Press Mentions
About.com says Spector Pro 6.0 "once again sets the bar"
May 2008
As a follow up to his Five-Star review of Spector Pro 5.0, About.com's Tony Bradley reviewed Spector Pro 6.0 saying, "Spector Pro 6.0 once again sets the bar." The review continued, "I rated the previous version, Spector Pro 5.0, with 5 stars, and if we had more stars available I might give this one a 6. I have not found any other product (with the possible exception of eBlaster) that is as comprehensive and powerful, but also flexible and easy to use." He concluded by saying, "If you have any need to monitor the activity on your own computer, your employee's computers or the computers of your children this is the program to do it with."
Spector Pro named one of InformationWeek's 24 Digital Tools to Capture, Protect and Secure Data
April 2008
To catch a data thief, you'll need discreet audio and video recorders, tiny cameras, keystroke loggers and a trove of other 007-worthy digital security, monitoring and surveillance devices. Spector Pro is one of the tools discussed by the experts at InformationWeek.
CBS Evening News says Spector is High Tech Parenting Tool
November 2007
In a segment titled "The Secret Lives of Teens", CBS Science and Technology Correspondent Daniel Sieberg discussed the dangers children face on the Internet and the issues involved with parental monitoring. "Is it high-tech parenting or old-fashioned prying?" asked Sieberg, "For any parent concerned about what their kids are doing in the digital domain, software programs can log every keystroke, keep track of every Web page, read every e-mail, instant message, etc. Users can even set keyword "alerts," so if a child types or reads something they deem inappropriate an e-mail is sent to the person who installed the software."
GoNoted Privacy Lawyer Discusses SpectorSoft on Good Morning America
November 2007
Parry Aftab, a noted privacy lawyer and executive director of WiredSafety.org was a guest on ABC's Good Morning America. Her organization works to arm parents with information to keep their kids safe online. During the interview she shared several tips for parents to keep their kids safe as well as her thoughts on monitoring kids' computer use. She strongly recommends installing software from SpectorSoft, either Spector Pro or eBlaster, so that the recorded info can be accessed in the future if there is ever cause for concern.
November 2007
Child psychologist Dr. Sylvia Rimm recommended eBlaster along with setting computer limits and encouraging alternative activities in a recent Q&A newspaper column. According to Rimm, a contributing correspondent to NBC's 'Today' show, and a frequent guest on 20/20, "As to checking her Web site use, use eBlaster (www.eblaster.com) to be certain she's not in trouble. You can give her reasonable privacy once you're confident she's safe." Rimm also said, "I suggest you set clear limits at your home (no more than two hours total screen time), and even more important, arrange to keep her very involved in other activities."
GoLaura Ingraham Guest Talks about the Importance of Using SpectorSoft Software
February 6, 2007
Cyber Bully expert and researcher Dr. Justin Patchin talked about the importance of using SpectorSoft software on "The Laura Ingraham Show". The radio show, which is heard on over 350 radio stations, featured anecdotes from Dr. Patchin and practical tips on how parents can protect their children including the use of software from SpectorSoft.
US News & World Report calls Spector Pro "One Slick Piece of Technology"
September, 2006
In an article featuring tools for parents concerned about their kids' activities on social networking sites, US News & World writer Dave LaGesse called Spector Pro "One Slick Piece of Technology." LaGesse, who's "Dave's Download" article appears monthly, continued, "It loads smoothly and is easy to hide, if you choose to keep your spying a secret. Then it monitors everything that happens on the PC. Perhaps most impressive are the snapshots of what transpired on that machine--frequent screen grabs that you later review as a sort of slide show.
Kids Summer Internet Use Cited as Major Employee Concern in Wall Street Journal Article
June, 2006
In an article printed in The Wall Street Journal titled 'Remote Control: Parents Use Software To Track Kids' Online Activity From Work' writer Sue Shellenbarger discussed the concerns parents have regarding their children's Internet use during the summer months. According to Shelllenbarger, "More than one-fourth of parents cite worries about kids spending too much time online as a top summer child-care fear." The article noted that a growing number of parents are using consumer software such as Spector Pro to monitor their kids' home Internet use from work. According to Shellenbarger, "Parents say they gain invaluable information about their children, plus the power to control what they do online."
