Win XP SP3 security while running TeamViewer

[tarmiricmi]

Hello,
I have a old PC in family which is used primarily for a word-processing tasks. It is a Celeron 1,3 GHz (Pentium 3 architecture), 386 MB PC-133 RAM (upgradeable to 512 or more), with WinXP SP3. It is really outdated system but it is useful as it uses peripherals (printer, scanner) which are suitable only to WinXP (for instance, HP Laserjet 1000 printer drivers don't exist for newer versions of Windows).
Occasionally I do have the need to connect to that PC through Teamviewer. Is it safe to permanently run Teamviewer given the somewhat outdated OS and limited hardware capabilities of the PC? What can I do to ensure maximal possible security protection of that system?
Like I've said, there is not much secrecy going on on that PC so in case of a virus/malware attack there wouldn't be much of a loss, but I'm just precautious (and like to explore and tweak systems 😀 )
Thanks in advance.

 

[captaincharisma]

if you are that paranoid then spend the money to get a modern OS like windows 10 or at least windows 8. even a free linux distro like unbuntu or linuxmint would be more secure than windows XP

 

[Rogue Leader]

if you are that paranoid then spend the money to get a modern OS like windows 10 or at least windows 8. even a free linux distro like unbuntu or linuxmint would be more secure than windows XP

Windows 10 or 8 need at least 1GB of ram to even run so thats not a solution for him.

If its just for basic word processing and running old hardware however I do agree that a free linux distro is WAY safer and better than Windows XP.

 

[tarmiricmi]

if you are that paranoid then spend the money to get a modern OS like windows 10 or at least windows 8. even a free linux distro like unbuntu or linuxmint would be more secure than windows XP

I'm not paranoid, just curious.

 

[Kurz]

You should be fine with a good password on the Remote Teamviewer setup.

 

[tarmiricmi]

if you are that paranoid then spend the money to get a modern OS like windows 10 or at least windows 8. even a free linux distro like unbuntu or linuxmint would be more secure than windows XP

Windows 10 or 8 need at least 1GB of ram to even run so thats not a solution for him.

If its just for basic word processing and running old hardware however I do agree that a free linux distro is WAY safer and better than Windows XP.

Is it possible to connect HP Laserjet 1000 and Canon Canoscan Lide 25 scanner in Linux, in a way that one can copy (scan-print) a document using one tap on the button found on a scanner (without doing anything else, clicking etc.)? If yes, I'll swich to Linux.

 

[drtweak]

For what you are doing teamviewer is safe. You are just remoting into the PC and taking control of mouse and keyboard pretty much. On the client side (the XP machine) there is no way for it to send anything back to your PC unless you initiate the file transfer.

 

[Rogue Leader]

if you are that paranoid then spend the money to get a modern OS like windows 10 or at least windows 8. even a free linux distro like unbuntu or linuxmint would be more secure than windows XP

Windows 10 or 8 need at least 1GB of ram to even run so thats not a solution for him.

If its just for basic word processing and running old hardware however I do agree that a free linux distro is WAY safer and better than Windows XP.

Is it possible to connect HP Laserjet 1000 and Canon Canoscan Lide 25 scanner in Linux, in a way that one can copy (scan-print) a document using one tap on the button found on a scanner (without doing anything else, clicking etc.)? If yes, I'll swich to Linux.

That I do not know, I'm sorry.

 

[bloodroses]

One way to help security is to have everything run in a sandbox. That way if something does get compromised, only the sandbox will be affected.

http://www.sandboxie.com/