How can I found out WHEN someone is spying on my computer through Dell KACE Agent
I need to set up an alert of some kind notifying me when my company is using KACE to view my computer. Is there a way to also potentially modify what they can see so I don't have someone looking at what I do all the time?
Answers (3)
It is the companies computer not yours. If you want to do things that are questionable or in violation of policies "BYOD". Hell here the palo alto firewall logs every site, every picture, every computer whether you are using SSL or not. I would worry more what the network poeple can see vs the kace techs.
What you perceive as Kace spying is most likely Ultra VNC doing that, Kace includes that freeware with the kbox.
we have teamviewer, ultra and tight vnc running for remote access.
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So when my mouse starts moving on its own all of a sudden, that means someone is on the other end looking at everything on my desktop as I'm working on a document, or in outlook or anything I'm seeing on my end? I just want to make sure that if I have this program on my computer - Dell KACE Agent V. 54.5315, how to tell if anyone is able to see my computer in real time etc... if that makes sense... - AreaMan1983 10 years ago
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Look for the vnc programs, we push Uvnc to all kace installed machines. If you are an admin do not uninsstall since kace will most likely repush it, disable the service or delete the app out of your run keys. See picture above of msconfig, we have 3 different ways to get to your computer, but we always ask the user before remoting that is our policy, prevents the paranoia from users that we are big brother and spying on them. Sounds like someone in IT has too much time on their hands and does not have any ethics. - SMal.tmcc 10 years ago
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Ya I figured. Thanks for the reply though, much appreciated. - AreaMan1983 10 years ago
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if you are not an admin, you should still be able to open task manager and end the vnc tasks after you login and that will stop that for till you logoff. Look for winvnc.exe or tvnserver.exe - SMal.tmcc 10 years ago
As nshah states, if you have questions about the KACE agent, you really need to ask them to your company IT team if your equipment is Company issued.
They are the ones that push the agent and track.
I would say by default the KACE agent is not responsible for what you are seeing. If you are seeing your mouse move or other actions on your system not expected I would IMMEDIATLY let you IT and security teams know.
At our company we make it very obvious we are connecting and if you are at your system you have the ability to cancel our remote share request. Sounds like either your IT department are small and using free tools or your system has other much serious problems.
Plus, not sure about your company, but at least where I have worked anything I do on a company computer or email belongs to the company. - Jbr32 10 years ago
If you are worried about using that system for something that the company would frown upon, I probably would stop. Based on your company they maybe using other tools to check where you are going, what websites, blocking websites...etc , which are not a function of the KBOX. - nshah 10 years ago