If you want to monitor certain PC activities, a software keylogger is one of the programs that you can use. You can install one in the computer that you want to monitor and you can monitor PC activities remotely via this software. It would basically log ‘keystrokes’ or user defined data, including username and password.

How to choose a good software key logger
A good and efficient keylogger would allow you use just a little memory and little CPU cycles. This way, it would not any attention and would not cause the user you are monitoring any alarm. A good keylogger should not cause your computer to froze.

When a user observes that his PC usage is quite slow, he would often check the Task List. An effective keylogger should hide itself from the Task List as well as from the Uninstall List. It should be virtually invisible. There are key loggers that can actually be used remotely and can retrieve keystroke logs at anytime.
A good software key logger should use very little memory and very few CPU cycles, so as not to attract attention to itself. A good key logger should also hide itself from the Task List and from the Uninstall List. A good key logger should be invisible to the person being monitored. A better key logger will support remote installation and the ability to remotely retrieve keystroke logs. A better key logger should also be able to log only user-defined types of data, such as usernames and passwords.

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