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A heads up is always good.
For those that don’t know, never download anything you are asked to, especially from telephone cold callers. These third party access programs can track your activity including password information, and they can ‘take over’ control of your computer. This is another reason computers should never be left on and unattended for hours on end.
If anyone is unsure about having given access scroll through your list of programs, searching for any unknown software.
If a program appears suspicious, enter the full name in a search engine for confirmation. If the program does turn out to be monitoring software, right-click the program, then click “Uninstall” or “Remove.”
BUT, be careful – some programs are essential to the running of your computer so be careful what you delete. Double check first, either with someone who knows about computers or at least by doing a thorough google search.
And change passwords regularly.
Stay safe folks.
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Edited to add – and thanks for EIN info LB. I didn’t know about that.