Re: winVNC window during logon

From: Peter K. (pmkdatabase@yahoo.ca)
Date: 03/31/03

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From: Peter K. <pmkdatabase@yahoo.ca>
Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2003 12:47:34 +0700

I have seen posts stating this is a virus. As others have said VNC is
a legitimate program, but a virus uses like this - without your
permission.

Peter

On Sat, 29 Mar 2003 19:33:50 -0800, "Michael" <comphardware@mail.com>
wrote:

>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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