Talktalk Secuurity Problem

Sally_Hughes

I found out the hard way, after struggling to repair a problem with my laptop for a fortnight, (and, only eventually solved by completely uninstalling Windows and reinstalling) that the reason that Norton, Epson and Microsoft could not help me by taking secure remote control of the laptop was because this was refused permission by by my Internet Provider -TalkTalk.. Any attempt to permit this was always refused - and with the message ERR_SSL_PROTOCOLS_ERROR.

Two, separate calls to TalkTalk have ascertained that the company now refuse to allow ANY of their customers to give permission for remote access to their devices. And, there is apparently any way of circumventing this injunction, even temporarily. This, " is to protect our customers from scammers" I quote).

This is "Nannying" in the extreme, and actually not effective, as scammers, who use less secure methods of taking remote control, are not blocked!!

Has anyone else discovered this? And/or found a way around it? And do any other providers also inflict this?

Sally Hughes

ChuckMountain

I had this problem when trying to access my parents computer via Teamviewer. All of sudden it stopped working and wasn't sure.

After a bit of googling I eventually found it was Talk Talk blanket restriction.

If you log into your TalkTalk account online there is an option under security settings to turn off Scam protection. I had to do this to enable Teamviewer to work again, switching it back on once I had resolved the issue.

pmduk

Try never to think of Talktalk and security at the same time. It'll lead to unfulfilled expectations

Peter999_2

If you change your DNS to 9.9.9.9 it should work fine.

Here describes how :
https://developers.google.com/speed/public-dns/docs/using

and this describes who runs the 9.9.9.9 DNS :

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/11/20/quad9_secure_private_dns_resolver/

Hope this helps

TalkTalk

Hi Sally

You and legitimate users of these services can obtain access now by updating your HomeSafe settings in My Account. Protecting our customers is a top priority for us, which is why we are filtering a small number of sites that are being used by scammers to take control of customers’ computers and steal from them. If you have any problems with this at all, please don't hesitate to get in touch using the live chat link on our website, our Online Community or over Twitter (@TalkTalk).

Thanks,
Becky