David,

I seem to have terminated my previous message a bit early.

I have been spending a lot of time dealing with actual malware
that is being sent as; XML, DOC and XLS Macro Downlloader
trojans deliveriing Dridex and Hancitor trojans.

Good for you. Now tell me, how is that important for even a simple
virus/trojan horse/malware which only needs to wait for a new drive to
appear and than to access it, looking for files it can write itself into.
Yes, that is how simple it would be. No "worming", "usage of
known-but-yet-unpatched faults" or any other "only known to experts" method
needed.

Therefore if you have concerns... Don't use it.

Thats a decision I will make *after* I've got all the facts, so I can make
an informed one.

Its too bad that you've made clear that you do not want to be part of such a
process, as you seem to consider yourself as knowledgable on this subject.

If you want to discuss RDP usage and possible ways to
secure it, that is a different matter.

All I *really* wanted was to hear that I was wrong in my observation, and no
such problem exists. Maybe even, if it really works that way, to get some
hints as to mitigate it. In short: to be informed.

But no. All you could do was to "attack the messenger". Bad form bub, bad
form.

If you want to discuss RDP usage and possible ways to secure
it, that is a different matter.

Why should I want to do that ? What has that to do with my question about
how to configure my "Remote Desktop" client in a way that would not pose a
threat to my local machine, while still getting the most of it. No, that
"invitation" sounds more like another "get outof my face" kind of
brush-offs.

Regards,
Rudy Wieser


-- Origional message:
David H. Lipman schreef in berichtnieuws
...
From: "R.Wieser"

Don't use it then.

I rather would have seen you prove my description/explanation false.

As you have not -- and combined with the "get outof my face" type of
response you gave instead -- I must assume that its 1) correct and 2)
something you haven't considered yourself (or, simply wish to ignore).

I am in no mood to disprove nor educate you.
Just the fact you used the made up termininolgy of "viri" shows that you
really do not have a grasp on the "malware" subject matter.
http://linuxmafia.com/~rick/faq/plural-of-virus.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plural_...g_in_-us#Virus

I have been spending a lot of time dealing with actual malware that is
being
sent as; XML, DOC and XLS Macro Downlloader trojans deliveriing Dridex and
Hancitor trojans.

Therefore if you have concerns... Don't use it.

If you want to discuss RDP usage and possible ways to secure it, that is a
different matter.

--
Dave
Multi-AV Scanning Tool - http://multi-av.thespykiller.co.uk
http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp