“Users ought to download TeamViewer only through the official TeamViewer channels such as the TeamViewer website. “Users should avoid all affiliate or adware bundles: While users may think they are just downloading a harmless program, the software could in fact install something else,” the statement said. The statement also indirectly warned user to avoid downloading TeamViewer software from free-software repositories, which often packs installers with unwanted programs. We have no evidence that these issues are related.” TeamViewer users are being hacked in bulk, and we still don’t know how. “Some online media outlets falsely linked the incident with past claims by users that their accounts have been hacked and theories about would-be security breaches at TeamViewer. TeamViewer immediately responded to fix the issue to bring all services back up. A German newspaper has made a massive revelation about TeamViewer, compelling them to confirm it. The outage was caused by a denial-of-service attack (DoS) aimed at the TeamViewer DNS-Server infrastructure. “TeamViewer experienced a service outage on Wednesday, June 1, 2016. However, the Team Viewer team has now issued an updated statement on the outage and unauthorized connections that read: I recommend again to do the 4 steps I mentioned in my first reply. “Unfortunately, users are still using the same password across multiple user accounts with various suppliers.” As mentioned before, you do not need to have a TeamViewer full version installed on your device: If there is a TeamViewer QuickSupport running, a connection is possible. “TeamViewer is safe to use, because TeamViewer has proper security measures in place including end-to-end encryption to prevent man-in-the-middle attacks, anti-brute-force means, and more,” the blog posting added.
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