does a remote connection mean that someone could be spying on me or is it a normal thing? How can I disable it

Question

does a remote connection mean that someone could be spying on me or is it a normal thing? How can I disable it.I have a feeling that someone on my home network is spying on me.

Answer 1

not really its just a program that allows people to connect to your computer and make changes like if you have a problem you can send them an invitation to log on using remote connection and fix it for u

to disable windows remote connection in Windows xp

right click my computer

go to properties

select the remote tab

uncheck both boxes

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to disable any kind of remote connection download a good firewall program like zone alarm from http://www.zonealarm.com/

or use windows firewall

follow the steps above and under the same remote tab u will see a link for firewall settings, it will guide you and help u

Answer 2

Remote desktop connection is a feature that comes with windows 2000 and xp i believe. And it's just a program that enables you receive remote assistance in case you have any problem with your computer. In order for someone to connect to your computer a remote assistance session has to be previously set.. In order to know if your computer is receiving any remote desktop connections RIGHT CLICK on " My computer" then click on the remote tab, and 2 options should come up. They're self explanatory..

However if someone wants to get in your computer i doubt they will opt for windows remote assistance if they know what they're doing.

Answer 3

If your using Winxp sp2 . no one can spying u untill have ur password .

for disable that: right clik on your my computer and choose remote tab and uncheck the allow users to connect remotly.......

And remember when some one connect to you bye remote connection you have been loged out from your user account.





cheers!

Answer 4

No, you have nothing to worry about