Posted: 8/4/2005 4:14:16 PM EDT
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My nieghbor has a computer that MAY have a virus. I don't think she has been running AV software. So I was thinking can I network my notebook to her desktop and use my AV software to clear her machine then tell her to get AV software? BTW No the nieghbor isn't HOT. She is an elderly woman. |
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+1 Get zonealarm firewall also it's free as well If she cannot access web copy the install files for the software to a disc and install them on her pc Althought I imagine she has web access to get a suspect virus in the first place Cheers Taffy Also recomended minimum Ad-aware Spybot search and destroy CW Shredder Spywareblaster Ewido security suite all free from da web ETA I'm no PC Gurru but to my elderly neighbours who's PC's I keep going i'm God. They hate asking me but I enjoy helping them. |
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you are wasting your time, it can be don't but it will take FOREVER to scan. and you have to know how to setup filesharing on the computer. Not to mention alot of the system files are in use because the computer is in windows. so they will not be scanned.. and you are risking infecting your computer with the virus, depending on what virus it is! the only way to effectively scan the computer is to take the harddrive out and put it into another computer that has uptodate antivirus installed.. its is windows 98 you can use nod32 or f-prot's DOS scanner. but if you have never used it your in for a treat. |
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