Does Turning Off Remote Access Keep Me Safer?

✅ Turning off remote desktop is incrementally safer, but it is a very small piece of a much larger puzzle.

✅ Turning off Windows remote access
Turning off Windows Remote Desktop disables only the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP). It does nothing about other types of remote access. Software on your machine, including both legitimate tools as well as malware, can still allow remote access. Never assume since RDP is off that all remote access is prevented.

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