What's New at SoftActivity

May 8 2008
Spanish and French language sections added to SoftActivity website

April 23 2008
We've added two new sections to SoftActivity website in Portuguese and Italian languages

April 9 2008
German, Russian, Japanese, Korean and Chinese sections have been added to SoftActivity.com website

January 31 2008
Activity Monitor 4.3 has been released
- new: User interface in 11 Languages:
English, German, Spanish, Italian, French, Portuguese, Russian, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, Japanese,Korean
- new: support for 64-bit editions of Windows XP/Vista
- new: copy email to clipboard in HTML format
- new: ability to deploy Agent in your domain via Active Directory

December 20, 2007
Activity Logger 3.7 has been released
- new: keylogger module supports most international keyboard layouts now! Our keylogger records, in addition to English keystrokes, any characters in Asian languages, such as Chinese, Japanese, Korean and recognizes accented characters in such languages as German, Spanish and Portuguese, for example;
- new: support of secure connections to STMP servers over SSL for sending logs via email. You can use your ISP, Gmail or other SMTP servers that require SSL
- new: support of different international encodings in emails. Activity Logger will correctly display emails that use any international encoding;
- new: support for 64-bit Windows versions;
- improved: installs icons only for the current user that started installation. Monitored users don't see Start menu and desktop icons;
- improved: View only programs with typed keystrokes or all programs on Program usage tab

November 7, 2007
SoftActivity has released a new white paper: Employee Monitoring: An essential component of your risk management strategy
The white paper explains why organizations need to monitor their staff’s computer activity and provide some practical guidance on how they can do it right.

February 2 2007
Activity Logger version 3.1 has been released!
- new: Summary tab in Log Viewer has been added. Reports total time users spent in every application;
- new: Hotkeys to open Activity Logger Configuration (default Ctrl+Alt+O), and view report in Log Viewer (default Ctrl+Alt+V);
- new: Test Connection button in SMTP server window. It allows you to check quickly if entered email server address is correct;
- multiple improvements and minor fixes;
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January 17 2007
Activity Logger version 3.0 release
- Record received and sent email
- Record instant messenger conversations in MSN Messenger, AOL Instant Messenger, Yahoo messenger, ICQ, IRC. Both sides of all conversations are recorded
- Can send recorded log file via email using SMTP server. SMTP authentication is supported now
- New log viewer
- Improved user interface
- improved: Internet history is now recorded in all browsers
- new format of log file
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August 29 2006
SoftActivity launches Online Support Center
- Submit support tickets online
- View tickets history
- Get company news via email and RSS
- We will stop responding emails directly. You will need to submit ticket via support center

May 12 2006
New Knowledge Base Article
SoftActivity software with McAfee AntiSpyware

May 10 2006
New Knowledge Base Article
Running Activity Monitor with Symantec Antivirus

May 4 2006
Softactivity.com redesigned
- Completely new design of this website

April 7 2006
Activity Monitor version update 3.91 has been released.
- Minor bug in Agent fixed
History...

April 6 2006
We started to accept Paypal in addition to other payment methods.
- Just select it as your payment method on the order page

February 24 2006
Activity Monitor version 3.9 released.
What's new in this version:
- Activity Monitor now records websites visited in all browsers
- Actions on multiple computers. Send instant message, restart, shut down, run command on all selected computers at once
- Improved support of Fast User Switching on Windows XP. If the monitored user has switched to other account Activity Monitor switches to monitoring of new active session
- Minimize to system tray option. Allows you to keep Activity Monitor open for a long time without having its button in task pane
- New "Delete log file and start the new one when size limit reached" option in Offline Logging settings
More changes in version 3.9 and full history of added features...


