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  • Re: anydesk intrusion by ISP

    From anon@anon@ymous.com to alt.comp.os.windows-11, alt.privacy.anon-server, comp.os.linux.advocacy on Mon Sep 28 22:18:14 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.os.linux.advocacy

    On 28 Sep 2026, Yamn3 Remailer <noreply@mixmin.net> posted some news:20260928.164344.ecb832e5@mixmin.net:

    Hi,

    Today I received anydesk request

    I dont know who sent the request

    But ISP keeps the anydesk ports open on the router

    They are forwarded

    So first ISP has lot of control

    Can they install software like anydesk ?

    And then send request to connect to my PC ?

    Do they take screenshots?

    For now I have uninstalled anydesk

    But I dont remember when I installed anydesk


    Regards.

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    Your computer is infected with an STD. Smash it with a hammer and set
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  • From T@T@invalid.invalid to alt.comp.os.windows-11,alt.privacy.anon-server,comp.os.linux.advocacy on Tue Sep 29 11:31:09 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.os.linux.advocacy

    On 9/28/26 1:18 PM, anon wrote:
    On 28 Sep 2026, Yamn3 Remailer <noreply@mixmin.net> posted some news:20260928.164344.ecb832e5@mixmin.net:

    Hi,

    Today I received anydesk request

    I dont know who sent the request

    But ISP keeps the anydesk ports open on the router

    They are forwarded

    So first ISP has lot of control

    Can they install software like anydesk ?

    And then send request to connect to my PC ?

    Do they take screenshots?

    For now I have uninstalled anydesk

    But I dont remember when I installed anydesk


    Regards.

    I am getting in on this a little late.

    The scammers are entering random ID numbers, hoping someone will accept
    the connection without thinking.

    I tell my customers to NEVER PRESS ACCEPT unless they are on the phone
    with someone they absolutely trust.

    I have gotten one of these myself.

    What I do about it really doesn't apply here, as I am a Linux shop, but
    this is what I run after every AnyDesk upgrade:

    # systemctl disable anydesk.service
    # systemctl stop anydesk.service

    The # means to run the commands as root.

    Then I start AnyDesk manually when I actually want to use it.

    ChatGPT (my favorite SI) says this is the Windows 11 equivalent,
    although I have not been able to verify it myself:

    Run Command Prompt as Administrator:

    sc.exe config AnyDesk start= disabled
    sc.exe stop AnyDesk

    Then find your AnyDesk icon and start it manually when you want to use it.

    Another option is to never install AnyDesk at all and simply run the downloaded version whenever you need it. It will remember your AnyDesk address.








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  • From Paul@nospam@needed.invalid to alt.comp.os.windows-11,alt.privacy.anon-server,comp.os.linux.advocacy on Tue Sep 29 21:58:44 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.os.linux.advocacy

    On Tue, 9/29/2026 2:31 PM, T wrote:
    On 9/28/26 1:18 PM, anon wrote:
    On 28 Sep 2026, Yamn3 Remailer <noreply@mixmin.net> posted some
    news:20260928.164344.ecb832e5@mixmin.net:

    Hi,

    Today I received anydesk request

    I dont know who sent the request

    But ISP keeps the anydesk ports open on the router

    They are forwarded

    So first ISP has lot of control

    Can they install software like anydesk ?

    And then send request to connect to my PC ?

    Do they take screenshots?

    For now I have uninstalled anydesk

    But I dont remember when I installed anydesk


    Regards.

    I am getting in on this a little late.

    The scammers are entering random ID numbers, hoping someone will accept the connection without thinking.

    I tell my customers to NEVER PRESS ACCEPT unless they are on the phone with someone they absolutely trust.

    I have gotten one of these myself.

    What I do about it really doesn't apply here, as I am a Linux shop, but this is what I run after every AnyDesk upgrade:

    # systemctl disable anydesk.service
    # systemctl stop anydesk.service

    The # means to run the commands as root.

    Then I start AnyDesk manually when I actually want to use it.

    ChatGPT (my favorite SI) says this is the Windows 11 equivalent, although I have not been able to verify it myself:

    Run Command Prompt as Administrator:

    sc.exe config AnyDesk start= disabled
    sc.exe stop AnyDesk

    Then find your AnyDesk icon and start it manually when you want to use it.

    Another option is to never install AnyDesk at all and
    simply run the downloaded version whenever you need it.> It will remember your AnyDesk address.

    How ever that got on the machine, remove it.
    It might not even be AnyDesk, it might be a software
    which mimics some of the dialogs of AnyDesk.

    Paul

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  • From T@T@invalid.invalid to alt.comp.os.windows-11,alt.privacy.anon-server,comp.os.linux.advocacy on Tue Sep 29 21:02:11 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.os.linux.advocacy

    On 9/29/26 6:58 PM, Paul wrote:
    How ever that got on the machine, remove it.
    It might not even be AnyDesk, it might be a software
    which mimics some of the dialogs of AnyDesk.

    Paul

    1+

    That goes for all remote assistance software. If you
    did not put in on on purpose, delete it!
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