I immediately removed Teamviewer from the affected machine, re-installed the OS (Windows 7) installed new firewall and anti-virus software and have monitored the machine since. He then demanded ransome or he would distribute my personal information. HIs message was somewhat credible as he knew my email address (not the one registered with Teamviewer), my teamviewer password and my facebook ID and password. I only use this computer to collect stock trading data so I was not too concerned however, he would have access to my whole network through this computer. He informed me he had loaded a key logger on that computer as well as mirroring software and camera access such that he had a record of everything I had done as well as as video of me actually doing it. Nevertheless I logged into the machine and continued.Ībout a week later I received and email addressed to me telling me my computer had been hacked via teamviewer and that the hacker had gained access to my email. This past August (2018), when I attempted to log into one of my remote computers I noticed the Teamviewer ID had changed which I found kind of strange. I generally leave a couple of computers running with teamviewer at all times such that I can access the data they contain. I have different purposes for each computer and prefer to access the individual computer rather than try to duplicate or distribute tasks/apps/programs. I use teamviewer on a personal basis to access my home network when I am away and to access different computers on my home network when I am at home (saves the walk across the house).
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