Programs designed to monitor user activity. They may be used with or without consent. Because it is sold commercially, many anti-virus vendors do not detect them. The most common form of a commercial monitoring tool comes in the form of a keystroke logger, which intercepts keystrokes from the keyboard and records them in a log. This can then be sent to whoever installed the software, or keylogger, onto the machine. Some Commercial Monitoring Software may take screenshots or video and send the information to an outbound connection.
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Ice Remote Spy records the send and receive text message information from Instant Messengers like AOL,Yahoo. It also records User ID and passwords, keystrokes, and Web activities. Ice Remote Spy can send the monitored data to predetermined email address.