Virus~~HELP

Home Network:

PC A

Router

PC B
- WinXP - WinXP
- No Anti-Virus Software - Affected by virus

Q: PC A will be infected by virus of PC B ????

THX~~

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sprkymrk

By definition a virus is not self replicating, so it would take user action to infect PC A. However, there are hybrid viruses or worms that can self replicate, and depending on the ACL of the router could possibly infect PC A without user intervention.

Vask3n

sprkymrk wrote:

By definition a virus is not self replicating, so it would take user action to infect PC A. However, there are hybrid viruses or worms that can self replicate, and depending on the ACL of the router could possibly infect PC A without user intervention.

Remember the good old days of studying for Sec+?

The way I see it, we can never go by standard definitions of viruses now-adays. Most viruses now are hybrids, so there really is no simple "virus" the way I see it. Sprkymrk is correct, if it is in fact just a virus, it will not replicate. However, I'm willing to bet that it's a hybrid, so theres a chance it could replicate.

EDIT: By replicate, I of course mean on its own