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2 win98 pcs walk into a bar. They are networked using client for ms
networks and netbuie. pc #1 is a ho and shares everthing and always
catches the latest viruses. pc #2 is conservative and has no shares. Can
pc #2 still catch a virus from the ho just by being on the same network
ie without doing anything?

would probably depend on the nature of the virus, and whether it is written
to look for shared resources, or instead tries to exploit some security
hole. I'd say in general, if the system has no shared resources, it would
make it more diffcult to catch a virus, but not impossible.



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"Plato" <|@|.|> wrote in message
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> 2 win98 pcs walk into a bar. They are networked using client for ms
> networks and netbuie. pc #1 is a ho and shares everthing and always
> catches the latest viruses. pc #2 is conservative and has no shares. Can
> pc #2 still catch a virus from the ho just by being on the same network
> ie without doing anything?

"Plato" <|@|.|> wrote in message
news:40c4788c$0$66588$...
> 2 win98 pcs walk into a bar. They are networked using client for ms
> networks and netbuie. pc #1 is a ho and shares everthing and always
> catches the latest viruses. pc #2 is conservative and has no shares. Can
> pc #2 still catch a virus from the ho just by being on the same network
> ie without doing anything?


Not if PC#2 insists that all users put some tissue paper on the keyboard
before use.

Jess Fertudei wrote:
>
> "Plato" <|@|.|> wrote in message
> news:40c4788c$0$66588$...
> > 2 win98 pcs walk into a bar. They are networked using client for ms
> > networks and netbuie. pc #1 is a ho and shares everthing and always
> > catches the latest viruses. pc #2 is conservative and has no shares. Can
> > pc #2 still catch a virus from the ho just by being on the same network
> > ie without doing anything?
>
> Not if PC#2 insists that all users put some tissue paper on the keyboard
> before use.

Or perhaps a full body condom.