'People Magazine' article suggests Parents should use SpectorSoft Products to Uncover Kids' MySpace passwords
June 5, 2006
In a People Magazine article titled 'MySpace Nation: The Controversy' some of the dangers of MySpace are noted including how it "attracts creeps and pervs." The story says MySpace is "an online playground for kids with an astounding 16 million having their own web pages." Internet safety expert Parry Aftab advises readers that it is imperative that parents know their child's MySpace password, and if the child won't volunteer it, to use SpectorSoft software to uncover the password.
Newsday Article says Parents should 'Absolutely' Track Kids Online Activity
July 2, 2005
In a story titled 'Tracking your Kids Online' the author asked if parents should track kids Internet activity. Rebecca Hagelin, who uses SpectorSoft to track her three teenagers said, "Absolutely...It's allowed my children to enjoy all the benefits the latest technology has to offer them, and it's allowed me to protect them from the dangers of some of the new technology," she says. "It's a win-win."
Houston Chronicle Recommends Spector Pro to Aid Concerned Parents
December 28, 2004
Houston Chronicle writer Anne Reeks recommended Spector Pro for parents worried about the rash of recent news stories concerning children who are arranging to meet strangers over the Internet. According the article, which highlighted the case of girl who had been missing after meeting a man online, "Even more alarming, an FBI official said cases of Houston area minors being lured away by online "friends" have been increasing, to more than one a week.
USA Today calls eBlaster "Easy-to-use"
May 10, 2004
In a Tech Review titled, Software keeps tabs on computer use, USA Today writer Deborah Porterfield called SpectorSoft's eBlaster "easy-to-use". According to Porterfield, "Find out what the children are doing online with SpectorSoft's eBlaster software. Once you install the easy-to-use program on a computer, it'll record incoming and outgoing email messages, chat conversations and instant messages."
NBC Today Show says SpectorSoft Products Help Parents Protect Children
January 14, 2003
In a segment titled "Keeping Your Child Safe Online" the NBC Today Show discussed SpectorSoft products eBlaster and Spector Pro saying the monitoring tools were extremely useful in helping parents protect their children online.
Ladies Home Journal says Spector reduces conflict and offers "peace of mind"
July 2002
Exploring parenting in the age of the Internet, Ladies Home Journal examined software monitoring programs in order to keep kids from harm. One suburban Philadelphia housewife who chose Spector finds it brought her peace of mind. According to the story titled "Mother is Watching, "Julia was concerned about her daughter Melanie after finding her missing from the house at 3AM. She turned to Spector and found that everything was okay. Despite leaving the home at 3AM, her daughter had met a female friend that night and Julia was reassured that "nothing dramatic was going on." Asked if monitoring is worth it she said, "There'd be a lot more conflict if I wasn't sure Melanie was behaving herself".
Washington Post touts eBlaster as the V-Chip's "Tougher Big Brother"
November 26, 2001
eBlaster, The V-Chip's Tougher Big Brother
By Laura Sessions Stepp
In the article, eBlaster, The V-Chip's Tougher Big Brother, writer Laura Sessions Stepp says, "Now we can add one more weapon to our arsenal...eBlaster. Once eBlaster is installed on a home computer, it records all Web sites visited, all applications launched, all keystrokes typed and sends an activity report to a specified e-mail address as frequently as every 30 minutes."
TIME Magazine Includes SpectorSoft Products in Front Cover Article
July 2, 2001
A TIME Magazine front cover feature titled Internet Insecurity featured SpectorSoft products. According to the writer, Adam Cohen, "What can you expect if someone puts SpectorSoft's Spector on your computer? It will secretly take hundreds of snapshots an hour of every website, chat group and e-mail that appears on your screen, and store them so that the special someone who is spying on you can review them later. SpectorSoft's eBlaster, will send the spy detailed e-mail reports updating your computer activities as often as every 30 minutes. These products work in stealth mode, so the people being spied on are totally unaware."
