Most of today's computer monitoring software programs feature a top-quality invisible keylogger to record the keystrokes that happen on the computer in question.

While Net Nanny has built its name and reputation primarily as a parental control program, it's also useful in other instances where more generalized computer monitoring and/or Internet monitoring are needed.

Whether it's preventing online predators from approaching their kids, monitoring employees to prevent inappropriate behavior, or catching a cheating spouse on a dating site, users rely on the keylogger to find the information they need.

Which is why it comes as quite surprise that NetNanny doesn't have one.

NetNanny is most useful as a parental control software program, but without a keylogger it really provides the kind of computer monitoring appropriate for smaller kids, or for parents who don't feel comfortable seeing who their child is talking to online.

But we feel that the keylogger is an important piece of computer monitoring technology that many parents and employers can't do without.

To simplify things, a good quality keylogger records every key typed on the computer, including usernames and passwords, and it's totally invisible while doing so.

In today's online community, employers have to worry whether or not employees are using business time to search for other jobs, send inappropriate materials, or steal sensitive data. Parents have many worries, cyber bullies and online predators to name a couple.

And concerned men and women know that the Internet is full of temptations for a wayward husband or wife, boyfriend or girlfriend.

So while we think that NetNanny has a lot of things going for it, the lack of any keylogger at all is one glaring omission we hope they plan to remedy next year.

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