  Overview of TerminatorX v2.0 |
TerminatorX operates by scanning the window titles of all the applications that your users have opened on their workstation. The window titles are on the title bar at the top of each application's window - for example, the Microsoft Windows game called Minesweeper has a window:
The game has a window title of Minersweeper - the blue bar at the top of the window.
TerminatorX looks at these window titles every second and matches them with a list you have chosen and stored in a secure place on the network file server. If a match is found, TerminatorX closes the application or web site down, preventing the student or employee from using it.
The list is produced during set-up where you can select from different types of programs and web sites to block. For example, the Games section contains Minesweeper:
Optionally, you can set up TerminatorX so that it sends details (user name, window detected etc.) to the technician's or system administrator's computer where infringements can be monitored:
Also you can, if you want, set up TerminatorX so that it displays a warning message on the user's (student's or employees) computers when it stops access to a web site or program. You choose the wording of the message. An example might be:
