Re: Hello
- From: "AW" <AW@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2006 10:51:02 -0800
Roger
Thanks for your reply.
I don't know what you mean by 'limited or an admin account' I'm afraid.
Computer (1) internet access is connected by me on a morning (with password)
to my ISP and I normally leave it on all day. Computer internet access for
Computer (2) starts as soon as computer (1) has accessed the internet (i.e
Computer (2) cannot browse until computer (1) is connected to the internet.
Computer (2) is not configured for passwords - just starts automatically when
Computer (1) connects.
I had the virus on Computer (1) and eliminated it because it wouldn't allow
any access to the network. Computer (2) is running ME that's why I asked the
question.
Thanks
Andrew
--
AW
"Roger Abell [MVP]" wrote:
> Do you browse from comp 2 using a limited or an admin account ?
> Browsing can be unsafe, and the extent of issues can be different
> based on the account being used.
>
> Lately AV products from leading vendors has been protecting against
> more than what one might normally think of under the name "virus".
> Some protect against webpage based exploits. For example, before
> MS issued the metafile patch a number of AV vendors were protecting
> against a subset of the exploit versions.
>
> Whether comp 2 once had could imperil comp 1, well, this sort of
> depends on the accounts in use, if access from one to the other is
> seamless or has prompting for login, etc. and on whether you mean
> spread all on its own or spread while you are using one to access
> the other. In general, things are often spread by use of such the
> network shares so I would guess this means in your case, yes, comp 2
> could infect comp 1
>
>
> "AW" <AW@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:54DFC03F-45EC-4652-BF07-F78D45F60281@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >I have a main computer (1) fully AV'd with Norton 2004 and also firewalled
> > with Norton Personal Firewall (Windows Firewall is disabled). This
> > computer
> > connects to the Internet via a broadband USB Speedtouch external modem. I
> > have another computer (2) networked to this computer (with ethernet cards
> > in
> > each computer and a crossover cable (LAN)) and have configured the network
> > so
> > that computer (2) runs through the Firewall on computer (1).
> > Question 1) If computer (2) is only used for browsing the internet (i.e
> > not
> > onfigured for mail) do I need any AV software on this machine?
> > Question 2) If computer (2) does get a virus is it possible for it to
> > travel
> > through the LAN cable and infect computer (1)?
> > Many thanks for reading this and for your time in answering.
> > Andrew Wilson
> > --
> > AW
>
>
>
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