Sometimes, it becomes necessary for us to monitor a remote computer in order to keep track of the ongoing activities on it. This may be for several reasons such as to monitor an employee, spy on a partner or for the parents to monitor the activities of their children during their absence. In this article you will find all the necessary information related to monitoring a remote PC or Mac.

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To do this, all you need is a powerful monitoring software installed on your computer. However, the story doesn’t end-up here itself because there exists tons of such monitoring software programs out there on the market each having different features and prices. Many of them are no more than a crap, some are overpriced while only a few are really worth considering.

Here is a quick information on how to select the right monitoring solution for your remote or local computer, which monitoring software to go for, how it works, how to install and use it and so forth.

Which Remote Monitoring Software to Choose?

In my experience of over 10 years in the field of information security, I have tried and tested a number of monitoring programs for my clients and personal use. Realtime-Spy was the only program that grabbed my attention.

Realtime-Spy: Monitor Any Remote Computer

Realtime-Spy is a cutting-edge Remote Monitoring Solution from Spytech Software and Design, Inc. that comes with a Remote Install feature! That means, you can now install this software even on a remote computer without the need to have physical access to it. Currently, only a few monitoring programs on the market support remote install and remote monitor feature and Realtime-Spy is the best among them. This program not only supports remote monitoring but can also be used to monitor a local computer. It can be used to monitor both Windows and Mac users.

You can remotely monitor everything your child, employee or spouse do on their PC or Mac. Unlike most remote monitoring programs which shows a warning message to the users, Realtime-Spy will operate in a COMPLETE STEALTH MODE so that users remain totally unaware of the monitoring process.

Realtime-Spy Software Features:

Supports Remote Install and Remote Monitoring – No physical access to the target computer is required to install or monitor it! Can also be installed and used on a local computer.
Monitor from Any Location – The logs containing all the recorded activities are uploaded to Realtime-Spy servers. This can be easily accessed from any location by logging into your online account using your web browser.
100% Undetectable – Operates in a total stealth mode to monitor all activities.
Completely Bypasses any Firewall, even the Windows XP, Vista, 7 and 8 firewalls!

Supported Operating Systems:

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With Realtime-Spy, you can monitor all the activities of the remote computer:

Actual Screenshots: Captures a full-sized screenshot showing the activities of the target computer.
Monitor Emails Sent & Received: You can easily monitor all the emails that are sent and received on the target computer.
Monitor Websites Visited: Capture a complete log of URLs visited from any browser including IE, Firefox, Chrome and others.
Record Every Keystroke: You can monitor every keystroke typed on the target PC or Mac including passwords, IM/chat logs etc. not only in English, but also in several other languages.
Monitor Full Chat Conversations: Records both sides of chats/IMs in messengers like Google Talk, Yahoo IM, Windows Live and more.

With Realtime-Spy you can monitor the activities in real-time and perform the following actions:

Remote Reboot/Shutdown/Logoff: You have the option to remotely issue a shutdown/reboot or logoff command.
Remote Uninstall: You also have the option to remotely uninstall the software at anytime from your own location.

How to Install and Monitor the Remote Computer?

The software can be installed by sending an email attachment which contains the installation module. When the target user opens the attachment, the software gets silently installed and the monitoring process will begin.

Deployment is not normally a problem because the small size of module file that be renamed to anything you want and dropped inside a Word, Image or Zip file and sent through many regular email services. This makes the remote installation very easy and stealth. However, if you have physical access to the computer which you want to monitor, you can install it by yourself just like you install any other program. Once you are done with the installation process, you can start monitoring the activities from a remote location.

When you want to view the screen or browse the logged results, simply log in to the “Secure Online Control Panel” (from any browser – IE, Firefox, Chrome etc.) and enter your username and password. This panel allows you to view the screen, perform commands, search the logs or uninstall the software.

You will get a complete step-by-step instruction and technical support after you purchase the software. So, go grab Realtime-Spy to monitor your remote computer now!

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FAQs about Realtime-Spy:

1. Will Realtime-Spy collect any personal information about me?

No, Realtime-Spy is completely safe. It neither collects any information about you nor try to contact you in any way.

2. Will Realtime-Spy be detected by virus scanners?

No, Realtime-Spy is intelligently designed to escape from the modern antivirus software. Even if it is found to be detected, an immediate update is released so as to solve this problem. You will also get technical support on all the 7 days to help solve your problems if any.

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What is remote access and how is it configured on MacBooks?

There are three ways to access MacOS remotely: allow remote logins from another computer, enable Screen Sharing or allow access by using Remote Desktop. Both ways are legitimate, but if you don’t remember doing any of them you need to know how to turn on and off those possibilities.

