was initially envisioned as a tool for parents concerned about what their children were doing online. However, it soon became obvious that the majority of customers were using Spector because they were suspicious about the time their spouses were spending online - particularly in chat rooms and instant messaging services.

"One young woman wrote to tell us that she had long suspected her fiancée of having outside flings, but he kept denying it. Within two days of using Spector, she discovered that he was using the Internet to meet several women a day" said Mr. Fowler.

Spector works by automatically taking periodic screen shots of a PowerPC-based Macintosh and saves those screenshots to a local or network drive for later viewing. Screen shots can be taken as often as every few seconds, or as infrequently as once every few minutes.

Spector is ideal for consumers and corporations alike. Consumers now have the ability to see exactly what their children or spouse do on their computer when they cannot be around. Corporations and Educational Institutions can now make sure their employees and students are using their computers appropriately.

Recognizing that Internet filtering software is inadequate and inconvenient, Spectorsoft decided that the best way to put parents and teachers in control is to allow them to see exactly what kids do on the computer by recording their actions. With Spector, a parent/teacher sees everything the child sees. If a child tries to access a checking account, or visits adult-oriented web sites, or is approached by a stranger on the Internet, the parent/teacher will be able to see that by playing back the recorded screens.

"Internet filters don't solve the problem. They fail to filter out all the bad stuff, and they prevent users from doing completely legitimate tasks by producing far too many false positives" adds Fowler.

"In addition, filtering programs require constant updates, and that is extremely inconvenient. Spector doesn't try to stop the user from doing anything. Instead, it records their actions. That places the issue of responsibility directly on the user. When a child or employee knows their actions may be recorded and viewed at a later point in time, they will be much more likely to avoid inappropriate activity."

In addition to recording by taking screen snapshots, Spector also records every keystroke typed. With Spector's detailed and automatic snapshot recordings, one can see all emails, chat conversations, instant messages and web sites visited.

Users have been raving about the simplicity and accuracy of Spector: "Within 36 hours of installing Spector I had enough evidence to go to the police. It turns out that our daughter was caught up in a sexual relationship with her 37 year-old Middle School teacher. The man was arrested, pled guilty, was sentenced and barred for life from teaching. None of this would have been possible without the evidence that we obtained using your Spector software" writes Bob Watkins of Tennessee.

Spector is available today for PowerPC-based Macintosh computers (iMac, iBook, Power Mac G3, Power MacG4, Power Mac G4 Cube, PowerBook G3, and PowerBook G4) running Mac OS 8.0-9.x.

Spector for Macintosh is priced at $99.95 per license and is available for immediate download from the company website: www.spectorsoft.com.

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About SpectorSoft

SpectorSoft develops, markets and supports PC and Internet monitoring and surveillance products for education, business, government and home users, including Spector Pro, eBlaster, Spector for Mac, Spector CNE Investigator, and Spector 360.

More than 50,000 companies and more than 400,000 consumers have purchased SpectorSoft solutions to crack down on Internet abuse in their business or home, and SpectorSoft has been selected for three years by Inc. Magazine as one of the Fastest Growing Private Companies in America. SpectorSoft monitoring technology is a THREE-TIME winner of the prestigious PC Magazine Editors' Choice Award.

For more information about SpectorSoft Corporation and its monitoring software products, please visit www.spectorsoft.com. For more information about SpectorSoft's Partners Program, please visit www.spectorsoftpartners.com.

To schedule a product demonstration, please contact press@spectorsoft.com , or call: (772) 770-5670 .

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