Kind friends:
Please! Never, ever, under any circumstances install or use 'Team Viewer'! --- It seems my (primary) laptop has been 'hijacked' via said utility -- Although I've 'wiped' and reformatted the drives then reinstalled the OS -- I still have to wonder what 'shenanigans' the hacker{s} got up to! -- I know I'll be seeing 'copyright cops' in my nightmares!... Very, very pleased I do not maintain business records on any of my internet-connected systems!
Please don't take false solace in claims of security, anonymity, nor, for that matter, the assurances of even hardware firewalls! Utilities such as Team Viewer, VNC and their ilk, despite developer intent, are little more than intrusions waiting to happen!!! --- And yes! I recognize the fact that my own lassitude and insistence upon convenience at risk of compromised security owns its share of the blame
If there is a 'silver lining' in this, it is proof of the superiority of WIN7 over other MS platforms -- W7 was the only MS product to 'object' to Team Viewer's installation -- hence it is that 'ye olde' xw4600 (i.e. the system I'm currently writing from) is the sole unit on the premises which may reliably be regarded as 'clean'... I hope...
Hope relation of my sorry experience spares others a similar fate...
Best regards
HP
Please! Never, ever, under any circumstances install or use 'Team Viewer'! --- It seems my (primary) laptop has been 'hijacked' via said utility -- Although I've 'wiped' and reformatted the drives then reinstalled the OS -- I still have to wonder what 'shenanigans' the hacker{s} got up to! -- I know I'll be seeing 'copyright cops' in my nightmares!... Very, very pleased I do not maintain business records on any of my internet-connected systems!
Please don't take false solace in claims of security, anonymity, nor, for that matter, the assurances of even hardware firewalls! Utilities such as Team Viewer, VNC and their ilk, despite developer intent, are little more than intrusions waiting to happen!!! --- And yes! I recognize the fact that my own lassitude and insistence upon convenience at risk of compromised security owns its share of the blame
If there is a 'silver lining' in this, it is proof of the superiority of WIN7 over other MS platforms -- W7 was the only MS product to 'object' to Team Viewer's installation -- hence it is that 'ye olde' xw4600 (i.e. the system I'm currently writing from) is the sole unit on the premises which may reliably be regarded as 'clean'... I hope...
Hope relation of my sorry experience spares others a similar fate...
Best regards
HP