Unhacked! (I hope)
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Lat Saturday I posted about a continually overheating GPU, followed by a lock-up (better'n a lock down, I s'pose). It could even happen when the machine was, in theory, completely idle. I mentioned that I stopped tvnserver.exe from loading at startup. Since then, no problems at all, for the entire week of frequent and prolonged use. The CPU is also running at least 10°C cooler, usually more. In fact, it's behaving itself beautifully. I really don't think that tvnserver.exe was the direct culprit, but I think that it was letting something in at boot that was chewing up all the system resources. Cryptocurrency springs to mind. I posted this as a possible warning. There are lots of queries about tvnserver.exe on the web asking if it's malware, but I could find nothing definitive. However, as the only change to my laptop was stopping it from loading, and then uninstalling Tight VNC, it was certainly part of the problem. My current main laptop is an HP gaming machine with large fans and vents, and it makes one wonder if anything nasty is running in the background, as there would be no overheating issue to flag it.
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Lat Saturday I posted about a continually overheating GPU, followed by a lock-up (better'n a lock down, I s'pose). It could even happen when the machine was, in theory, completely idle. I mentioned that I stopped tvnserver.exe from loading at startup. Since then, no problems at all, for the entire week of frequent and prolonged use. The CPU is also running at least 10°C cooler, usually more. In fact, it's behaving itself beautifully. I really don't think that tvnserver.exe was the direct culprit, but I think that it was letting something in at boot that was chewing up all the system resources. Cryptocurrency springs to mind. I posted this as a possible warning. There are lots of queries about tvnserver.exe on the web asking if it's malware, but I could find nothing definitive. However, as the only change to my laptop was stopping it from loading, and then uninstalling Tight VNC, it was certainly part of the problem. My current main laptop is an HP gaming machine with large fans and vents, and it makes one wonder if anything nasty is running in the background, as there would be no overheating issue to flag it.
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The genuine tvnserver.exe file is a software component of TightVNC by GlavSoft. Tvnserver.exe is an executable file that belongs to the TightVNC program, an free, open source application designed to provide users with the ability to remotely view and control a target computer with a local mouse and keyboard. This file is not a critical Windows component and should be removed if known to cause problems.
So has someone been running your system remotely?
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The genuine tvnserver.exe file is a software component of TightVNC by GlavSoft. Tvnserver.exe is an executable file that belongs to the TightVNC program, an free, open source application designed to provide users with the ability to remotely view and control a target computer with a local mouse and keyboard. This file is not a critical Windows component and should be removed if known to cause problems.
So has someone been running your system remotely?
Apparently, Google has an app to allow Remote control, screen sharing. Was thinking of switching from Team Viewer to it. any ideas, thoughts or warnings?
almost everybody working remotely.
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Apparently, Google has an app to allow Remote control, screen sharing. Was thinking of switching from Team Viewer to it. any ideas, thoughts or warnings?
almost everybody working remotely.
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I have used TeamViewer in the past and RealVNC more recently, but not heard of the Google one. The main consideration is how to ensure that only authorised users can get to the remote system.
Team Viewer's pricing is outrageous! The Google one is free.
I'll take my chances for now.
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Team Viewer's pricing is outrageous! The Google one is free.
I'll take my chances for now.
Slow Eddie wrote:
Team Viewer's pricing is outrageous!
Exactly so. I was trying to get it set up to use in a small charity I was involved with a few years ago, and even with their discount the price was ridiculous. RealVNC, on the other hand, was about £30 (~$40) a year.
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The genuine tvnserver.exe file is a software component of TightVNC by GlavSoft. Tvnserver.exe is an executable file that belongs to the TightVNC program, an free, open source application designed to provide users with the ability to remotely view and control a target computer with a local mouse and keyboard. This file is not a critical Windows component and should be removed if known to cause problems.
So has someone been running your system remotely?
I had originally installed Tight VNC because the laptop was Win 10 Home not Pro, so no MS RDP. I had also installed a possibly dodgy graphic equalizer app that had two versions, a paid annual subscription and a 'free' version that said it would co-opt your system for third party VPN use when it was not busy. I went for the paid version, but the only way to do that was to install the free, and then upgrade. Who knows what it left behind. However, 'tis all gone now!
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Team Viewer's pricing is outrageous! The Google one is free.
I'll take my chances for now.
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Slow Eddie wrote:
Team Viewer's pricing is outrageous! The Google one is free.
I couldn't help but smile at this. You know that's because the money comes from elsewhere. They can afford to offer their service for "free"... :-)
You basically took the words out of my mouth. :)
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You basically took the words out of my mouth. :)
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The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing.If something is free... you are the product.
M.D.V. ;) If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about? Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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Apparently, Google has an app to allow Remote control, screen sharing. Was thinking of switching from Team Viewer to it. any ideas, thoughts or warnings?
almost everybody working remotely.
I replaced TeamViewer with AnyDesk many moons ago. Very happy with it although I use it only for occasional IT support in the family.
Mircea
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If something is free... you are the product.
M.D.V. ;) If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about? Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
