Infection Of Windows Through Remote Access/Remote Desktop


  1. bej
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    Windows 7 Home Pro SP1 64bit
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    Infection Of Windows Through Remote Access/Remote Desktop


    This morning, I heard a nationally syndicated computer expert state that some Chinese hackers were "getting into" Windows based computers through "Remote Access/Remote Desktop" even if the service is turned off. According to the guru, "They will turn it on for you."
    Being very concrete, as well as, somewhat dull concerning computers, I find this hard to believe. Could someone, in layman's terms, tell me the circumstances needed that would allow a hacker to take control of someone's system when a necessary service is turned off ??
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  2. Posts : 28,845
    Win 8 Release candidate 8400
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    Easy to do and best NOT described here.
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  3. bej
    Posts : 326
    Windows 7 Home Pro SP1 64bit
    Thread Starter
       #3

    Understand !!!
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  4. JMH
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    Win 7 Ultimate 64-bit. SP1.
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    bej said:
    This morning, I heard a nationally syndicated computer expert state that some Chinese hackers were "getting into" Windows based computers through "Remote Access/Remote Desktop" even if the service is turned off. According to the guru, "They will turn it on for you."
    Being very concrete, as well as, somewhat dull concerning computers, I find this hard to believe. Could someone, in layman's terms, tell me the circumstances needed that would allow a hacker to take control of someone's system when a necessary service is turned off ??

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  5. Posts : 28,845
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    bej said:
    Understand !!!
    You can disable the service is services.msc if you dont use it.
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  6. Posts : 5,642
    Windows 10 Pro (x64)
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    Its not actually possible to do. Well as long as you are behind a router. Almost all consumer routers block outbound Windows network services and all unrequested network connections. I think the key piece of information you are missing is that the attackers do not turn these services on themselves, they get a user to do it. This happens via a Social Engineering attack, the currently popular tactic is claiming to be from Microsoft Support dead calling you out of the blue.

    There are a few users here that have been dubbed into this kind of attack.
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