[NTLUG:Discuss] network issue

[Michael Barnes]

I haven't personally researched it, but our IT department has determined
that Teamviewer is a security risk and will not allow it on any corporate
machines.  That could be your culprit.
Michael


On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 5:02 PM, rp8034l <rp8034l at flash.net> wrote:

> On 05/30/13 14:08, Fred wrote:
>
>> For some time my puter (OS 11.2, KDE4.3.5) has been
>> acting well, a bit sluggish.
>>
>
> --snip--
>
> I was curious, so I looked up 77.91.204.131. Nslookup shows that node's
> name is "server12300.teamviewer.com". Went to teamviewer.com. They offer
> the product "TeamViewer - the All-In-One Software for Remote Support and
> Online Meetings". They offer a Linux version.
>
> I downloaded their .rpm file to get a better look at it. Did not appear to
> contain any Unix style daemons, but did include yet another complete copy
> of Wine. So, it appears their Linux product is actually a Windows program
> running under Wine.
>
> Could you have possibly installed and launched this software?
>
>
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> Richard P
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