Remote login to MacOS

Computers that run MacOS as an operating system can log in to your Mac using Secure Shell (SSH). Steps to enable remote login are the following:

Go to System Preferences. You can get there by clicking on the apple icon on the left of the top bar. After you clicked on apple icon you will see a drop-down menu where you should click on System Preferences menu item.
Find Sharing folder and double click. Click on Remote Login checkbox on the left.
Now you have the option to allow access either for all user or only specific users.

Once Remote Login is enabled then users with access can use SSH to log in and browse your computer’s contents.

Access to Mac screen using Screen Sharing

If you need help from IT to make changes on your MacBook or maybe you are collaborating on a project and want to share your screen you can enable Screen Sharing. Steps to enable as follows:

Go to System Preferences.
Find Sharing folder and double click. Click on Screen Sharing checkbox on the left.
Allow access either for all user or only specific users.

Access Someone's Computer Remotely

Now on another Mac (from which you want to access to your Mac) start Screen Sharing app. You can start it by clicking Command and Space buttons. In a popup form type Sharing and hit Enter. Type your computer name. In my case, I had to type in “dev-pros-MacBook-Pro.local”.

Logging Into Another Computer Remotely

A new window will pop up with the shared screen of another computer. Now you can control the screen.

Remote Desktop with Remote Management

Finally, it is possible to login to a computer with MacOS by enabling Remote Desktop. Steps to enable as follows:

Go to System Preferences.
Find Sharing folder and double click. Click on Remote Management check box on the left.
Allow access either for all user or only specific users.
There will be different Sharing options where you can fine-tune the type of access to allow: observe, change settings, delete, copy and even restart the computer.

Now you can access this Mac from Apple Remote Desktop – it’s an application you can buy from Apple Store and at the time of writing it’s cost was $79.99.

If your Mac is being monitored, it will show this image (two rectangles) in the top right-hand corner near your computer time:

When that symbol appears, you will be able to tell if you are being monitored. You can also disconnect the viewer by clicking on Disconnect option:

You can also click on “Open Sharing Preferences…” which will open Sharing folder in System Preferences.

Since the question you had was if someone remotely accessing your computer then the chances are that you don’t need any of sharing capabilities mentioned above.

In this case, check all options on Sharing folder under System Preferences to make sure that nobody is allowed to access it and turn off (uncheck) all options.

Verify if new users were created

As we’ve seen already remote login or sharing options require assigning access roles to the local users. If your system was hacked it is very likely that the hacker has added a new user to access it. To find out all users in MacOS perform the following steps:

Start Terminal app by either going to Applications and then Utilities folder or clicking Command and Space and typing Terminal in the popup window.
In the Terminal window type:

On my laptop it listed dev1, nobody, root and daemon.

If you see the accounts, you do not recognize then they probably have been created by a hacker.

In order to find when the user account was used to log in last time type the following command into the Terminal:
last

For each account, MacOS will list the times and dates of logins. If the login to any of the accounts happened at an abnormal time, it is possible that a hacker used a legitimate account to log in.

Check the logs

It may be useful to check the system logs for any possible access issues.

In order to find a system log, click on Go option in the top menu or simultaneously click Shift, Command and G. In the “Go to Folder” popup type: /var/log and hit Enter.

Now find system.log file and scan for word sharing. For instance, I found following screen sharing log entries:

These were log entries when someone logged in to my system remotely:

Check for spyware

If you are still suspecting that spyware is running on your machine you can use a third party application like Little Snitch which monitors applications, preventing or permitting them to connect to attached networks through advanced rules. Setting up the rules for Little Snitch, however, could be complicated.

One of the common spyware applications is a keystroke logger or keylogger. Keyloggers used to be apps that record the letters you type on the keyboard, but they significantly in last years. Suffice to day that keyloggers can take screenshots every 30 seconds or even track your chat activity, including the messages sent to you.

I believe that keyloggers are much greater security threat because they are easier to install and the powerful features they offer. Check my article about keyloggers here: How to know if my Mac has a keylogger

Security Best Practices

1.Change passwords regularly
One thing you should immediately if you are suspecting that someone is logging to your system is to change your password. And the password should be complex enough so that other people wouldn’t be able to guess it. This means avoiding using things like birthdate, first or last name or relatives, house or apartment number, etc. As a rule of thumb the password must be long enough (8 – 32 characters) and include at least 3 of the following character types:

Uppercase letter (A-Z)
Lowercase letter (a-z)
Digit number (0-9)
Special characters such as ~!@#$%^&*

2.Enable Security Updates by clicking on “Automatically keep my Mac up to date” in Software Update folder in System Preferences.

3. Install Antivirus. I received a lot of emails where people described suspicious activity on their Macs. I found that in about 60-70% cases, the culprit was malwareand not someone breaking into the computer. It’s a myth that Macs don’t get viruses. If you need proof check the next article I wrote after testing 12 antivirus programs after injecting 117 malware samples on my Mac:

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