if someone has had my laptop for a few days (they have now returned it to me) is it possible for them setup too remote access into my laptop without me knowing? if they have my laptop and modem's ip address. i have a wireless router/modem on adsl2.
is there any reason for them to have taken down my ip address for my modem and laptop? what can they do with those details? how can i stop them from remotely accessing my laptop without me knowing?
is there anything that i can check to make sure that they havent' set anything up on my pc, or is there any way for me to check remote working sessions or similar on my laptop? i'm running winxp. thanks.
2006-12-02 17:48:01 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Computer Networking
Right click on My Computer, select the remote tab and turn off remote desktop and assistant. Also check your list of installed programs by click on Control Panel in start and then on add/remove program. Once you are there check for anything recently installed that you don't remember installing. VNC is a popular remote desktop application so you should look out for that. Use spy ware and anti-virus scans to make sure the person that borrowed your laptop didn't install any key loggers (and application that can monitor you key strokes.
2006-12-02 17:54:37 · answer #1 · answered by ApplePie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How To Stop Remote Access
2016-11-02 00:14:54 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just go into Remote Desktop Connections and click edit settings. Uncheck the box that say "Make Other Users Able TO Connect TO This Computer Remotely"
2006-12-02 17:52:10 · answer #3 · answered by Ben S 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you go to your control panel, click on system, and then click ont eh remote tab. see if the Remote desktop is checked. Uncheck if it is. Also change your password for your user, you can click on users accounts in control panel.
Make sure you don't have gotomycomputer installed on your computer by going to add/remove programs and take a look if it's on there.
2006-12-02 17:55:47 · answer #4 · answered by gotham158 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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if someone has had my laptop for a few days (they have now returned it to me) is it possible for them setup too remote access into my laptop without me knowing? if they have my laptop and modem's ip address. i have a wireless router/modem on adsl2.
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2015-08-18 07:46:31 · answer #5 · answered by Neron 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Thank you for being very thorough in your question. Yes, it would be possible for them to acquire your IP address, and enable a backdoor to get in, but you can make sure it is disabled in the control panel. Go to "System", then click on the "remote" tab. uncheck the boxes, and click ok.
As long as you have secured your wireless network, your "someone" will have a hard time breaking in.
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2006-12-02 17:56:03 · answer #6 · answered by zachsandberg 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2014-09-02 05:23:51 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
go to your ports under your windows firewalls in control panel and look for the tab called exceptions and you should be able to untick remote desktop ports and remote assistance.
2006-12-02 17:53:11 · answer #8 · answered by dkm2006 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