Advanced Spy 5.1.9

This is supposed to be a monitoring solution. The producer claims that this program will 'secretly record ICQ/AIM/YAHOO!/MSN chats, emails, keystrokes, passwords, web sites visited, programs launched...'. A few tasks are performed well, but some disappointed me. It can't record Yahoo! or other chat conversations. It recorded only one web site that I visited, because it was opened with Internet Explorer. However, the websites opened with other browsers were not recorded.

The key logger works better and records almost all your keystrokes. I say almost all, because combinations like 'CTRL+C' or other similar combinations are not recorded. In this case, it only records the keys pressed after 'CTRL'. However, it records 'Tab', 'Caps Lock', 'Backspace', and 'Enter' but no combinations of 'ALT' or 'CTRL'. Another key not recorded is the 'Space bar' and because of it, the recorded text is barely readable.

The password capture feature seemed to work. It could capture the password from a chat program. As for my emails, unless you watch the keystroke recorder, you won't find it, because the password is not recorded. The 'Screenshots Capture' feature I liked most at this program. Here you can set the time, in seconds, between each capture. When the program is enabled, it will take screen shots of your desktop.

The interface is intuitive and easy-to-use.

Pluses: Nice interface.

Drawbacks / flaws: Many features don't work according to their description.

In conclusion: I look forward for the next release and hope that it will actually work.

version reviewed: 2.4