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LanAgent Changelog

What's new in LanAgent 7.4

Oct 14, 2020
  • Optimized network monitoring;
  • Fixed a bug in the keyboard interception module (it could appear for 64-bit applications);
  • Monitoring of screenshots has been optimized (each picture now takes up less space, the speed of work has been increased);
  • Increased speed of loading services when starting the agent;
  • Automated transmission of lists of applications and sites excluded from tracking.

New in LanAgent 7.1 (Jan 23, 2020)

  • Interface improvements: grouping data (log tabs) into categories
  • The data of all instant messengers is combined into a single log
  • A printable form of search queries report has been added into the report wizard

New in LanAgent 6.2.0 (Feb 9, 2018)

  • Cloud storages tracking feature added
  • Equipment control feature added
  • Incoming web mail tracking feature added
  • Search queries tracking feature added.

New in LanAgent 5.9.3.0 (May 5, 2017)

  • Network sniffer unit has been improved
  • Web mail monitoring algorithms has been improved

New in LanAgent 5.7.1.0 (Aug 29, 2016)

  • Web camera video/audio recording in scheduler mode feature added
  • Tracking of surfing in Microsoft Edge has been improved

New in LanAgent 5.5.3.0 (Jun 13, 2016)

  • Added feature to capture video from the client Web camera
  • Sound recording from microphone feature added
  • Full support of Windows 10
  • Getting data from client via Internet channel feature added

New in LanAgent 4.8.6.0 (Jun 13, 2016)

  • Undesirable web sites blocking feature added (using the allowed/disallowed resources list). You can either block access to undesirable websites and allow all others, or vice versa, allow loading only specified resources, while blocking others.
  • Email monitoring has been improved. Now you can control mails send via encrypted protocols (POP3S, SMTPS, IMAPS…).
  • Web mail and files upload monitoring feature added. Agent stores all mails send by web browser (gmail, yahoo, hotmail).
  • Social networks tracking feature added.
  • Added the ability to get the current list of applications and processes launched by a user on a monitored computer.
  • Getting the full list of installed applications feature added.

New in LanAgent 4.3.15.0 (Mar 31, 2014)

  • Improved the mechanism of agent auto-recovery. When either of the agent’s processes is terminated, it is instantly restored in the automatic mode
  • Fixes in the program usage report module. Fixed a bug that occasionally resulted in an incorrect time being shown for the total active time of monitored programs
  • Fixes in the program launch blocking function. Fixed a bug that caused the list of blocked programs to be applied only after the system restart

New in LanAgent 4.3.0.0 (Dec 12, 2012)

  • Monitoring of Skype feature added (Skype conversations recorder)
  • Monitoring of printed documents has been optimized
  • Clipboard monitoring has been optimized

New in LanAgent 4.2.5.0 (Aug 27, 2012)

  • Monitoring of printed documents has been improved
  • Improved program usage reports

New in LanAgent 4.0.0.0 (Aug 27, 2012)

  • Blocking devices by class feature added
  • Added a possibility to create lists of allowed devices
  • File system monitoring has been improved

New in LanAgent 3.9.0.0 (Mar 5, 2012)

  • Loading data from database has been optimized
  • Some errors in report generating has been eliminated

New in LanAgent 3.8.0.0 (Oct 13, 2011)

  • Making screenshots on task switching feature added
  • Blocking of applications on windows 7 has been improved
  • Tracking of surfing in FireFox 4.x, 5.x, 6.x and Google Chrome has been improved
  • Tracking of remote users activity via RDP feature added

New in LanAgent 3.6.0.0 (Oct 13, 2011)

  • Making screen shots in a grayscale mode feature added
  • Increasing of screen shots rate for specific applications feature added
  • File system monitoring has been improved
  • Net disk monitoring feature added

New in LanAgent 3.4.0.0 (Oct 13, 2011)

  • Making screen shots of a several monitors feature added

New in LanAgent 3.3.0.0 (Oct 13, 2011)

  • Tracking of surfing in Google Chrome feature added
  • Improved tracking of ICQ messages

New in LanAgent 3.2.0.0 (Oct 13, 2011)

  • Making screen shots in a grayscale mode feature added;
  • File system monitoring has been improved

New in LanAgent 3.1.0.0 (May 21, 2010)

  • Preview of screenshots feature added.
  • Displaying screenshots in slideshow mode feature added. Added adjustable speed and direction of slide viewing.

New in LanAgent 3.0.0.0 (Jan 20, 2010)

  • Application launch blocking feature added.
  • Making screenshots only in marked programs feature added.
  • Tracking keystrokes only in marked programs feature added.
  • Refreshed program interface.
  • Applications and visited websites sorting by categories feature added (games, entertainment, office, …).

New in LanAgent 2.8 (Jan 20, 2010)

  • Tracking of MSN messages is added.
  • Tracking of Jabber messages from any AIM programs is added.
  • Improved support of Internet Explorer 8.

