-=PCTechTalk=- Re: PC Remote Control
- From: "Sandi Beach" <sandib2@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2008 13:16:49 -0500
No, it wasn't half bad! And I know you were not patronizing me.
And back to the part which said, "(which is a scary prospect in my book. I
may need to
> digress again) I could almost hear you saying, "Don't ever open an .exe
> that is an unknown"
So I probably did do a scary thing but I did it before Spyware Terminator
found it and labeled it as possible spyware. I found that little item in My
Documents about a month ago and took a look to see what it was and it was
probably just as scary then but I was not thinking "spyware" or "virus" at
the time and I promise to be more careful in the future!!
Sandi :O) ( a big teddy bear smile!)
P.S. I am still puzzled as to how it got in "My Documents" in the first
place. It occurred to me that maybe my local tech had put it there when he
was here installing my extra RAM and new DVD/CD writer but he was here March
3rd and this thing says it was created Feb. 20th. So it is still a mystery.
----- Original Message -----
From: "GMan" <gman.pctt@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2008 6:57 PM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: PC Remote Control
> See, that wasn't so bad after all, was it? (and I hope that didn't sound
> like I'm patronizing you) :O)
>
> Ok, other than the MRU entry, it's not controlled by anything in there.
> You
> located and opened it (which is a scary prospect in my book. I may need
> to
> digress again) and a not so scary, but unknown program that makes remote
> connections presented itself.
>
> I did a search for the Default.rdp file and found that it's related to
> making a standard Remote Desktop Connection. Have you done that with
> another system over the internet? Even if you have, I can find no online
> connection between that icon and "PC Remote Control.exe", even though they
> appear to be similar in nature and your icon is linked to it as a
> filetype.
> The filetype association doesn't really tell us anything because you can
> associate almost ANY extension with ANY program and Windows wouldn't balk
> at
> the change. I could associate all of your TXT files with a virus and
> Windows will say, "Duhhh, OK". :)
>
> So, my next question is about what you used to analyze the file on your C
> Drive. Is that a function of your AV, firewall or something like that?
> I'm
> also interested in knowing if you're running any program that could be
> considered as a server where another system can connect directly to yours
> over the internet without going through Remote Desktop Connection.
>
> I'm just about at the point where I'm ready to declare that this seems to
> pose no threat and is probably an actual part of a program you installed
> at
> some point. I just want to cover all of the bases before we call it a
> wrap.
>
> Peace,
> G
>
> http://tinyurl.com/ypbuue
>
> "The only dumb questions are the ones we fail to ask!"
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