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What is Team Viewer?

TeamViewer is a software package for remote control of computers, file exchange between the control and managed machines, video communications and web conferencing. TeamViewer runs on operating systems Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, iOS and Android^[8][9].
In addition to a direct connection, access is possible through a firewall and NAT proxy, it is possible to gain access to a remote machine through a web browser.
TeamViewer GmbH was founded in 2005 in Germany. According to company press releases, TeamViewer is used on more than 15 million computers in fifty countries around the world.

Where to download and how to set it up?

You can download it from here Team Viewer

The setup methods are very simple. Download the file, open it, choose who you want to continue with and how you want to use this program. Then click “Accept-Finish” and wait for the installation to complete.

After the installation is complete, you will be prompted to set up uncontrolled access, the access with which a person who knows the username and password can connect to the computer without your knowledge.

Click continue. Enter the Username and password twice (using this password, the user will be able to connect without your consent to your computer)

After clicking the “Continue” button, you will be prompted to subscribe to the newsletter

At the end of the mailing selection, the program will give you “Your ID” and “Password”, the password will consist of 6 characters. This password of 6 characters is one-time, i.e. for each use of the password, the program will generate a password.

What is Remote Desktop Connection?

You may have heard about a remote connection from a system administrator at work or from a friend who is well versed in computers. If you need to know what a remote connection to a desktop, computer is, then this article is well suited for this.

What is Remote Desktop Connection?

To understand what a remote connection is, you need to understand what happens and how. Remote Desktop Connection exists when there are two computers that can communicate with each other. This means that they must be on the same local network or be connected to the Internet.

Remote Desktop Connection allows you to use almost any computer or device to connect to another computer. After connecting remotely, you have access to all computer resources. The user is able to input information from their keyboardsand mouse, and on the display of the computer from which the control takes place, you can see everything that happens on the remote computer. Unrestricted access to the device means that you can do the same as being nearby.

For a more specific understanding, it is necessary to imagine a situation where you need to do work on an office computer in a short time, although it is impossible to do all the work in the office, but you need to work, it is on the office computer. In this situation, it would be great to continue working at a work computer while at home.

Everything is possible if you establish a remote desktop connection between your work computer and your personal computer. The office computer will be considered the main or host, because the work takes place with it. The home computer is the client, it is used to connect. After establishing a connection to a remote desktop, you can use your computer to do all the work in the office.

What do you need to set up a remote desktop connection?

First of all, in order to be able to establish a connection to a remote desktop, computers must support this function (operating systems) or a program for setting up remote connections must be installed.

If you are using a computer running Windows (Windows 7, Windows 8.1, Windows 10), these versions support remote connection by default and some earlier ones. But not everything is so great, each version of Windows is divided into separate editions with or without this feature. This feature is available on the following editions of Windows:

• Windows 7 Professional, Ultimate and Enterprise;
• Windows 10, 8.1 and 8 Professional and Enterprise;
• Windows Vista Business Enterprise and Ultimate, and Windows XP Professional.

The remote computer must have one of the Windows listed above installed, but to connect to a remote desktop, this rule is not necessary and you can use any other Windows.

If the situation in which you need to establish a remote desktop connection between two computers that are not on the same network, but via the Internet, but IP address of the main is not statistical (not constant), then you need to use a third-party application like Team Viewer. You can see how to set up this program here

In addition to managing the remote desktop using a computer, you can also manage from other devices. The host device must be a computer, but another kind of device can be a client. The connection device for controlling the host computer (the computer to which they are connected) can be a smartphone, tablet, etc. For example, you can use your Android smartphone to control your home computer from a different location. To do this, you need to use the available remote desktop management applications.

Remote Desktop Connection allows you to control your computer from almost anywhere in the world. For many, this feature is indispensable, especially for the representative of the technical support team, the system administrator and the fan of postponing office work at home.

Good time of the day!

Recently, ransomware programs have posed a great threat to the data on your computer. They encrypt all data files (.doc, .xls, .jpg, .bmp, databases, etc.) on the computer’s hard drive and accessible network folders, as a result, reading them becomes impossible. After that, a message appears that describes the procedure for contacting scammers, how to pay and receive a file for decrypting data. Naturally, no one can guarantee the result of data recovery. I propose to talk in the first part about general recommendations on how to protect information on your computer.

1. Do not open email attachments from questionable or unknown senders.

In most cases, ransomware is distributed via email attachments. Subjects of the letters contain threats: notification from the arbitration court about the claim; enforcement proceedings for the recovery of debts; initiation of criminal proceedings and the like. Or invoices, acts and accounting documents from various suppliers. The main task of scammers is to force them to open an email attachment and launch a malicious program. A malicious attachment will not necessarily have an .exe extension, it can be .doc and .pdf and others.

2.  Constant updating of anti-virus databases, OS update.

It is necessary to constantly update the databases and components of anti-virus programs. It is also necessary to update the OS on the computer in order to timely get rid of vulnerabilities that criminals can take advantage of.

3. Backup important information.

It is necessary to store copies of important information on external storage media (external hard drives, flash drives), or in cloud storage.

4. Setting access rights to shared network folders

If there are shared network folders, then you need to properly configure access to them to minimize data loss. It is recommended that each user set up a separate folder with full access to it, and give other users only read rights. Thus, when a computer is infected, the data will be encrypted only in one network folder, the rest will remain untouched.