Router Security Risk?

Posted: 09-24-2008, 09:31 AM

Alex

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Can a computer to infect with viruses throught a router if another computer
what is connected to the internet through the same router is navigating some
virused websites?
What are the changes if the safe computer is having WMP opened and WMP
Sharing tab is set to "Find media that others are sharing" but in "Network
and Sharing Center" the "Sharing and Discovery" options are set as:
Network Discovery: off, File sharing: off, Public folder sharing: off,
printer sharing: off, password protected sharing: on, media sharing: off.

Thank You
Safe computer protected just with: Windows Firewall, AVG Free.

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