The IDA Win32 debugger allows remote debugging of Windows32 executables. This is especially suited to the safe analysis of unknown hostile code. Our remote debugger server must first be started on the target machine.
instant_debugger_menu
we select attach to remote win32
config_win32_dbg
and of course specify our password and the port we'll use for the session.
start_win32_server
the connection screen is indentical to the local one.
connect_to_win32
and we are now connected to a program running on the remote machine.