Team Viewer 5 Full

Size: 12.12 MB

TeamViewer is a computer software package for remote control, desktop sharing, and file transfer between computers. The software operates with Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, iOS, and Linux. It is possible to access a machine running TeamViewer with a web browser. While the main focus of the application is remote control of computers, collaboration and presentation features are included.

TeamViewer GmbH was founded in 2005 in Uhingen, Germany.

Establishing connections

Teamviewer may be installed with an installation procedure, although the 'Quick Support' version will run without installation. To connect to another computer, TeamViewer has to be running on both machines: it can be run (but not installed) by a user without administrator access. When Teamviewer is started on a computer, it generates a partner ID and password (user-defined passwords are also supported). To establish a connection from a local client to a remote host machine, the local operator must communicate with the remote operator, request the ID and password, then enter these into the local TeamViewer.

 Security

TeamViewer uses RSA private/public key exchange and AES (256 Bit) session encoding. But since it is using a username/password as the only security measure, it is vulnerable to phishing, brute force etc.