New Delhi: Losing a fifty-thousand-rupee-laptop is a reason to be worried, but it may not be so any longer.

Laptop locating software – a silent burglar alarm – can now be easily installed and a company like Unistall offers just such a service.

When a laptop that has the software disappears, Unistall’s servers pick up its distress signals the instant the thief tries to surf on the stolen laptop. The Internet Protocol address is quickly tracked and just as quickly, the cops can recover the laptop.

Locate Laptop’s Project Manager Manu Bharadwaj says that it took them 1.5 years to create the software.

Bharadwaj also adds that if the laptop is not traced, they would give 7.5 times the money spent.For some, though, the deterrent in using Unistall’s software would be that it costs Rs 3,000.

However, Unistall is not the only software available.

Softwares such as Locate PC and Snap Files, both of which are easily available on the Internet offer the same protection without charging a penny. They even work exactly like Unistall.

There is catch, however. No matter which of these softwares are used, if once someone formats the hard disk, none of them would be able to track the laptop.