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Posted by G. Ormless on August 3, 2005, 7:18 am
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I am a home networking newbie and I haven't gone wireless yet.
I have a newish PC that I'll call 'A', running Windows XP home edition and
McAfee antivirus, with Windows firewall enabled (I've read a bit about the
limitations of Windows firewall).
My DSL broadband modem connects directly to PC 'A' via USB cable.
My older PC, 'B', runs on Windows ME and its network interface card / NIC is
connected to 'A's NIC via Ethernet switch using straight patch cables. No
virus checker on that PC (!)
My question is, when I access the internet from PC 'B' using Internet
Connection Sharing / ICS, does PC 'A' effectively filter incoming data for
viruses, as all data goes through its USB port?
Thanks for letting me know,
G.
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Posted by Sunny on August 3, 2005, 6:38 am
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>I am a home networking newbie and I haven't gone wireless yet.
>
> I have a newish PC that I'll call 'A', running Windows XP home edition and
> McAfee antivirus, with Windows firewall enabled (I've read a bit about the
> limitations of Windows firewall).
>
> My DSL broadband modem connects directly to PC 'A' via USB cable.
>
> My older PC, 'B', runs on Windows ME and its network interface card / NIC
> is
> connected to 'A's NIC via Ethernet switch using straight patch cables. No
> virus checker on that PC (!)
>
> My question is, when I access the internet from PC 'B' using Internet
> Connection Sharing / ICS, does PC 'A' effectively filter incoming data for
> viruses, as all data goes through its USB port?
NO. you need an anti virus application on PC "B".
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Posted by Malke on August 3, 2005, 5:50 am
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>
>>I am a home networking newbie and I haven't gone wireless yet.
>>
>> I have a newish PC that I'll call 'A', running Windows XP home
>> edition and McAfee antivirus, with Windows firewall enabled (I've
>> read a bit about the limitations of Windows firewall).
>>
>> My DSL broadband modem connects directly to PC 'A' via USB cable.
>>
>> My older PC, 'B', runs on Windows ME and its network interface card /
>> NIC is
>> connected to 'A's NIC via Ethernet switch using straight patch
>> cables. No virus checker on that PC (!)
>>
>> My question is, when I access the internet from PC 'B' using Internet
>> Connection Sharing / ICS, does PC 'A' effectively filter incoming
>> data for viruses, as all data goes through its USB port?
>
> NO. you need an anti virus application on PC "B".
Just to add to the above excellent advice - you can leave off the
antivirus on the second machine if you *want* to get a virus on it!
Either buy a reasonably-priced av like F-Prot ($30 for a single-user
license and you can put it on 4 machines) or put something free on it
like Avast!.
Malke
--
"I have a cunning plan..."
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Posted by David H. Lipman on August 3, 2005, 2:08 pm
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| I am a home networking newbie and I haven't gone wireless yet.
|
| I have a newish PC that I'll call 'A', running Windows XP home edition and
| McAfee antivirus, with Windows firewall enabled (I've read a bit about the
| limitations of Windows firewall).
|
| My DSL broadband modem connects directly to PC 'A' via USB cable.
|
| My older PC, 'B', runs on Windows ME and its network interface card / NIC is
| connected to 'A's NIC via Ethernet switch using straight patch cables. No
| virus checker on that PC (!)
|
| My question is, when I access the internet from PC 'B' using Internet
| Connection Sharing / ICS, does PC 'A' effectively filter incoming data for
| viruses, as all data goes through its USB port?
|
| Thanks for letting me know,
|
| G.
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You need AV software on every Internet connected or networked PC.
You should get a Cable/DSL Router such as the Linksys BEFSR41 and drop ICS !
It'll save
resources and the Router will act as a simplistic FireWall.
As always, I suggest blocking both TCP and UDP ports 135 ~ 139 and 445 on *any*
SOHO Router.
--
Dave
http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
http://www.ik-cs.com/got-a-virus.htm
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Posted by Mich on August 3, 2005, 9:07 pm
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> I am a home networking newbie and I haven't gone wireless yet.
>
> I have a newish PC that I'll call 'A', running Windows XP home edition and
> McAfee antivirus, with Windows firewall enabled (I've read a bit about the
> limitations of Windows firewall).
>
> My DSL broadband modem connects directly to PC 'A' via USB cable.
>
> My older PC, 'B', runs on Windows ME and its network interface card / NIC
is
> connected to 'A's NIC via Ethernet switch using straight patch cables. No
> virus checker on that PC (!)
>
> My question is, when I access the internet from PC 'B' using Internet
> Connection Sharing / ICS, does PC 'A' effectively filter incoming data for
> viruses, as all data goes through its USB port?
>
> Thanks for letting me know,
>
> G.
>
>
>
>
>
I personally don't run antivirus, but yea I guess you should, but that
being said, I work on PC's for a living and EVERY PC that has an antivirus
on it that I get called to work on, has at least one virus one it and
usually 5 to 20.
AVG free and Zonealarm free versions is my recommended solution
Mich...
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