MSN Sniffer is an application that you can use inside your network in order to monitor all MSN Messenger conversations.
It is very useful for parents who want to monitor their children or for managers who want to monitor their employees. Usually it can be used inside a private/enterprise computer network. For the rest of the cases I must say sniffing is illegal and will be punished by the local laws. This program is not a toy and it must be used for proper activities.
The producers said that you can run it on every computer inside your network but I rarely manage to get it work in this situation. I can say that it totally works if the program is installed on the gateway computer inside your network.
The application is very easy to use. It is so user friendly that basically it's just a dialog based window where you can find everything. Pressing the Start button will make the application receive all the messages that are flowing between MSN Messenger users. It does not receive the encrypted messages. If a user inside the network is using an encryption algorithm between IM clients there's nothing this program can do. It isn't a bug if you know that a user is using MSN and you didn't receive anything. The intercepted messages can be saved as HTML document for later analyzing.
The program has just a few options such as Start with Windows, Start capturing on startup etc. The networks settings are fully automatic.
Some security applications may detect this program as a threat so you will must manually allow this program to use your resources. It requires WinPcap installed in order to run. If you don't have it, the setup program will download it automatically.
Pluses: user friendly interface, easy to use, the program has a minimal interface with maximum of functionality. The application is very stable. Another thing is the fact that it works with the latest Windows Live Messenger.
Drawbacks / flaws: depending on your network type and settings, the program won't work on every computer but it works for sure on the gateway computer (if there's any).
In conclusion: a very useful monitoring tool with all the required features.
version reviewed: 1.2.1
MSN Sniffer Publisher's Description
MSN Sniffer is world's first sniffer to automate MSN chat capturing and impact analysis. After installed on one computer, it captures MSN chat across all computers in the same LAN, analyze and save into database for future analysis. msnsniffer.com
It is very easy to make it to work. Just run the MSN sniffer on any computer on your network, and start to capture. No additional program installation is needed on the monitoring target computers.
What's new Automatically save into database; block MSN Messenger
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