Fortune reports on how Spector Helped Parent Catch Pedophile
March 19, 2001
In their feature, Top 10 Tech Trends to Bet On, Eric Nee & Peter H. Lewis reported on a Spector customer who used the product to catch a teacher who was preying on his daughter. According to the writers, "A man in Memphis secretly installed Spector on his 13- year-old stepdaughter's personal computer last fall and discovered, by reading her private e-mail, that she was having sex with her 37-year-old schoolteacher."
Spector Featured on NBC Nightly News
March 17, 2001
NBC Nightly News aired a segment which showed ways that parents can keep track of where their children are and what they are up to. The reported discussed how parents are using monitoring tools to find out exactly what their children are doing on the Internet. A parent who uses Spector talked about how he uses the software.
Other Press Mentions and Awards:
Family PC "Monitoring Tools Winner - Grade A" - March, 2001 - Tools That Tame the Net
Ricki Lake Show - October, 2000 "Cybersex Addicts.com"
NewsWeek Online - September, 2000
Spector 360 Wins PC Magazine Editors' Choice
June 2008
Spector 360 has been awarded PC Magazine Editors' Choice in a June 2008 review. In awarding the product four and a half stars, author Matthew Sarrel called Spector 360 "better than anything else I have tested" and "mature."
The in-depth analysis began by discussing why employers should use products like Spector 360 to detect if employees are misusing computing resources noting, "If installed before your problems begin, monitoring software may prevent malfeasance, because employees know they are being watched."
Sarrel commented that installing Spector 360 was a breeze, "the server components took less than half an hour" and the Client Deployment Utility is a "straightforward, well-documented wizard."
The article discussed Spector 360's many monitoring features and in-depth reports stating, "The software really began to show its excellence at internal espionage." While discussing Data Loss Prevention, a growing issue that employers face, Sarrel noted, "Talk about an audit trail! The system is powerful enough to uncover data loss by tracking users sending sensitive files as attachments or copying them to removable storage devices such as USB keys, iPods, or CDs." Sarrel also liked Spector 360's unique Keyword Alerts saying, "This feature works well, and alerts were typically e-mailed in a few minutes."
The reviewer highlighted 360's built in reporting functionality saying, "The product's comprehensive reporting features really make it stand apart from the crowd ... Spector 360 gives you a full-fledged application with plenty of text reports, charts, and graphs. If you've chosen to capture everything, as I recommend, you can slice and dice by application, user, Web sites visited -- almost by anything you can imagine."
Mr. Sarrel concludes by saying, "I'd be hard-pressed to find any major deficiencies in Spector 360. I've been following this space for years, and I think this is the most mature product in the class. And it's likely to get better."
SpectorSoft Certified as "Gold 5-Star" Overall Winner by VARBusiness 2008 Partner Program Guide
April 2008
SpectorSoft Corporation's Partner Program was certified as a Gold 5-Star Overall Winner in the VARBusiness 2008 Partner Program Guide. The CMP Channel publication acknowledged the commitment and strength of SpectorSoft's partner program for its Channel resellers, IT integrators, and technology consultants. SpectorSoft was also certified as a Silver 5-Star Winner in the Marketing, Support, Channel Operations, and Partner Recruitment elements of the awards program. Inclusion in the "Gold 5-Star" category places SpectorSoft in good company. Some of last year's winners included CA, Cisco, Citrix, HP, Fujitsu, and IBM.
Spector 360 Nominated for Two CMP XChange Tech Innovators Awards
October 2007
SpectorSoft's Spector 360 PC and Internet activity monitoring software was one of three finalists for "Best Software Solution" at the CMP XChange Tech Innovators event October 7-9 in Miami, FL. Other nominees included FalconStor, and VMWare.
At the same event, SpectorSoft's live Spector 360 presentation was nominated by PC solution providers as a finalist for "Best XChange Demonstration." Other nominees included FalconStor, and HP.
The show's field of nearly 50 vendors included such industry powerhouses as AMD, Citrix, Fujitsu, HP, Lenovo, Lexmark, McAfee, Toshiba, and Xerox.
CRN Names Spector 360 One of 14 Hot Products from XChange '07
September 2007
Calling SpectorSoft one of the "Standouts" at the CMP XChange '07 conference in Orlando, FL, Computer Reseller News (CRN) placed the company's Spector 360 on its list of "14 Hot Products." According to the editors, "The latest release of its PC monitoring and employee surveillance software adds several features, including the ability to block or allow entire categories of Web sites via centralized policy management and the ability to block specific Internet chat or instant messaging contacts."
