SPEAR Forensics Provides Free Forensic and Investigative Software for Law Enforcement

SPEAR Forensics at www.spearforensics.com now provides free forensic and investigative software for law enforcement. The following products are available free to members of law enforcement agencies:

Chat Watch SPEAR Edition - Chat Watch SPEAR Edition logs instant messages sent and received on all of today's popular instant messengers, such as AOL Instant Messenger, Google Talk, ICQ, Windows Live Messenger, and Yahoo! Messenger. Chat Watch SPEAR Edition is an essential tool for members of Internet Crimes Against Children task forces.

Forensic P2P - Forensic P2P searches peer-to-peer networks for shared files matching a specified search word. When search results are found, Forensic P2P can pass the hashes of the found files to your database of known illegal material to check for matches. Forensic P2P operates on the Gnutella network.

Forensic Database - Forensic Database lets you store information about known illegal computer files. You can store the file's name, where it originated, the type of file, and more. The information about the files can also be shared among members of your agency. Forensic Database can integrate with Forensic P2P to quickly detect known illegal files.

Forensic Web Screenshot - Forensic Web Screenshot saves an entire webpage as an image. With Forensic Web Screenshot you can save a copy of an entire MySpace profile or other webpage as an image (JPG). Traditional screen capture utilities can only capture part of the webpage at a time. But Forensic Web Screenshot is no traditional screen capture utility.

Visit www.spearforensics.com to register and download the free software.

Chat Watch.NET 2.0 goes live

Chat Watch.NET 2.0 went live yesterday! We'd like to thank those that sent their feedback to us while testing version 2.0.

We've had 2.0 in the works since September, 2007, and we're very excited to have completed it. Also worth mentioning is that Chat Watch.NET subscribers can now use Chat Watch 5 for free while subscribed. You are no longer restricted to using Chat Watch LE. You can use your Chat Watch.NET account # and password to unlock Chat Watch 5.

If you are subscribed to Chat Watch.NET and are currently using Chat Watch 4 we especially encourage you to switch to Chat Watch 5. Chat Watch 5 will allow you to take full advantage of Chat Watch.NET's features and also to log the newer instant messengers that Chat Watch 4 does not support.

As always, we welcome your comments, questions, and feedback.

Yahoo! Messenger 9.0.0.907 Plugin

A plugin to log Yahoo! Messenger 9.0.0.907 is now available! Get it at http://www.zemericks.com/products/chatwatch/plugins.asp.

Chat Watch 5.0.0.6 Now Available

Chat Watch 5.0.0.6 is now available! This minor revision features several bug fixes and one new feature.

The new feature lets Chat Watch be integrated with Windows Vista's Parental Controls' Activity Reports. When a new instant message conversation is started, Chat Watch will log the event to the Activity Reports.

The bug fixes and other changes are detailed in Chat Watch's Revision History at http://www.zemericks.com/products/chatwatch/revisions.asp.

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