RDMon : A lightweight and user-friendly application that can help you protect your computer against people trying to attack you through RDP
RDMon is a simple and very easy to handle piece of software whose main purpose is to assist you in setting up specific Firewall rules in order to block the access of certain IP addresses to your PC through Remote Desktop Protocol.
Portability advantages
The utility does not require installation in order to function properly on your computer, so you can just run the executable and get started, but you do need to have RDP enabled.Because it is a portable tool, you can easily take it with you wherever you go on a USB drive or other removable memory devices, running it on any machine you need, without it leaving a trace when removed.
Swiftly block the IP addresses where your computer has been attacked from
After having configured your Firewall and the Remote Desktop Protocol, you can launch the application and it will automatically run minimized in the notification area, in order to not interfere with your regular activities.Whenever you are alerted about at attack, you should open the main window of RDMon and click on the targeted IP address from the ‘Detected Attacks’ list, then press on ‘Add IP to Block List’. For the rule to be created and applied by your Firewall, you will need to restart it, which can also be done from the main window of this program, by pressing on the corresponding button.As time goes by and your system becomes the target of multiple attacks, you will be able to continuously update the list of ‘Blocked IP Ranges’, so as to permanently prevent any future attempts from those addresses.
A handy Firewall rule creator
Overall, RDMon proves to be a useful and efficient application that you can resort to should you ever want to increase your level of protection, when using RDP to connect to your computer from afar.
Windows 10 64 bit / Windows 10 / Windows 8 64 bit / Windows 8 / Windows 7 64 bit / Windows 7 / Windows Vista 64 bit / Windows Vista / Windows XP 64 bit / Windows XP
RDMon runs on
Windows 10/11
and is available under the
Freeware
license
— the installer is 54 KB.
We’ve catalogued it under
Encryption Security.
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