December 23 2004
Activity Monitor version 3.8 released.
What's new in this version:
- Program description is shown on Applications and Foreground tabs and in offline log files
- Agent installation now requires Administrator access rights
- Some issues of Agent on Windows XP Service Pack 2 have been resolved
- Improved design of offline log exported to HTML

September 07 2004
Activity Monitor version 3.7 has been released.
What's new:
- Windows XP Service Pack 2 compatibility issue has been resolved.
- Minor bug fixes and improvements. Improved key logger Read more about changes...
Activity Monitor FAQ is updated.


May 11 2004
Activity Logger version 2.5 has been released.
What's new:
- Exclude some users from recording or list users that you want to record
- Uninstall button in Activity Logger Configuration that removes Activity Logger
- Minor improvements and bug fixes


May 07 2004
Activity Monitor version 3.6 has been released.
What's new:
- Windows Server 2003 compatibility issue has been solved
- Fixed problem with some computers going offline in list on large number of computers
- Activity Monitor will show network user name in addition to Windows username if it's different, for example on Novell network.
- Minor improvements and fixes


December 12 2003
Activity Monitor version 3.5 is available.
What's new:
- Completely new modern user interface. View screenshots
- Windows XP or Office 2003 like application look. Change look on the fly
- Tasks Pane for quick access to main commands
- Fully user-customizable toolbars, menus, panels
- Full screen mode
- Offline screenshots now work when you set to resize them


October 29 2003
Activity Logger version 2.2 has been released.
What's new:
- Compressing log file with encryption for sending it via email
- Export to CSV file instead of txt
- Some minor bugs fixed


October 3 2003
Activity Monitor version 3.01 is available now.
A few minor bugs have been fixed.


August 26 2003
Activity Monitor version 3.0 spy software has been released.
It is a major update that brings lots of new powerful and time saving features. Here are just some of them:
- Remote Agent installation
- Remote control
- 3 views of computer list with custom sorting
- Scheduled log files download and export
- Record log files from remote computers directly to server
More new features...
Users of previous versions upgrade here!


January 4 2003
Activity Logger version 2.1 has been released.
It is free for all registered users of previous Activity Logger versions.
What's new in version 2.1:
- bugs in installation/uninstallation were fixed, that sometimes did not allow to fully uninstall Activity Logger.


December 24 2002
Article Should I Spy? by Dr. Robert Huizenga has been published.
If you suspect your spouse might be having an affair, decide if you need to spy. Read this article about cheating spouse written by professional marriage and family therapist.


June 4 2002
Activity Logger version 2.0 final release is available.
It is free for all registered users of previous Activity Logger versions.
What's new in version 2.0:
- before sending email unlock account with POP3. This allows to use most SMTP servers for outgoing email
- stop recording screenshots when computer is idle
- view current log file and screenshots size
- Clear All button, which deletes current log file and all screenshots
- view last email sent time
- Windows XP controls are now supported
- support for computer hibernation and fast user switching in Windows XP
- new improved installation/uninstallation program
- ability to work in aware mode showing startup warning text message and icon in system tray
- Logging Engine can not be terminated from Task Manager without administrator permissions on WinNT/2000/XP
- bugs fixed


May 28 2002
New beta 2 of Activity Logger 2.0 spy software has been released. Several bugs were fixed.


May 25 2002
Activity Logger version 2.0 beta 1 is available for beta testing.
Please download this spy software and test it. All registered users of version 1.0 will receive free update to full version 2.0.


May 21 2002
Activity Monitor 2002 version 2.6 has been released.
- It is now possible to set option "Do not make offline screenshots when computer is idle". This allows to save disk space from hundreds of useless screenshots recorded while computer is unused.
- It is possible now to use system variables in path to offline log file and offline screenshots. By default %WINDIR%\SYSTEM32 direcoty is used.
- Few minor bugs have been fixed


April 2 2002
Activity Monitor 2002 computer monitoring software version 2.52 has been released.
Bug with the offline screenshots is fixed.


February 13 2002
Activity Monitor 2002 computer monitoring software version 2.51 is now available.
Few minor bugs are fixed.

December 22 2001
Activity Monitor 2002 computer monitoring software version 2.5 has been released.