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No offense, but getting an IM from a stranger and then giving them your phone number and downloading some unknown program they tell you to...?
That's pretty gullible, especially for someone in IT 
At the very least, delete downloaded files, clear your browser history, run a virus check and change all your passwords everywhere.
Also, if you haven't already, backup all your (scanned) files before shutting down your computer.
I've once had a virus that prevented my computer from starting, everything worked fine until I turned it off and back on again.
Lost all my files that day (pre-cloud era, I was still in my teens).
I hope for your sake that the damage is limited to a facepalm for falling for it 
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that guys seems to know Lexmark printer very well. he instructed to do some commands and checked some status. I saw his technical skills and gained some credibility from me.
in the whole session I closely monitor it and see no suspicious actions at least.
diligent hands rule....
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Well, in that case maybe he really wasn't a fraud.
I mean, an expert asking for money to fix your problem isn't really that out of the ordinary, is it? 
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Someone says they need to log into my computer to fix a printer?
Alarms bells should sound with immediate effect.
I would expect to be asked to run a command line instruction and forward the resulting message or download some software from the official site.
Needing to connect to my computer to fix a printer? No Way!
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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I checked that applet company, it looks a legit company so I gained some confidence from there..
diligent hands rule....
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I am going to take a guess that they got you to install Teamcity.
Teamcity is fine - although I use Chrome Remore Desktop because Teamcity is rather temperamental.
The possible danger is that once they are onto your computer with Teamcity they can then open an ssl tunnel to your computer, potentially leaving your computer open to them once they disconnect the Teamcity connection.
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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no, it's rescueme client app. it seems like a regular company focusing on PC help service in this Covid19 erra...
diligent hands rule....
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It's being niggling me for a while - I can't open a recipe (which I store on the NAS as a DOCX) on my Surface without it refusing to let me edit it unless each an every time I tell Word it's a safe location.
So I sat down to tell it it was safe today - which should be easy - it's just adding a trusted network location to the Trust Center settings.
Except ... when I enter the mapped drive location it complains "path cannot be used as a trusted location for security reasons".
Turns out that mapped drives aren't considered secure, but the server / folder combination it's mapped to is ... So by using \\SGNAS\Publications instead of X:\ it gets rid of that message.
Still in Protected view though ... turns out that apparently it thinks my local NAS is located on the internet and you have to disable Protected View for all internet originating files to get rid of it.
Microsoft? Wake up and smell the damn coffee, will you? 
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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NAS-ty 
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No good coffee where they're located.
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Have you tried putting your recipes on Microsoft Azure?
The sh*t I complain about
It's like there ain't a cloud in the sky and it's raining out - Eminem
~! Firewall !~
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Did you download the file from the interwebs? If so, it might have a mark of the web[^] attached, which makes Word treat it as untrusted.
Find the file in Explorer, right-click, and select "unblock".
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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No, I wrote the damn thing. Using Word.
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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Leslie Odom, Jr[^] Shows the world how to reach out a hand.
Sometimes you realize the world, much of the good in it, is made up of tokens. For surely, we must start somewhere.
Enough tokens, large and small - do they not make up a treasure?
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W∴ Balboos, GHB wrote: Enough tokens, large and small - do they not make up a treasure?
I always appreciate beer tokens.
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Beautiful music, but I'm not sure what it's about.
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Richard MacCutchan wrote: I'm not sure what it's about.
[ ] The Post?
[ ] The Lyrics?
[ ] Both?
Choose all that apply, but it's open for your free interpretation. I just considered it a really nice thing to do.
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posting of hymns/liturgical music of a particular religion are inappropriate, here.
«One day it will have to be officially admitted that what we have christened reality is an even greater illusion than the world of dreams.» Salvador Dali
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Hopefully, Bob won't invoke your ire and dress up in "that red outfit" near the end of December.
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Is doing the pollen count a really difficult job?
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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It's certainly nothing to sneeze at.
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Not if you elect to do it.
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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I suppose it does take some stamen-a, but that's to bee expected.
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Yes very hard. It always makes me feel a bit blue.
"If we don't change direction, we'll end up where we're going"
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People are just itching to do it.
I'm not sure how many cookies it makes to be happy, but so far it's not 27.
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