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What is Team Viewer?

Anonymous
2020-12-11T17:27:38+00:00

Does Anyone know anything about Team Viewer??

[Original Title: Team Viewer]

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  1. Anonymous
    2020-12-12T15:45:12+00:00

    TeamViewer is  a third-party program that lets one computer take over the control of another. It is an excellent product for helping others and either doing something for them or showing them how to do things. themselves. It's very easy to use on both ends of the connection. I've used it numbers of times, to help friends and relatives and I like it much better than what  Microsoft offers. It's free for non-business use.

    However, you should be very careful not to use it to let anyone take control of your computer, unless it's someone who you know and trust implicitly, both with regard to their honesty and technical skills.

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  1. Anonymous
    2020-12-12T06:18:55+00:00

    A lot of computer, etc. companies use it to work on your computer, with your permission

    But a lot of scammers also use it.

    Be very careful who you give remote access to your computer/laptop to.

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  1. Anonymous
    2020-12-12T20:52:59+00:00

    And further to what I said about it:

    https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/page/faq#faqCodeConduct5

    Community User Cautions

    • Be very cautious about accepting direct help from another user. If that user suggest he use Remote Assistance to help you, be aware that he will have access to your computer, and that your computer could be hacked.
    • Beware of scammers posting fake support numbers in the Microsoft Community forum. Microsoft representatives have Microsoft agent or Microsoft employee affiliation displayed next to their names.
    • If you volunteer to help another user through Remote Access, be very careful not to harm their computer in any way, or to access information that is not openly made available to you. Abuse of Remote Access will not be tolerated and will result in your being banned from the community.
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