In article <bir7e.78381$wo1.44262@bignews6.bellsouth.net>, Mosseem says...
> simple network
> management protocol. This is listed as "agents that monitor the activity in
> network devices and report to the network console workstation."
>
> We have been having problems with our network connection (servers are across
> the street). So, is the IT group spying on me, and what can this program
> do?


What was installed is not capable of spying on your web browsing, email,
messaging, etc. It is used for many purposes, all of them performance and
technical in nature, but having nothing to do with content.

HOWEVER...

Tools needed to spy on you do not necessarily have to be installed on your
machine (some do, such as keyboard recorders). If your company has chosen
to watch what you do on company time, using company equipment, and you're
in the USA, then (1) they are legally entitled to do so, (2) they do not
have to tell you, and (3) they can watch your activities from outside your
computer as your data packets flow down the network lines. Furthermore,
they can install things like keyboard recorders without having to be at
your desk to do it.

Rule of thumb for those using company equipment on company premises on
company time (in the USA): ASSUME YOUR ACTIVITY IS BEING WATCHED,
MONITORED, SPYED-UPON or whatever term you wish to give it. If whatever
you might wish to do of a personal nature isn't worth your job, then don't
do it.

Frisco