Ammyy (sometimes called AMMYY) was a company which created the remote desktop software called Ammyy Admin. It was often used by scammers who cold-call homes to try to gain access to their computer.[1][2][3]
Since 2011 the company has issued warnings about these scammers who abuse their software against its intended purposes.[4]
^"Ammyy.com Scam". 2010. Archived from the original on 2016-08-18. Retrieved 2016-08-08. (updated 15 February 2016)
^"AMMYY Scam". 18 April 2013.
^"The AMMYY Scam – Microsoft Phone Support Scam". 19 September 2013.
^"Ammyy Admin - cases of malicious use. Official WARNING". Archived from the original on 5 October 2011. !!! If you receive a phone call claiming to be from 'Microsoft' or someone claiming to work on their behalf, telling you that you have a virus on your computer or some errors which they will help you to fix via Ammyy Admin, it is definitely a scam.
Ammyy (sometimes called AMMYY) was a company which created the remote desktop software called Ammyy Admin. It was often used by scammers who cold-call...
used over SSH session. "Ammyy Admin – kostenlose Remote Desktop-Freigabe- und Remote-Steuerungssoftware – Download". www.ammyy.com. Retrieved 15 June 2018...
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costs in doing this, and similar products such as TeamViewer, AnyDesk and Ammyy Admin have also been used for the scam. Cybercriminal group Lockbit exploited...
caller remote access using a genuine networking service or website like ammyy.com or TeamViewer. They will use the ‘Event Viewer’ tool on the computer...
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