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Elite Keylogger 4.7 delivered!

2010-05-03T08:40:00.000-07:00

A couple of days ago we uploaded the new version of Elite Keylogger to our website. It's version 4.7 and that means 2 things: #1 - we are getting closer to version 5 (wondering what new features are waiting for you?); #2 - it's been 6 years since the first release of this great monitoring software for everyone. 6 years it is! And we are still delivering the highest quality, concentrating on the most important features for our users.

So what this new release means for you? Among the regular updates you can be sure to find:

Increased security, improved protection from antiviruses (registered users: don't forget to update your special build)
Polished logs grabbing procedure if you use your USB flash drive to get them from the monitored PC
More powerful installer: now you can update Elite Keylogger without deleting it so that all the logs are saved and there's no need to reboot twice
Elite Keylogger can now be installed in Safe Mode
Updated logs displaying control for better support of International characters in keystroke

And the new features on the list are:

Localized interface: now you can use Elite Keylogger in your native language (meanwhile it's only Russian, more languages are coming)
We made the first step towards the support of 64-bit editions of Windows XP, Vista, 7 - Logs Viewer can be installed in these systems to view remote logs
Now you can natively search inside the recorded logs
The all-new email configuration wizard will help you configure remote delivery of Elite Keylogger's logs to your mailbox without the need of knowing all those technical terms like SMTP, etc (you'll still need to provide your email password)

You can download Elite Keylogger 4.7 right away (registered users, please, use your special link), upgrade and continue monitoring without interruption. Note: the build number is increased automatically every day, as the version gets recompiled to stay protected and invisible.

After the break

2010-05-03T05:59:00.000-07:00

And we are back on the track. After a substantial pause in blogging, we are ready to let you know that updates will be far more frequent than before.With the recent promo at bitsdujour and a lot of stuff going on internally, we are open to new initiatives, releases and updates. If you are missing a feature or two in Elite Keylogger 4.x, please, feel free to share.

P.S. To everyone who's missing our forum: stay tuned, we will open it again very soon.

P.S. #2: For all our Russian-speaking users, we've launched a special Russian web-page for Elite Keylogger (Клавиатурный шпион). Thank you for your support.

Are keyloggers legal?

2006-03-17T01:03:00.000-08:00

About once a day, I’m asked by our customers if keyloggers are legal. We even added this question to our FAQ base, however, the questions keep coming and even after they are replied by authorized attorneys, they still raise dispute on the Internet.
Being the part of Security Software Development team, I can tell you for sure: Keylogger is a completely legal monitoring tool.

Here’s what the TopTenReviews.com staff says: “Even though an individual may be using a keylogger find out information about you, like your usernames and passwords or credit card information, they are perfectly legal. It's the individual trying stealing your password and credit card numbers that is performing an illegal act, not the keylogger software itself. There are times when keyloggers are useful. An employer may want to make sure his employee is not divulging trade secrets, or a spouse wants to make sure his or her spouse is not cheating on them. Or possible you want to make sure your child is not carrying on inappropriate conversations with an adult. There may be a moral issue involved on its use, but it is legal.”

Having several persons at home access my own PC, I presumably warn them on every boot that the system is monitored. I don’t want them to utilize my PC for illegal purposes, and being the owner of the computer, I have all the right to know what is being done on it.

I keep telling to our clients that Keylogger is only a way of monitoring, just a great, multi-functional monitoring tool! You may surely use keyloggers like our Elite Keylogger to infringe upon someone’s rights, but it is up to you, whether you want to screw the laws or you are using the software for legal matters. Elite Keylogger doesn’t STEAL any information – YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO KNOW! If you are given the admin permissions (which are required to install each of our keylogging applications) – you have the right to install anything you might need. It is more the moral issue whether you will start the monitoring, but it is anyway legal, allowed and never prohibited.

I would also like to mention other opinions from common online users who discuss the same question at security-forums.com:

- “as long as you inform the user that ther activities may be monitred it is
ok to use a keylogger, otherwise its entrapment.”
- “Workplace
keylogging may well be legal without express notification through corporate
policies regarding privacy.”

As you know, even FBI uses keyloggers to carry out many governmental investigations.

Thanks for your time to read this, hope to see your comments.

P.S. One of my future posts will deal with Lies about keyloggers, so stay updated.

WideStep Security Software - We Blog!

2006-03-09T08:14:00.000-08:00

Today we are proud to announce the opening of our corporate Widestep Software blog. You will see most of the updates and news that concern our products and other corporate initiatives here. You are welcome to link to this blog and use its contents and posts freely. Welcome guys!

And remember: Key Loggers are just a monitoring tool!