Reader's Digest Notes that with SpectorSoft "There's Not Anything These Guys Can Get Away With"
September 2007
In an article titled "Is Your Boss Spying on You? It's legal, it's happening and it can get you fired," Reader's Digest writer Kim Zetter discusses how more employers are monitoring PCs to protect themselves against lawsuits such as sexual harassment and copyright infringement, as well as to increase security and improve employee productivity.
The article opens with the story of Ismael Rodriguez, a network analyst for Copier Country, a small New York company that sells photocopiers. According to Zetter, "A few years ago, after a salesman took the firm's customer database when he left for a new job, Rodriguez installed a program on most of the company's computers. The software, made by SpectorSoft, can track and block the websites a user tries to visit and log his or her every keystroke."
"I can see screen shots of what they do in Yahoo!," Rodriguez says. "I can see what they're typing, whether it's résumés or business-related stuff. The program even keeps track of songs that employees download to their iPod. There's not anything these guys can get away with that I can't see."
PC Pro Magazine Awards Spector 360 5 Stars
July 2007
Spector 360 has been awarded 5 Stars by PC Pro magazine and received the official "PC Pro Recommended" seal. The review calls Spector 360 "invaluable in detecting computer misuse and security issues." During their evaluation, reviewers found Spector 360 to be "easy to install" and noted that "good security practice means monitoring and reporting is essential."
CIO Today Magazine Calls Spector 360 Screen Recording "Nifty"
July 2007
In 'Counting Clicks: Monitoring PC Usage at Work' author Sixto Ortiz notes "Employers who are tired of paying employees who fritter their working hours away surfing are increasingly turning to monitoring software to track what employees do with their computers." According to Ortiz, "SpectorSoft's Spector 360, the company's 'flagship' enterprise product, records Web site visits, inbound and outbound e-mail traffic, chats and IM, keystrokes, file transfers, and even documents printed and applications launched. One of the software's niftier features is the ability to screen capture employee activities." He added, "it's hard to deny the effectiveness of photographic evidence: after all, it's awful hard for a gaming addict to argue their case when the boss is armed with full color screen captures."
The article continues, "Spector 360 stores all this information in a database. Employers who want to see the results can access the information using more than 50 built-in reports. These reports can be used to zero in on a single employee's surfing habits or to provide an overall view of online usage patterns for an entire department or business."
Wall Street Journal says SpectorSoft Protects Against Insider Threats
June 2007
Wall Street Journal writer Katherine Wegert featured SpectorSoft in a recent article about how important it is for businesses to look at technology that can monitor, filter and block access to inappropriate Web sites, e-mails and instant messaging systems. The WSJ article covered the experience of SpectorSoft's customer, Ajax Boiler Inc.
Ajax Boiler found one of its 100 employees bringing a rival's proprietary information into their system and another reading the HR manager's e-mail. According to the article, "Both staff members would have escaped notice if it weren't for a recent upgrade to Ajax's security software. The product, made by Vero Beach, FL-based SpectorSoft Corp., essentially records everything employees do on their computers including Web sites they have visited, time spent looking at a site, e-mails they have sent, and more."
The article, which also appeared in the Associated Press, WSJ.com, BusinessWeek.com, Forbes, and YahooFinance.com, continued: "The greatest risk to company security now comes from within, security analysts say. In the past, the threat has been mostly from spammers and hackers. Employers are increasingly relying on advanced software to protect their systems against the new threats."
Chicago Tribune Features SpectorSoft in Story about Workplace Sports Viewing
March 12, 2007
Eric Benderoff's Tech Buzz Column talked about how SpectorSoft products can help stem the alarming number of employees who waste time watching the NCAA college basketball tournament while at work. According to Benderoff, "Last year, more than 14 million people watched the tournament. Nearly 80 percent of viewers watched from their office desktops."
