System Monitor
Are someone monitoring youre every click of the mouse?

Are you an employee working in a private firm? Does your partner suspect you? Are you a kid? Chances are you are not any of these, and still you are being watched.. very closely.. Read through to know more about Systemmonitors, which track your every activity in the computer.

Now, what are SystemMonitor or system monitoring software? Systemmonitors are single standalone or a set of tools that can record all your activity in the computer. System Monitors can also be called spyware, if they are deployed in the host computer without user knowledge or permission.

What all types of System Monitoring software are there? SystemMonitors can be of numerous types. Some of the systemmonitors log only the keys pressed, but some can track everything that you do in the computer. SystemMonitor programs that can track the key presses are called keyloggers or key press loggers. There are some other spyware programs that can store data from viewed web pages, forms you fill and submit, search for user e-mails and passwords, age, gender, occupation, telephone number and much more personal information that should be revealed only with your permission.

How do system monitors and monitoring programs get into my computer? System monitors can be installed by anyone who has access to the system, by a webpage that you browse, by any one who has access to your computer via a network or by anyone who has access to spyware programs and your computer. Let us see some situations when spywares come in to your computer.

1. You go browsing; you visit some websites, which create cookies in your system. Some cookies are called tracking cookies, which can track your online activities.

2. You need one particular software badly, you go to some warez sites, get a cracked version of the software and the cracker have some sort of spyware attached to it.

3. You get an email, without scanning download the attachment, and a system monitor can be downloaded and installed in your system.

4. You get an email message with HTML formatting, and you open it, you will have web bugs in the mail which can attack you, track you, search for personal content in files, download systemmonitors etc.

5. You buy software from a company, which likes to have more information regarding users of its software, and they bundle systemmonitors along with your software.

6. You are an employee in a private firm, and the management may spy on you to check what you are doing online. Systemmonitors are employed in this scenario as well.

7. You are a kid, and parents employ systemmonitor programs to track your online activities.

8. Your spouse thinks you are cheating on him/her and have online "affairs". He/She can deploy a system monitoring tool in your computer.