Re: winVNC window during logon

From: Karl Levinson [x y] mvp (levinson_k@despammed.com)
Date: 03/30/03 

From: "Karl Levinson [x y] mvp" <levinson_k@despammed.com>
Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2003 08:51:51 -0500

Sounds like you've been hacked. Here:

http://securityadmin.info/faq.htm#hacked
http://securityadmin.info/faq.htm#re-secure
http://securityadmin.info/faq.htm#harden

www.grisoft.com is free antivirus, and free firewalls are listed here:

http://securityadmin.info/faq.htm#firewall

"Michael" <comphardware@mail.com> wrote in message
news:000b01c2f66d$2e12d710$a001280a@phx.gbl...
> Dear all,
>
> Whenever I startup the OS a window named WinVNC pops up
> and ask me to set up a password for some incoming socket
> connection. After I click OK, it saids "running winVNC
> without a password poses a security risk".
>
> Could anyone pls tell me what's it is and it there a way
> to disable it?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Michael
>
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