neophyte61

Fishbowl - thanks very much for the insight and the suggestion.

submix8c - no offence taken,you are exactly right, it is a legitimate software, purchased and downloaded for the express purpose of catching me doing something naughty. It is indeed stealthy, my anti-spyware software doesn't pick it up. Geej - I don't care because I am not doing anything on here that I shouldn't be. The irony of the situation is that I found about the software being on here because someone else was doing something on the computer that they shouldn't have and it was pointed out to me via the software. FishBowl - the start page I am referring to is the page that the computer automatically takes you to when you first log in - the one that has all the shortcut icons. From that page, the password for the software is typed and it brings up the software home page. It is not as serious as you make it out to be, because it is not a malware. As submix8c correctly deduced, it is a legitimate software, purchased and downloaded to record internet activity by all users.

Thanks for the suggestions, but as my nickname suggests, I am a neophyte when it comes to things computers. Not only do I not know what Process Monitor is, but I would have no clue as to how to access it. In my case, this is simply a spying-type software that has been downloaded from the Internet (intentionally, by another user, she confirmed it and I have seen her access it by simply going to the Start page and typing in a password) onto my computer, for the express purpose of recording what internet, email and chat sites I have visited. (As an example, this email is being recorded as I type it). It is hidden somewhere on the harddrive, perhaps disguised as another progam or application. As I indicated in my original email, the anti-spyware software that I downloaded did not uncover it. I don't really care that it is on my computer, was just curious as to how I could discover where it is hidden.

Some sort of spyware has been downloaded on to my personal computer. It makes a copy of every internet page that has been visited, including email and chat, records the time and creates a log. Basically it allows you to see everything that a user has done in the time that he has been logged in. The software is accessed by going to the start page and typing in the password. The software doesn't show up as a program or application anywhere that I have been able to find and although I have anti-spyware software on my computer, it doesn't detect it when it does a sweep. Anyone have any suggestions?