MBAM IP-BLOCK

[David H. Lipman]

Aren't 'grey areas' the murky domain of malware,
where they can't be positively labeled good or bad?

You can say that.

 

[Jim Nugent]

Depends on who installed teamviewer. If it's been intentionally
installed by the owner of the system, then it can be ignored. If
not, then the owner does need to be made aware that it has been
installed. In my opinion, it's a potentially un-wanted program.

Regards, Dave Hodgins

I use TeamViewer on my home lan under free "personal use" license. I don't
believe there's a way to connect remotely to a computer that runs it without
alerting the user and giving them the option to kick the "intruder" off.
It's a help desk product, not a security product.

I will say that I haven't studied every way to configure it, or every way it
can be hacked, but I am surprised that it is flagged as a PUP unless no one
at MBAM knows much about it and their attitude is "Let the user make an
exception."

 

[Bear]

I use TeamViewer on my home lan under free "personal use" license. I don't
believe there's a way to connect remotely to a computer that runs it without
alerting the user and giving them the option to kick the "intruder" off.
It's a help desk product, not a security product.

I will say that I haven't studied every way to configure it, or every way it
can be hacked, but I am surprised that it is flagged as a PUP unless no one
at MBAM knows much about it and their attitude is "Let the user make an
exception."

Prey project will allow you to monitor devices without announcing the
intrusion:
http://preyproject.com/

 

[Jim Nugent]

Prey project will allow you to monitor devices without announcing the
intrusion:
http://preyproject.com/

We were discussing MBAM flagging/blocking TeamViewer. Prey is not
TeamViewer.

Prey looks like legitimate piece of software but it is intended to fill a
completely different need, which includes hiding itself.

 

[Bear]

We were discussing MBAM flagging/blocking TeamViewer. Prey is not
TeamViewer.

Prey looks like legitimate piece of software but it is intended to fill a
completely different need, which includes hiding itself.

I provided a very good program link that would "connect remotely to a
computer that ...(will) connect remotely to a computer that runs it
without alerting the user...."

Sheesh...such pedantic replies.

 

[Jim Nugent]

I provided a very good program link that would "connect remotely to a
computer that ...(will) connect remotely to a computer that runs it
without alerting the user...."

Sheesh...such pedantic replies.

Bear,
Apologies. I didn't intend to come off that way. I think you were focuising
more on the first paragraph of my post "I use Teamviewer at home..." and you
were simply suggesting an alternative. I did take the time to look up Prey
and it looks like a very cool program.

The second paragraph went on to discuss why I was surprised that MBAM
blocked Teamviewer.

As I re-read my reply to you, it really does sound like I'm just blowing off
your post "We were discussing THIS."

I'm sorry.