Guest giddyup Posted September 2, 2008 Posted September 2, 2008 If one computer has two network cards installed, one to the internet and a second computer is hooked through the first computer (with the two cards) will the first computer with two cards antivirus etc. protect the second?
Guest Malke Posted September 2, 2008 Posted September 2, 2008 Re: protection through one computer giddyup wrote: > If one computer has two network cards installed, one to the internet and > a second computer is hooked through the first computer (with the two > cards) will the first computer with two cards antivirus etc. protect the > second? No. Malke -- MS-MVP Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic! FAQ - http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ
Guest smlunatick Posted September 2, 2008 Posted September 2, 2008 Re: protection through one computer On Sep 2, 4:10 pm, giddyup <nos...@nospam.com> wrote: > If one computer has two network cards installed, one to the internet and > a second computer is hooked through the first computer (with the two > cards) will the first computer with two cards antivirus etc. protect the > second? NO! Standard Windows protection only protects the PC that this protection is installed on. The only protection that might be in effect would the a firewall protection.
Guest giddyup Posted September 2, 2008 Posted September 2, 2008 Re: protection through one computer smlunatick wrote: > On Sep 2, 4:10 pm, giddyup <nos...@nospam.com> wrote: >> If one computer has two network cards installed, one to the internet and >> a second computer is hooked through the first computer (with the two >> cards) will the first computer with two cards antivirus etc. protect the >> second? > > NO! > > Standard Windows protection only protects the PC that this protection > is installed on. > > The only protection that might be in effect would the a firewall > protection. thank you
Guest KevinQ Posted September 2, 2008 Posted September 2, 2008 RE: protection through one computer It depends on user practices and the AV software and how you set it up. AVG (from Grisoft) has some very agressive protection modes, and can also be set to regularly scan the other computer as well as the one it's on. Most critical is whether the users practice safe hex - not down-loading and running everything they come across. To protect both machines against this kind of behaviour, you need the AV on both machines, set to scan when a file is written. I would go with a paid version of AVG on the 'host' machine and a free version (if this is for home use) on the other. FWIW, I am not claiming that only AVG will do this, or that there aren't equivalent and/or better AV programs out there. -- #include <standard.disclaimer> _ Kevin D Quitt USA 91387-4454 96.37% of all statistics are made up
Guest Bruce Chambers Posted September 3, 2008 Posted September 3, 2008 Re: protection through one computer giddyup wrote: > If one computer has two network cards installed, one to the internet and > a second computer is hooked through the first computer (with the two > cards) will the first computer with two cards antivirus etc. protect the > second? No. -- Bruce Chambers Help us help you: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/555375 They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. ~Benjamin Franklin Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. ~Bertrand Russell The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has killed a great many philosophers. ~ Denis Diderot
Guest w_tom Posted September 4, 2008 Posted September 4, 2008 Re: protection through one computer On Sep 2, 1:13 pm, giddyup <nos...@nospam.com> wrote: > thank you Those answers provided little help since 'reasons why' were not explained. Using a second computer means malware that attacks open ports would not attack open ports on the first computer. But that type of malware is long gone; made irrelevant because ports have been closed and then further made resilient by firewalls. Anything that a second computer might do is no longer the major threat and should already be inside the first computer. Other more devious malware enters as attachments to e-mail, ActiveX programs, in graphic files, or other executables. Obviously, a second computer does not block e-mail or downloaded executables. Even a firewall does not provide that protection. Thesefore also install virus protection software - another protection layer located only on the first computer.
Guest Alec S. Posted September 5, 2008 Posted September 5, 2008 Re: protection through one computer "giddyup" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in message news:O4WVQ4QDJHA.3668@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > If one computer has two network cards installed, one to the internet and > a second computer is hooked through the first computer (with the two > cards) will the first computer with two cards antivirus etc. protect the > second? Not as such. However you can configure it to act as a hardware-firewall to protect against incoming and outgoing threats as well as scan traffic. You could even set it up to act as an anti-virus scanner, email server, etc. the way that enterprises do. Almost a decade ago, I knew a guy in class who had set up a system as a firewall for his main system, so I can only imagine what the possibilities are today. Google for "hardware firewall" or "set up system as firewall" HTH -- Alec S. news/alec->synetech/cjb/net
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