If I connect my laptop on my internet connection VIA wireless, will my desktop comp infect it with its virus?

Question

If I connect my laptop on my internet connection VIA wireless, and my desktop computer is connected in the internet connection too but not VIA wireless, can it transfer viruses and spywares from its system to my laptop? The desktop is not really mine , its my parents and they are not updating there computer frequently and my guess is that it has a virus. Will it infect my computer if I connect my laptop on their connection wirelessly?

Answer 1

If you are sharing your connection thru a broadband modem and router, it is possable. If the virus is written to replicate itself by looking for other computers via a Trojan horse - YES Or if it is a file or email and you share that across your little net work - Yes

Answer 2

No, it will not. As for your parents' computer, please give them this information, or use it yourself on their computer with their permission:

It sounds as if your computer has spyware and/or adware on it that needs to be removed. There are a couple of things you can do to clean it up. First, download, install and scan your computer with Ad-Aware SE Personal:

http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/

Just let it scan your computer, and let it remove all of the stuff that it finds.

Then download, install, update and scan your computer with Spybot Search & Destroy:

http://www.download.com/Spybot-Search-Destroy/3000-8022_4-10401314.html?tag=lst-0-1

Again, allow the program to scan and remove all of the junk it finds on your computer.

Unfortunately, these two programs, as good as they are, often don't get all of the spyware out of your computer, because spyware makers design new spyware all of the time, and often write their programs so that normal cleaning programs like those above won't work. So I would also recommend you going to the Tech Support Guy forum and registering as a member, and starting a thread in the Security forum there. The experts there will clean your computer up free of charge. Sometimes on weekends and holidays you will need to be patient, as they do this on a voluntary basis:

http://forums.techguy.org/

Good luck!

Answer 3

No it can't be.
but if you try to connect between you laptop an your desktop by using peer to peer connection I think it will be easy i have virus from the desktop to the laptop.

Answer 4

no it wont as long as you dont tranfer any files.like if someone is on your desktop while your on your laptop and you send an e-mail with an attached file then and only then will you get a virus from that computer.

Answer 5

No it won't affect it as long as you don't tranfer any file from the infected computer.

Answer 6

Download more RAM

Answer 7

no it will be fine but you should get virus software anyway

Answer 8

No

Answer 9

No ~~~