Desktop Sharing from Windows 8.1

EGO-II.1 eoconnor25 at gmail.com
Wed Jun 11 04:51:39 UTC 2014


On 06/11/2014 12:43 AM, Tim wrote:
> On Tue, 2014-06-10 at 13:37 -0400, Temlakos wrote:
>> I keep getting notices like this:
>>   
>> "Desktop Sharing: refused uninvited connection attempt from..."
>> followed by an IP address and port number. The IP address is that of
>> the Windows 8.1 machine, which seems to be trying a different port
>> each time.
> Generally, that means the desktop interface (your windows, menus, mouse
> and keyboard) can be remotely controlled/accessed from another computer.
> So, using your Linux computer, you could act as if you were using your
> Windows computer, or vice versa.
>
> If you don't need that functionality, then deny it, and go through
> reconfiguring your Windows machine to stop offering to share its
> desktop.  Really, it shouldn't be making that attempt unless you
> initiate it.  If it's doing it automatically, I wonder if you have a
> compromised Windows box.
>
>
A compromised WINDOWS machine?....is that even POSSIBLE!?...LOL! 
(Sorry!....I just COULDN'T resist!)


EGO II


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