The RDP Ghost is real.

Recently, when connecting to a reasonably-sleepy Windows system, I’ve seen the RDP Ghost.

An 8 bit rendition of a scary, scary ghost. It scared me.

If you’ve seen it, you’re not alone. It’s a thing.

I hope - one day - to capture a screenshot of this apparition.

The Rules appear to be that you can never be ready for a screenshot when RDP Ghost appears.

Update 22/04/17: I WAS READY! Kinda. And caught enough that I can understand the cause and the effect.

The good news is, you’re probably not hacked by a supernatural force. Probably. It’s just Windows trying to draw the sign-in guy before it’s ready!

Comments

• Anonymous
  April 22, 2017
  Probably.
• Anonymous
  July 17, 2017
  It's actually not cool. I just saw it again. Until I found this post, I was wondering if somehow some nefarious software had made it onto my server. Seemed unlikely as malware generally doesn't announce it's presence. I've seen it maybe twice prior to this. Each time I tried to search for some info on it to no avail.I'd also wondered if it was something to do with drawing the sign-in bits. Would be nice to get some official info on it!