TeamViewer Usage: Can IT Colleague Access or Monitor Computer Activities Without Permission?

Hello. I let an IT colleague install TeamViewer on my computer. A friend remotely installed security for me, cleaned my computer and helped configure my e-mail, I saw him doing it because the cursor was moving on the screen. However, I am afraid that it may enter my computer or preview / copy what I am doing on it without my knowledge, is it possible?

Hello.
If you do not run the program, no one will bother you in the computer and secondly, when connecting, it asks for a one-time password. I use this program myself and nothing happened.

Have you sometimes seen the password and session number when connecting?
Teamviewer has to ask you for a number again the next time you play.
So it WILL NOT come to your computer

The problem is that I do not confirm anything, when my friend comes on my computer, I do not give him any password. He configured it so that he does everything himself, I only see a cursor flying on the desktop. I have TeamViewer permanently at the bottom of the bar, on the right. When I clicked on it, a window appeared with my ID and password visible, there is also a marked "personal password" in the form of dots, but I didn't enter it (I don't know). On the right side of the window there is an empty "partner ID" field and "remote control" at the bottom.

The easiest way is to uninstall this teamviewer and you're done.

Why do you have it included in the auto run?

If you have it in the lower right bar, click on this icon with the right mouse button, select options and uncheck start when starting windows

otherwise, uncheck Start TeamViewer with Windows

"Options dialog is password protected"

Added after 2 [hours] 6 [minutes]:

"Options" and "Configure unattended access settings" are protected by a password that I do not know (although it is my computer. "Again, the question is whether the person I have allowed to install TeamViewer can access my computer or view / copy what I do on it without mine knowledge, is it possible, can you check it?

In that case, it controls the computer without your knowledge.

He has full control, he sees things differently.

What a friend this is just to pounce on your feet and watch it swell

Well, a very nice and helpful friend, but too inquisitive.

In that case, I will uninstall TeamViewer.

Thank you very much for help.

If you want to use such help, use TeamViwerQS or Quick Support. You download and run (not install) a remote session, each time entering the ID number and a four-digit password (variable data).

I am not an IT specialist, but after reading this thread, I installed this program to test its capabilities.
It is really a very useful tool for remote assistance or remote access to your computer.
In my opinion, there is absolutely no risk of uncontrolled access.
The program has a double password system - a variable password and a fixed (personal) password.
The personal password is set only by the owner of the computer and should not be shared with anyone.
As the name implies, the variable password is only one-time and it is different every time you log in. So there is no fear that the "remote person" will gain uncontrolled access to the computer. Before each session, you must give your friend a new password, otherwise he will not connect to your computer.

Ka_kalinka wrote:

Well, a very nice and helpful friend, but too inquisitive.
In that case, I will uninstall TeamViewer.
Thank you very much for help.

You do not need to uninstall the program, you just need to change your personal password if you previously gave it to your friend.
I also recommend, as previously advised bruno7 , disable the option to start TeamViewer at computer startup. It is necessary only when the owner of the computer wants to remotely service it himself.

Lukas49 wrote:

I am not an IT specialist ...
The program has a double password system - a variable password and a fixed (personal) password.
The personal password is set only by the owner of the computer and should not be shared with anyone.
As the name implies, the variable password is only one-time and it is different every time you log in. So there is no fear that the "remote person" will gain uncontrolled access to the computer. Before each session, you must give your friend a new password, otherwise he will not connect to your computer.

I have been using this program for several years. I installed the software on client computers by myself, setting the unattended access options so that it would not ask for a password and that the program would start when Windows started.
At the moment, on my computer, after starting the program, I can see in the "my computers" tab, ie those that are active in the network. Without the password, I can connect to them, BUT the person on the other side sees it through the blinking and moving cursor and the frame informing about the ongoing program session in the lower right corner of the desktop.

TeamViewer Phone to Computer Remote Assistance

This video shows step by step how to install TeamViewer on a phone with Android 4.3 and a computer with Windows 7.

This video shows how to connect from phone to computer.

Of course, it was not without problems that had never happened before .

Hi. I have a question. Is it possible to check the history of pages viewed on the Internet by connecting to a computer with teamviewer? Thanks for the answer. greetings

Yes, you can check virtually anything on your computer. But you can see what that person is doing on your computer.

What if my browsing history has been deleted?

It is possible, but for a person who knows it. Such an operation would be visible on the monitor while she was doing it, so do not leave another person with the computer unattended.