He goes on to talk about the growing trend to use SpectorSoft products as a way to curtail Internet abuse at work and quoted SpectorSoft president Doug Fowler who said, "In 2006, sales to business customers of SpectorSoft software to monitor workplace Web access increased 50 percent." Benderoff continued, "His product can read every e-mail you send, determine how much time you spend at MySpace.com perusing profiles, whether you downloaded any music to your computer and what files you may be putting on a USB drive to take home -- or to a competitor. It even can tell the boss if you're getting to work late and like to leave early." He notes, "So, if you're tempted this year, consider yourself warned."
SmartMoney Covers SpectorSoft, Growth of Employee PC Monitoring
October, 2006
"Employees have come to expect that their company keeps track of the web sites they visit and the emails they send," according to Aleksandra Todorova in her article "Office Spies." The article notes, "Internet monitoring doesn't end with going through email and a list of visited web sites. Now, thanks to software programs from SpectorSoft, employers can record practically everything employees do on their computers and watch it as if on videotape," says Jay Mellon, vice president at AtNetPlus, a Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio-based IT security consultancy and SpectorSoft Partner.
Spector Pro Wins PC Magazine Editors' Choice
August 3, 2004
Calling Spector Pro "the best choice," PC Magazine awarded the product with its Editors' Choice for the SECOND time. Spector Pro, the program from which Spector 360 was developed, originally won this honor in July 2002. PC Magazine's Sebastian Rupley noted that Spector Pro has "abundant options for customization - which is great for power users." The magazine also liked both eBlaster and Spector Pro's stealth mode saying, "eBlaster and Spector Pro do the best job of hiding: We found no traces of either app in the Windows Registry." They also commented on the products' application tracking, "Only eBlaster and Spector Pro provide the total time the given app is open as well as the active time—the amount of time the program remains in the Windows foreground."
The review concluded, "Spector Pro is the best choice. Logging the user's every keystroke and taking frequent screen grabs, the program is simple enough to use and offers the most powerful and complete assortment of monitoring and reporting features among the tools we've tested. It is also the only monitoring application we looked at that offers time management features."
InfoWorld says SpectorSoft Simplifies Snooping
May 9, 2003
"Being nosy can be good for business," says Curtis Franklin in his article 'Every word they type, every link they click.' Franklin notes, "There are many legitimate reasons for an organization to want to know what's happening on its computers. From industrial espionage, to sabotage, and workplace harassment suits, it's not hard to understand the strong financial incentives that may exist for keeping tabs on employees' workstations." He continues, "SpectorSoft offers products that allow an IT department to observe virtually all activity on individual workstations."
MSNBC says Workers' Web Habits No Secret with SpectorSoft
January 6, 2003
Michelle Swafford talked about SpectorSoft products in an article titled, 'Workers' Web Habits are no Secret.' Swafford says, "SpectorSoft Corp. has software programs available for companies to monitor employees or parents to monitor their children's computer activities."
The article goes on to quote SpectorSoft spokesperson Kasey Sellati, "It really gives you a very complete picture of what's going on because it's like you were sitting there." Sellati said SpectorSoft's customers use the software to make sure employees aren't wasting time, saying inappropriate things or giving out confidential information.
PC Magazine Awards Spector Pro Editors' Choice
July 2002
In a cover story and review of monitoring products titled 'Watching You, Watching Me', Spector Pro (the program from which Spector 360 was developed) won PC Magazine's Editors' Choice. According to writer Karen Bannen, "Spector Pro stands above the rest." The writer noted, "Spector Pro's interface is the most sophisticated." The article goes on to praise Spector Pro's "handy extras" including "a VCR-like control panel to play back screenshots", "the ability to begin taking screenshots more frequently after detecting a keyword" and the product's log retrieval functionality.
TIME Magazine Includes SpectorSoft Products in Front Cover Article
July 2, 2001
A TIME Magazine front cover feature titled 'Internet Insecurity' featured SpectorSoft products. According to the writer, Adam Cohen, "What can you expect if someone puts SpectorSoft's products on your computer? It will secretly take hundreds of snapshots an hour of every website, chat group and e-mail that appears on your screen, and store them so that the special someone who is spying on you can review them later."
Spector 360 Wins PC Magazine Editors' Choice
June 2008
Spector 360 has been awarded PC Magazine Editors' Choice in a June 2008 review. In awarding the product four and a half stars, author Matthew Sarrel called Spector 360 "better than anything else I have tested" and "mature."
