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SpectorSoft products have been designed to assist you in monitoring your PCs whether they be in your home, school, office or out on the road (such as a laptop). To compare SpectorSoft products, click on a category below:

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Recording Features	Security & Reporting	Requirements
• Chat/Instant Messaging	• Stealth Security Features	• Installation Requirements
• Email Recording	• Reporting	• System Requirements
• Snapshot Recording
• Keystroke Recording
• Keyword Detection


Chat/Instant Messaging	Spector Professional Edition >>>Product Information	eBlaster 3.0 >>>Product Information	Spector >>>Product Information

Records AOL Chat Rooms (supports AOL Versions 5.0, 6.0, 7.0 and 8.0)	YES	YES	NO (Records screen snapshots of AOL Chat Rooms)
Records AOL Instant Messenger	YES	YES	NO (Records screen snapshots of AOL Instant Messenger)
Records ICQ	YES	YES	NO (Records screen snapshots of ICQ)
Records MSN Instant Messenger	YES	YES	NO (Records screen snapshots of MSN Instant Messenger)
Records Yahoo Instant Messenger	YES	YES	NO (Records screen snapshots of Yahoo Instant Messenger)

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Email Recording	Spector Professional Edition >>>Product Information	eBlaster 3.0 >>>Product Information	Spector >>>Product Information

Records SMTP/POP3-based Emails (i.e. Microsoft Outlook, Eudora, etc...)	YES	YES	NO (Spector 2.2 will record screen snapshots of email)
Records MSN Emails	YES	YES	NO (Spector 2.2 will record screen snapshots of email)
Records AOL Email (supports AOL Versions 5.0, 6.0, 7.0 & 8.0 and AOL Internet email)	YES	YES	NO (Spector 2.2 will record screen snapshots of email)
Records Internet Email (i.e. Yahoo Mail, Hotmail, etc...)	YES (Spector Pro is the only program that will record Hotmail, Yahoo mail and AOL Internet email)	YES	NO (Spector 2.2 will record screen snapshots of Internet email)
Forwards Incoming/Outgoing	YES (On Demand)	YES (Automatically)	NO

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Snapshot Recording	Spector Professional Edition >>>Product Information	eBlaster 3.0 >>>Product Information	Spector >>>Product Information

Takes VCR-like Snapshot Recording of your PC	YES	NO	YES
Takes single screen Snapshots	YES You may pause the recording playback and save any single screen snapshot to your computer or a disk	NO	YES You may pause the recording playback and save any single screen snapshot to your computer or a disk
Tag Snapshots (marks a snapshot for quick access in the future)	YES	NO	NO
Save Snapshot to BMP file	YES	NO	YES
Save Snapshot to JPEG file	YES	NO	YES
Save Snapshot to AVI video file	YES	NO	NO

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Keystroke Recording	Spector Professional Edition >>>Product Information	eBlaster 3.0 >>>Product Information	Spector >>>Product Information

Keystrokes Typed	YES	YES	YES
Keystrokes Typed - Organized by Application	YES	YES	NO
Cut & Paste Keystrokes	YES	YES	NO
Non-Visble Keystrokes Typed (keystrokes that do not appear on screen are recorded - for example: SHIFT, TAB, FUNCTION KEYS, ALT, CONTROL, etc...)	YES	YES	NO
URL Recording	YES	YES	YES (Not available for Mac OS version of Spector)

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Keyword Detection	Spector Professional Edition >>>Product Information	eBlaster 3.0 >>>Product Information	Spector >>>Product Information

Keyword Alerts	YES	YES	NO
Keyword Alerts sent by Email	YES	YES	NO
Email Keyword detection	YES	YES	NO
Chat Keyword detection	YES	YES	NO
URL Keyword detection	YES	YES	NO
Web Page Keyword detection	YES	YES	NO
Typed Keystrokes Keyword detection	YES	YES	NO

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Stealth Security Features	Spector Professional Edition >>>Product Information	eBlaster 3.0 >>>Product Information	Spector >>>Product Information

Stealth Operation (the program is undetectable on the PC being recorded)	YES	YES	YES
Recordings are Password Protected	YES	YES	YES
Built-In Help	YES	YES	YES

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Reporting	Spector Professional Edition >>>Product Information	eBlaster 3.0 >>>Product Information	Spector >>>Product Information

Sends E-mail Reports	YES Sends an e-mail notifying you when a keyword you define is typed	YES	NO

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Installation Requirements	Spector Professional Edition >>>Product Information	eBlaster 3.0 >>>Product Information	Spector >>>Product Information

Access to PC being recorded required for installation	YES You must have access to the PC to install the software	NO Remote installation is possible with Remote Install add-on.	YES You must have access to the PC to install the software
Access to PC being recorded required for viewing PC recordings	YES You must have access to the PC to view the recordings	NO eBlaster will email you a report detailing activity on the PC	YES You must have access to the PC to view the recordings
Internet Access Required	NO	YES In order to receive E-mail reports, both the PC being recorded and the PC receiving the reports must have internet access	NO

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System Requirements	Spector Professional Edition >>>Product Information	eBlaster 3.0 >>>Product Information	Spector >>>Product Information

Windows 95/98 Compatible	YES	YES	YES
Windows Me Compatible	YES	YES	YES
Windows NT 4.0 Compatible	YES	YES	YES
Windows 2000 Compatible	YES	YES	YES
Windows XP Compatible	YES	YES	YES
Mac OS 8.0-9.x Compatible	NO	NO	YES
Minimum Processor Required	Intel or AMD processor at 200 MHz or faster	Intel or AMD processor at 100 MHz or faster	Intel or AMD processor at 100 MHz or faster PowerPC G3 or G4 processor at 200MHz or faster
Minimum Memory Required	32MB (64MB or more recommended)	16MB (32MB or more recommended)	16MB (32MB or more recommended)
Minimum Hard Drive Space Required	Approximately 10 MB - 20 MB for a typical day of recording	Approximately 10 MB for a typical day of recording	Approximately 10 MB for a typical day of recording

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