Colleagues and a friend. During installation, TeamViewer politely asks the user about the access control method - we can choose from:
- protected with a password - after restarting the computer, a new password is generated and it must be entered by the remote user to enter the computer
- unattended - a given copy of the program is added to the account created on the teamviewer website (a copy of the program is logged in by entering the e-mail address and password) and then you can log in to the site without any password - just double-click the remote computer icon and we are
On the remote computer (i.e. the one to which you log in), regardless of the authorization method, a message about connecting the remote user appears, which can be quickly extinguished and then the presence of the guest on your computer is not very noticeable.
As for the possibilities of the program - actually large, soft, recommendable and relatively cheap (a commercial license from what I remember is about PLN 30-40) - you can do a lot with Windows (and there are Linux, Android and other versions as well)

I would like to raise the topic. I have a fairly similar situation, except that the computer in question is a company computer and at the same time I do not have administrator privileges on it.
However, the computer is at my home. TeamViewer is completely configured outside of me.

I connect to the network wirelessly via the neostrada livebox. When someone works on teamveiewer, Livebox does not show another unknown device as connected to itself

The question is, can I change something in the livebox configuration to restrict access? some mac address filtering or something? I do not have a firearm other than MS security essentials - company policy

Uninstalling TimeViewer (if you are not an Admin this may be the problem), the router is fine. :

Thanks. And will killing the trial (this I can) work? That is, can a colleague activate it then?

I've experimented with the Teamvier 10 process tree in Task Manager, the guest is denied access.

I will reverse the question ...
I use TeamViewer as a tool to verify what the child is doing on the computer ... However, with his growing awareness, he came to your solutions regarding the possibility of blocking my access (turning off autostart, closing processes, etc.). Until now, turning on the computer showed me in Team that the computer was logged in and logged out after finishing work ... now I am not sure if it is shutting down the computer or simply closing TeamViewer ... Will anyone help? Maybe there are some other tools that allow remote parental control?

Elninjo wrote:

I will reverse the question ...
I use TeamViewer as a tool to verify what the child is doing on the computer ... However, with his growing awareness, he came to your solutions regarding the possibility of blocking my access (turning off autostart, closing processes, etc.). Until now, turning on the computer showed me in Team that the computer was logged in and logged out after finishing work ... now I am not sure if it is shutting down the computer or simply closing TeamViewer ... Will anyone help? Maybe there are some other tools that allow remote parental control?

Everything can be blocked, the process can be killed, and traffic in the firewall can be blocked, if you have permission to do it on your computer.
A reasonably working solution is an operating system that allows 2 users to be set up, one with limited privileges, the other with administrative privileges. A normal user will not murder the admin process. There are certainly remote desktop solutions that can run in the background as a service, and a regular user of such a service will not be able to turn it off. if he doesn't have access to the firewall, it won't block network traffic.

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In the program options, you can block the shutdown, set a password for configuration changes, and in the system, change his rights to a user with restrictions (the system will not allow him to kill the process or service), you can also protect yourself in this way that in the TeamViewer xx service in the recovery tab you can set on "next error" "restart service".

Well, you just have to take into account that you talk to "Lajkonik" and you talk to me in Chinese ... I understand that it's best to create a profile for him as a guest? then I will have administrator access ... how to block access to disable TemViewer?

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In TeamViewer:
Extras -> Options -> Advanced;
-> More -> "Block TeamViewer Shutdown"
-> TeamViewer Options -> "Introducing Changes Requires Administrator Privileges", below you enter the password for the program settings.

In the system:
My Computer (PPM) -> Manage -> Services and Applications -> Services -> TeamViewer xx -> Recovery -> next error -> "restart service"

kiszuriwalilibori wrote:

I would like to raise the topic. I have a fairly similar situation, except that the computer in question is a company computer and at the same time I do not have administrator privileges on it.
However, the computer is at my home. TeamViewer is completely configured outside of me.

I connect to the network wirelessly via the neostrada livebox. When someone works on teamveiewer, Livebox does not show another unknown device as connected to itself

The question is, can I change something in the livebox configuration to restrict access? some mac address filtering or something? I do not have a firearm other than MS security essentials - company policy

Since the computer is a company computer, do company things on it.
The IT specialist also has a boss.
You can make an agreement with the boss that we use the computer for private purposes, for example by creating a new user account, of course without permission. We use the Internet on this account, etc. We work on the corporate one.