Monitoring internet use - Best solution

Discussion in 'General Business' started by CCK, Dec 18, 2008.

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    Can you recommend the best way to monitor the internet use in our office? Are there any solutions that will report the sites visited, most popular sites, time spent on sites, etc.

    I am looking for a discreet solution. I want to run this without the internet user knowing that we are recording the time spent online and the sites visited.

    I have no problem with people using the internet, but I am concerned that too much time is being spent on the ‘wrong type’ of websites.

    Are there any free resources for this?
     
    CCK, Dec 18, 2008 IP
  2. mentos

    mentos Prominent Member

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    Nowday many of my employee surf unrelated website such as youtube/porn etc kind of site.
    It not only will bring harm to them but its wasting money and time.
    Now i'm using ip-guard.com to filter and monitor what they used internet for
     
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    CCK Active Member

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    Does this just stop employees browsing or does it record the sites that they visit.

    I would like to track internet use in general. Sites visited, time on site. Much of the work requires the use of the internet so i do not want to restrict it. I just want to know if anyone is spending too much time browsing non work sites.
     
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    loopline Well-Known Member

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    http://www.bsafehome.com/ is hands down the best internet filter for an office. It will keep track of all sites visited and it block any site that you dont want. It also has pre-programed groups of sites, like porn and the rest.

    Matt
     
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    what you probably wish is a keylogger but many antivirus detect it like a virus (but you can config your antivirus for let you use it)
    google it "free keyloger" or go to warez-bb.org and download some keyloger from rapid :D
     
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    crosstecdoug Peon

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    We use Spector 360 from Spector360.com - it seems to be the leader in PC and Internet monitoring. At first I thought it was big brotherish but honestly, it has uncovered so much abuse that I'm not sure how we survived before it. Between the dashboard charts, reports and good keyword alerts (like "confidential", "proxy" etc) it runs itself. We just check those once in awhile and we'll see pretty quick what problems we have now. You can turn off the keyboard recording and other things if you want too. I read this week that most YouTube videos are watched at work - but not at our company. For us productivity is way up, bandwidth use is way down and we even have less calls to the help desk.
     
    crosstecdoug, Dec 23, 2008 IP