New in LanAgent 2.7 (Jan 20, 2010)

  • Tracking of incoming and outgoing e-mails from any post clients (Outlook, Outlook Express, The Bat, ...) is added.

New in LanAgent 2.5 (Jan 20, 2010)

  • Now it is possible to intercept messages from any ICQ clients: ICQ, QIP, Miranda,
  • Now it is possible to intercept Mail.ru Agent messages.
  • New report types are now available.
  • The administrator part of the program now has a built-in automatic database update. Now the database will be updated to the latest version during the installation of the administrator part.

New in LanAgent 2.3 (Jan 20, 2010)

  • Now you can use the dialog box for scanning the network limited by an IP address range.
  • Now it is possible to save data the contents of documents send to the printer.
  • The screenshot report has been added.
  • The keystroke report has been updated.

New in LanAgent 2.0 (Jan 20, 2010)

  • Now it is possible to remotely install/remove agents using the tools of the administrator part.
  • Agents are polled in the multithreaded mode.
  • Now it is possible to monitor file systems on removable media (such as flash drives, USB drives).
  • Calculated analytical reports and data export (for example, in Excel) have been added to the report wizard.
  • Now agent log files are protected against unauthorized access.
  • The security policy violation analysis module has been improved.
  • Now it possible to search logs for information (it is possible to search through both event titles and message text).
  • Now it is possible to set the interval of making screenshots in seconds.

New in LanAgent 1.7 (Jan 20, 2010)

  • Now "active notification" is available: when the user does something as dangerous as connecting removable media, installing/removing software, the agent part of the LanAgent program sends this information to the main computer without waiting for the command to update the logs. The received events will be displayed in the special active notification history window. You can configure active notification (for what events it should be done) individually for each computer in the special configuration dialog box.
  • Now it is possible to create and configure security rules and, correspondingly, highlight the danger status of user activity in different colors: "green"-"yellow"-"red" (a traffic light) (it is designed to make it easier to control the adherence to security policies regarding the use of computer equipment in the organization).
  • The type of the database used to store logs has been changed. Now you do not have to install any additional components (like BDE) in order to install the administrator part of the program. A special tool for backing up/restoring the database is now available.

New in LanAgent 1.5 (Jan 20, 2010)

  • Now it is possible to remotely install agents on a domain network. The agent installation file is now distributed as an *.msi file so now it is possible to install it remotely on domain networks. You can find the detailed instructions on remote installation in the archived file together with the installation file.
  • New types of monitoring are now available:
  • Printed documents. The date and time of printing, the name of the printer where the document was printer, the document name, the number of printed pages, and the name of the user who printed the document are logged.
  • Software installation/removal. The following information will be logged: whether it was software installation or removal, the software name, the path to its folder, who and when installed (removed) the software.
  • Connected external media. The connection of the following devices will be monitored: flash drives, USB drives, regular drives, fixed disk drives, memory sticks (such as SD, MMC, etc.). The following information will be logged when a device is connected/disconnected: who and when connected/disconnected the device, the drive letter, the volume label, the file system type, the drive serial number.
  • Other modifications:
  • Now it is possible to add agents by specifying the computer IP address and by specifying the computer name (it was possible to add computer by their IP addresses only).
  • Now it is possible to add multiple agents at once by searching through the specified IP address range.
  • To make it more comfortable to work with the list of computers to be monitored, it is possible to group them (for example, by departments the users of these computers belong to).
  • It is possible to change the settings of agents even if they are currently disconnected (either computers they are installed on are switched off or they are not available over the network). In this case, the settings will be temporarily saved to the registry of the administrator's computer and sent to the agent once a connection to it is established.
  • It is possible to change the settings for multiple agents.
  • It is possible to limit the size the logs on the user computer.
  • It is possible to update logs for one specific user instead of all users at once.
  • It is possible to get a screenshot from the remote monitored computer at any time.
  • It is possible to specify the period to store the data for on in the settings of the program (for example, it is possible to store data only for the last 10 days). All earlier data will be deleted.
  • It is possible to set a filter for viewing the event log (for example, show only records for the last day).
  • It is possible to specify the path to the database.
  • It is possible to back up the database in order to protect information (the log database) against loss, for example, in case of failures. This feature is implemented as a standalone tool.
  • It is possible to compress the database on exit.

New in LanAgent 1.35 (Jan 20, 2010)

  • Now it is possible to set a password for getting logs.

New in LanAgent 1.3 (Jan 20, 2010)

  • Log encryption for sending over the network.
  • Log update speed is increased.

New in LanAgent 1.1 (Jan 20, 2010)

  • Now it is possible to automatically update logs over the network.
  • The bug in the work with the NTFS file system is fixed.
  • Now it is possible to send message to users' computers.