SoftActivity announces the release of Activity Monitor version 10.4 computer monitoring software used by organizations around the world to improve productivity of their employees.
Improvements in the new version 10.4:
improved: update of Agents now should not require computer restart in most cases and should be much faster;
new: records Rename file operation with the names before and after;
new: records the source and destination folders for Move file operation;
improved accuracy of time tracking for visited websites;
new: notify the administrator when logs are not being downloaded because of SalogSrv service stopped;
fix: in some cases, mouse pointer was blinking in the monitoring window;
improved support of computers with host names containing non-English characters;
new: support of Dutch UI language in Skype;
fix: Delete file operation was not being recorded on Windows 10;
fix: sometimes cleanup of old records in Central Log Database did not work;
removed recording of legacy unsecured POP3/SMTP protocol and chat in Yahoo Messenger, MSN Messenger, ICQ and IRC. Outlook and Skype are still fully supported. This improves the program’s overall stability, performance and compatibility;
new: added PowerShell scripts to install/uninstall Agent remotely. Look for .ps1 files in Activity Monitor\Agent folder or click Install Agent->Locate Agent Installer. Makes it easier for administrators to manager large deployments of Agents in their Windows Domain.
improved: switched to using DNS name as a computer name instead of a legacy NetBIOS name limited to 15 characters;
SoftActivity announces the release of new version 4.0 of its TS Monitor product. SoftActivity™ TS Monitor is security software used by companies and organizations worldwide to record sessions on their terminal servers and monitoring users activity.
What’s new in version 4.0 of SoftActivity TS Monitor:
redesigned screenshot stamp with user name and date/time that does not cover window caption:
improved screenshots of mouse clicks. Now records whole window instead of just a small rectangle around the click point;
improved: Log Viewer does not require Administrator rights anymore. To allow a non-administrator user to view logs on the server, assign Read access permissions for the database folder;
improved: clean up empty screenshot folders when cleaning up old log;
improved: application files are now digitally signed with SHA256 in addition to SHA1 for improved security;
improved accuracy of time tracking for visited websites;
support of new Outlook 2016 for email recording;
fix: sometimes user licenses where temporary lost (until service restart) in case user sessions were terminated on the server;
support of the latest browser versions and Windows Server updates;
What you might have assumed already is now official: human beings have worse attention spans than your common goldfish. Hundreds of thousands of years of evolution, turning us into hyper-alert hunters and gatherers at the top of the food chain, has been undone by less than a decade of Twitter live-streams and Facebook viral stories. Goldfish (who apparently don’t use the Internet – who knew?) can pay attention to what’s in front of them for nine seconds, while your average joe on the street now struggles to stay focused for eight.
It’s just one more piece of evidence showing that people are more distracted than ever; and what technology has broken, technology can hopefully help fix. In business, computer monitoring software isn’t just helpful – it’s essential for overworked IT folks who can’t possibly have eyes everywhere at once.
Indeed, we saw just a few weeks back that in one of the most highly regulated, technical industries around, manual monitoring can be disastrous. In this case, it was airline cockpit pilots who chillingly can’t seem to stay focused on all those buttons and dials on their dashboard while their planes are in flight:Read More
In the workplace, digital security doesn’t begin and ends with the IT guy who set up the password and computer monitoring software on your computer. Every employee in an organization, from the top down, is responsible for keeping a company safe from cyber-attacks. Security should be something every employee takes seriously, and undertakes on a regular basis as part of being a responsible member of the team.
How can employees on the front line do that? We took note of a recent interview with Robert Cioffi, CEO of Yonkers-based Progressive Computing, about ways companies can make their system less vulnerable to attack. First, he talked about the threat:
“[C]yber-criminals are relentlessly targeting the end-user or non-tech savvy person, not the IT experts at companies,” says Cioffi. “Therefore, the end users (employees) are under constant attack and must be ever vigilant.”Read More
We are glad to announce the release of Activity Monitor version 10.2 with full support of Microsoft’s new Window 10. Activity Monitor now records Internet history in new Edge browser, user’s activity in store-style apps and more. New features in Activity Monitor version 10.2:
official support of Windows 10, including:
recording of new Windows Store apps;
recording of Internet history in new Edge browser;
improved support of high-DPI monitors and systems with different per-monitor DPI settings
What you might have assumed already is now official: 
In the workplace, digital security doesn’t begin and ends with the IT guy who set up the password and