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Re: Microsoft Antispyware and TightVNC — Elliott C. Back

Ron — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 12:21:07 -0000

The settings seem to be profile specific. Whil you can go in and set it to Always Ignore VNC under one profile, as soon as the next person logs in it will flag VNC again on the next scan. I have this issue in my environment on shared PC's.

Re: Microsoft Antispyware and TightVNC — Elliott C. Back

Hoss — Wed, 25 Oct 2006 16:40:05 -0000

follow these instructions and it should take care of the problems with *VNC and M$ Defender :)

http://www.cwu.edu/~itstraining/TechTips/windef...

Re: Microsoft Antispyware and TightVNC — Elliott C. Back

Bill Nesbitt — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 10:33:53 -0000

While I have not noticed the CPU usage others have reported, nor in 5 years of using various versions have I ever seen SpyBot or Symantec have problems, but Windows Defender doesn't even offer "Allow" as an option for RealVNC and eventually forces a complete uninstall of the server application, despite repeatedly hitting the "Ignore" button in the strange dialog window it pops up when VNC is detected. (I suspect Ultra & Tight will have the same effect.)

I realize this is an obvious sign that Microsoft is jealous that they didn't invent the idea, and that thier own Remote Desktop solution is so unsecure, that any user with a brain will uninstall it on site. But if anybody has a workaround (other than removing Defender), please reply.

Thanks,

Bill Nesbitt
IT Administrator
InnoNET, LLC

Re: Microsoft Antispyware and TightVNC — Elliott C. Back

Bill Trail — Thu, 15 Jun 2006 22:03:02 -0000

Yes - I also agree. I'm running UltraVNC server. Not only does MS Defender go crazy so do AdAware and Spybot and SpySweeper.

My problems go one level deeper. The combination of Norton AV / Defender / AdAware / Spybot / SpySweeper - which all run in auto mode in the wee hours each Sunday (Monday a.m. actually)... they all, quite literally, REMOVE my UltraVNC server... and kill the program and its folder contents.

I have to remember to re-install the program every time right before I leave my office. I have a static IP and the appropriate 5500, 5800, and 5900 ports forwared in my LinkSys router.

I'm so darn good at reinstalling WinVNC that it only takes a minute - but sometimes I forget and then I have no remote access. So I've reloaded an old copy of Symantec pcAnywhere (which doesn't alert the scanners) and I now use THAT to gain temp access - and remotely re-install my precious WinVNC.

Anybody else seen anything this crazy? Please email me directly at billtrail @ gmail.com. Thanks.

Bill Trail - Penny Computer Systems, Inc.
Macon, Georgia
June 15, 2006

Re: Microsoft Antispyware and TightVNC — Elliott C. Back

Paul Mead — Fri, 02 Dec 2005 09:42:49 -0000

I agree - there is a problem building here - I am also seeing remote machine CPU hogging by Antispyware, when remote controlling a PC running VNC

Re: Microsoft Antispyware and TightVNC — Elliott C. Back

Elliott Back — Tue, 08 Nov 2005 16:40:11 -0000

It's running the VNC server on your machine that's the problem!

Re: Microsoft Antispyware and TightVNC — Elliott C. Back

Toby Simmons — Tue, 08 Nov 2005 13:51:24 -0000

Hmm. That's odd. I run both on my machine with no issues, whatsover. Are you running just the VNC client, or are you running a VNC server on your local machine?