Ha ha i know the feelingOriginally Posted by JimOttley
I can understand, I recently had to allow a third party company access to my work computer so that they could install a trial program, it was not a typical click the setup.exe type of installation, it was quite involved and took the guy about an hour. I sat there and watched every minutenormally I am the one connecting to someone else's computer and in that role these tools are great
I'm not so keen myself when I am on the receiving end, as a programmer I would rather be doing it myself
Terpe to be honest simply using a browser and IM or using the interweb can be just as risky as interacting via a teamviewer type program PC's with a person you know ie family, very close friend and using some common sense and minimize risks.
But if you have folders you wish to keep safe password lock them and encrypt as Jim writes even if they have the access to your pc they cant access them which is wise if you are worried even if you dont use this or a similar program.
If your PC was lost/stolen better to have multiple layers of protection as well as the login password to protect..
Some of the programs you can restrict access to various parts of the pc different levels of Access and insist on you being ask permission at each step. Also some like got assist we use have logging of every mouse move etc, but thew cost of month per user is a tad steep..
Being honest the safest way to keep data on the average PC safe and un touched is to keep the Internet away from it
