Looking for saver virtual networking (teamviewer alternative)

[Octavialicious]

Hey all, right now I'm in a bit of a dilemma. Essentially, I set up a PC in the closet to do various things for me. The setup I have right now is super sweet, I turn on the PC and type in 123 and I'm logged in and can do the rest from team viewer on my main computer. I have no monitor hooked up, so that's why the ease of login is so important

 

I'm happy with the setup how it is, but I hear teamviewer is super unsafe. What other options do I have? Don't really want to spend any cash, and being able to easily access the computer with a password and no interaction on the other PC (due to no monitor) is critical. So far Windows Remote Desktop hasn't worked

 

Any ideas? Thanks for the help!

[Samppa221]

What about Windows Remote Desktop?

[Octavialicious]

1 minute ago, Samppa221 said:

What about Windows Remote Desktop?

Hasn't worked so far, and do I need to click "allow" or anything on the other PC?

 

I'm not sure why it's working, I have it allowed on both pcs

[paradigm249]

RDP? here is a list of possible solutions http://pcsupport.about.com/od/remote-access/tp/free-remote-access-software.htm

so far i have been using teamviewer and yes its been hacked

[Octavialicious]

1 minute ago, paradigm249 said:

RDP? here is a list of possible solutions http://pcsupport.about.com/od/remote-access/tp/free-remote-access-software.htm

so far i have been using teamviewer and yes its been hacked

I saw TV got hacked itself, but was your PC itself actually being remote controlled by someone else?

[Samppa221]

2 minutes ago, Octavialicious said:

Hasn't worked so far, and do I need to click "allow" or anything on the other PC?

 

I'm not sure why it's working, I have it allowed on both pcs

For me this does the trick:

 

[paradigm249]

2 minutes ago, Octavialicious said:

I saw TV got hacked itself, but was your PC itself actually being remote controlled by someone else?

a subreddit reddit.com/r/teamviewer had alot of evidence that was happending. i wasent because my pc was turned off. it may happend, maybe not. who knows

[Octavialicious]

2 minutes ago, Samppa221 said:

For me this does the trick:

 

 

hm, doesn't show for some reason? Windows 10 thing?

https://gyazo.com/070e8ed077fd56092b810177ae2014fd

[Samppa221]

1 minute ago, Octavialicious said:

hm, doesn't show for some reason? Windows 10 thing?

https://gyazo.com/070e8ed077fd56092b810177ae2014fd

You need a PRO version of windows to remote desktop into a pc. It doesn't work on home versions.

[Octavialicious]

1 minute ago, Samppa221 said:

You need a PRO version of windows to remote desktop into a pc. It doesn't work on home versions.

omg, I've had pro version for ages and now that I finally want to use pro features I don't have it

[Octavialicious]

26 minutes ago, Samppa221 said:

For me this does the trick:

 

 

 

25 minutes ago, paradigm249 said:

a subreddit reddit.com/r/teamviewer had alot of evidence that was happending. i wasent because my pc was turned off. it may happend, maybe not. who knows

Turns out they added super good security features! To log into my computer you NEED to be logged into a specific account, and to log into my account you need an authenticator code only available on my phone. For now I'm going to roll with it and see what happens. Thanks for the help!

[paradigm249]

1 minute ago, Octavialicious said:

 

Turns out they added super good security features! To log into my computer you NEED to be logged into a specific account, and to log into my account you need an authenticator code only available on my phone. For now I'm going to roll with it and see what happens. Thanks for the help!

i wasnt aware of it lol. TIL that

[Octavialicious]

3 minutes ago, paradigm249 said:

i wasnt aware of it lol. TIL that

yeah, I read it on the subreddit you mentioned. Thanks!!

[MoraisGT]

5 hours ago, Octavialicious said:

yeah, I read it on the subreddit you mentioned. Thanks!!

I also used to use Team Viewer a lot, but even with the added security measures I chose not to use it anymore.

 

I am now using AnyDesk, It seems to be really solid, give it a try if you're interested

[Octavialicious]

16 minutes ago, MoraisGT said:

I also used to use Team Viewer a lot, but even with the added security measures I chose not to use it anymore.

 

I am now using AnyDesk, It seems to be really solid, give it a try if you're interested

Could it auto start? Do i need to do anything on the desktop in the closet like click accept? 

[MoraisGT]

11 minutes ago, Octavialicious said:

Could it auto start? Do i need to do anything on the desktop in the closet like click accept? 

Yes and no.

 

After the initial configuration of the software, and after you setup the password for unattended access, you don't have to do anything else.

 

Anydesk by default start's with windows. You don't even have to login to windows, you can connect with Anydesk before that