The in-depth analysis began by discussing why employers should use products like Spector 360 to detect if employees are misusing computing resources noting, "If installed before your problems begin, monitoring software may prevent malfeasance, because employees know they are being watched."
Sarrel commented that installing Spector 360 was a breeze, "the server components took less than half an hour" and the Client Deployment Utility is a "straightforward, well-documented wizard."
The article discussed Spector 360's many monitoring features and in-depth reports stating, "The software really began to show its excellence at internal espionage." While discussing Data Loss Prevention, a growing issue that employers face, Sarrel noted, "Talk about an audit trail! The system is powerful enough to uncover data loss by tracking users sending sensitive files as attachments or copying them to removable storage devices such as USB keys, iPods, or CDs." Sarrel also liked Spector 360's unique Keyword Alerts saying, "This feature works well, and alerts were typically e-mailed in a few minutes."
The reviewer highlighted 360's built in reporting functionality saying, "The product's comprehensive reporting features really make it stand apart from the crowd ... Spector 360 gives you a full-fledged application with plenty of text reports, charts, and graphs. If you've chosen to capture everything, as I recommend, you can slice and dice by application, user, Web sites visited -- almost by anything you can imagine."
Mr. Sarrel concludes by saying, "I'd be hard-pressed to find any major deficiencies in Spector 360. I've been following this space for years, and I think this is the most mature product in the class. And it's likely to get better."
About.com Says Spector 6.0 "Once Again Sets the Bar"
May 2008
As a follow up to his Five-Star review of Spector Pro 5.0, About.com's Tony Bradley reviewed Spector Pro 6.0 saying, "Spector Pro 6.0 once again sets the bar." The review continued, "I rated the previous version, Spector Pro 5.0, with 5 stars, and if we had more stars available I might give this one a 6. I have not found any other product (with the possible exception of eBlaster) that is as comprehensive and powerful, but also flexible and easy to use." He concluded by saying, "If you have any need to monitor the activity on your own computer, your employee's computers or the computers of your children this is the program to do it with."
Spector Pro & eBlaster Wins iParenting Media's Best Products of 2008 Award
May 2008
eBlaster 2008 and Spector Pro 2008, the world's best-selling PC and Internet Activity monitoring products, both won iParenting Media's Best Products of 2008 Awards in the Computer Software category. iParenting Media is part of Disney Online's network of family-focused web sites. According to the iParenting Awards web site, "Install eBlaster on the computer you wish to monitor and walk away. It's that simple! eBlaster will immediately go to work by automatically recording everything your children do online." eBlaster and Spector Pro underwent a thorough ISO 9001 certified evaluation process to win the iParenting Media Awards Best Products of 2008 honors. Hundreds of products were submitted for judging in 20 categories, and the SpectorSoft products were selected based on their value, product quality, ease of use, educational nature and uniqueness, among other criteria.
Spector Pro 2008 Awarded The National Parenting Center's Seal of Approval
May 2008
Spector Pro 2008, the world's best-selling PC and Internet Activity monitoring software has been honored with The National Parenting Center's 2008 Seal of Approval for Computer Software. The National Parenting Center's product testing division is run by independent testers including parents, educators and panelists of The National Parenting Center. The testing of Spector Pro involved a multi-step process conducted over an eight-week period. The testing facility of The National Parenting Center gives parents, children, and educators the opportunity to examine a variety of submitted products in a hands-on environment. Each product is evaluated for its level of desirability, safety features, and other ingredients essential in the make-up of a quality product.
SpectorSoft Certified as "Gold 5-Star" Overall Winner by VARBusiness 2008 Partner Program Guide
April 2008
SpectorSoft Corporation's Partner Program was certified as a Gold 5-Star Overall Winner in the VARBusiness 2008 Partner Program Guide.
The CMP Channel publication acknowledged the commitment and strength of SpectorSoft's partner program for its Channel resellers, IT integrators, and technology consultants. SpectorSoft was also certified as a Silver 5-Star Winner in the Marketing, Support, Channel Operations, and Partner Recruitment elements of the awards program. Inclusion in the "Gold 5-Star" category places SpectorSoft in good company. Some of last year's winners included CA, Cisco, Citrix, HP, Fujitsu, and IBM.
