If there's anything they need off it I told them I can pull the hard drive and put it into a Linux machine.

This can help one review what may have been done. As for your questions: You can backup and/or copy log files - especially the Windows event logs. The plan is to buy a new one (it was somewhat old, anyway) and restore files from backups (I taught them well on that one, anyway). If your father paid the scammers, please contact your local FBI office. If you’re considering to buy a TeamViewer license, you will realize that it's quite expensive, the cheapest license called 'Business' cost 749 USD, and that's not all because there are some hidden costs. UltraViewer - The best TeamViewer alternative software. Although I follow security news, I've never had the patience for that domain myself so I don't want to try to un-f*ck the computer. You can take a look at another good, convenient and free software UltraViewer. Now let's get to the real question and for level setting I'm a software engineer with many years of experience so you can talk technical to me. When they said a technician installed ultraviewer my stomach dropped and I had them uninstall it and by the time they got to the part with the expired firewall I had them shut their computer off and told them not to turn it on again. The paid versions currently being deployed by Ultraviewer include Lite, Professional and Premium with the most competitive and cheapest fee in the market at 47.88 USD, 71. They were on the website and a chat window popped up and a 'technician' called them and installed ultraviewer on their computer and then said the Chinese were hacking her and her subscription to Microsoft network security firewall had expired and offered to sell them a license.įortunately the red flags went up and my family member took down a call back number and ended the conversation so they could contact me. A family member just got infiltrated on their Windows laptop by an ultraviewer remote desktop control scam through a supposed GPS support site.

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