RE: Networked anti-virus protection

From: Frogger (Frogger_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 12/28/04


Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2004 14:49:03 -0800

Yes, get anti virus for all your systems also spyware protection for all of
them.
     Here is what I recomend for each computer on a LAN that connects to the
Internet.
1) Firewall. If one computer gets a vruis or worm may protect other systems
on th LAN
2) Virus software on ALL systems on LAN no exceptions
3) Spyware protection on ALL systems in LAN again no exceptions.
4) Spam software
5) This is my own personal shoice. I use norton for virus, webroot and
spybot search&distory for spyware, Zone alarm for firewall for Spam?? I have
no personal choice in that. I do use thrunderbird for email and firefox for
broswer. Hope this helps some

"Blookah" wrote:

> I have a home network connecting 3 PC's using a Microsoft wireless base
> station with one PC running the base, another using a USB wireless adaptor
> and another connected directly from the wireless base station via an ethernet
> cable. The PC with the base station has Panda Titanium anti-virus softare
> installed. My question is will either of the other 2 PC's be virus protected
> because the base station PC has anti-virus protection installed, or do I need
> to install protection on each PC?
> --
> BG



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