Spector Pro Wins Top Ten Reviews "Gold Award"
January 2008
Spector Pro won the Top Ten Reviews web site's Gold Award and received an Excellent rating. In the review they note, "SpectorSoft's Spector Pro can capture all the action with little effort." The review continued, "SpectorSoft recently improved Spector Pro's excellent combination of monitoring features." Spector Pro received a score of Excellent in each of the judged categories of Feature Set, East of Use, Ease of Installation, Monitoring Effectiveness and Help/Documentation.
Spector Pro Wins Communications Week "Top Technology Award"
November 2007
Spector Pro received Five Stars and the Top Technology Award for effectiveness and price from Communications Week. The review noted, "If you're a parent that wants maximum control and the ability to monitor the computer and web browsing activities of your children than you'll want to check out the SpectorSoft software package."
Spector 360 Nominated for Two CMP XChange Tech Innovators Awards
October 2007
SpectorSoft's Spector 360 PC and Internet activity monitoring software was one of three finalists for "Best Software Solution" at the CMP XChange Tech Innovators event October 7-9 in Miami, FL. Other nominees included FalconStor, and VMWare.
At the same event, SpectorSoft's live Spector 360 presentation was nominated by PC solution providers as a finalist for "Best XChange Demonstration." Other nominees included FalconStor, and HP.
The show's field of nearly 50 vendors included such industry powerhouses as AMD, Citrix, Fujitsu, HP, Lenovo, Lexmark, McAfee, Toshiba, and Xerox.
PC Pro Magazine Awards Spector 360 5 Stars
July 2007
Spector 360 has been awarded 5 Stars by PC Pro magazine and received the official "PC Pro Recommended" seal. The review calls Spector 360 "invaluable in detecting computer misuse and security issues." During their evaluation, reviewers found Spector 360 to be "easy to install" and noted that "good security practice means monitoring and reporting is essential."
About.com Gives Spector Pro Highest Rating of 5 Stars, Calling It "The Best of the Best"
April 2005
According to reviewer Tony Bradley, "Spector Pro rocks - plain and simple!" Bradley continues, "Spector Pro is the world's best selling monitoring and surveillance software. Spector Pro contains seven integrated tools that record virtually every minute detail and action on a computer: chat sessions, instant messages, emails sent and received, web sites visited, keystrokes typed, programs launched and peer to peer file searching and swapping."
He concluded, "SpectorSoft more or less defines the market for this type of software. If you want to monitor children, employees or even your own computer Spector Pro 5.0 is the best of the best."
Spector Pro Wins PC Magazine Editors' Choice
August 3, 2004
Calling Spector Pro "the best choice," PC Magazine awarded the product with its Editors' Choice for the SECOND time. Spector Pro, the program from which Spector 360 was developed, originally won this honor in July 2002. PC Magazine's Sebastian Rupley noted that Spector Pro has "abundant options for customization - which is great for power users." The magazine also liked both eBlaster and Spector Pro's stealth mode saying, "eBlaster and Spector Pro do the best job of hiding: We found no traces of either app in the Windows Registry." They also commented on the products' application tracking, "Only eBlaster and Spector Pro provide the total time the given app is open as well as the active time - the amount of time the program remains in the Windows foreground."
The review concluded, "Spector Pro is the best choice. Logging the user's every keystroke and taking frequent screen grabs, the program is simple enough to use and offers the most powerful and complete assortment of monitoring and reporting features among the tools we've tested. It is also the only monitoring application we looked at that offers time management features."
PC Magazine Awards Spector Pro Editors' Choice
July 2002
In a cover story and review of monitoring products titled 'Watching You, Watching Me', Spector Pro (which is what Spector 360 is built upon), won PC Magazine's Editors' Choice. According to writer Karen Bannen, "Spector Pro stands above the rest." The writer noted, "Spector Pro's interface is the most sophisticated." The article goes on to praise Spector Pro's "handy extras" including "a VCR-like control panel to play back screenshots", "the ability to begin taking screenshots more frequently after detecting a keyword" and the product's log retrieval functionality.