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Thread ID: 20020	2002-05-27 22:20:00	networking and anti virus program	Guest (0)	Press F1

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51151	2002-05-27 22:20:00	I am looking after 5 computers networked with the Windows 95 program. Is it sufficient to just have norton anti virus on the computer with the modem or should all the computers been installed with Nortons.	Guest (0)
51152	2002-05-27 22:45:00	Hi Dave - I respectfully suggest installing <whatever AV you use> onto each PC. Beware the lone individual with an infected diskette! In my experience, at least as many viruses have come into small networks (especially schools) from diskettes used at home, as from direct email. In an ideal world, you could have an (old banger would suffice) standalone spare PC with which to check & sign off diskettes before putting them into a networked PC.	Guest (0)
51153	2002-05-27 23:04:00	I once worked at a place that provided public internet/computer access aimed at the tourist market. A sort of internet cafe that wasn't. We did just as suggested above, and had an old banger, i think it was a 486, that was used to check all floppys before they went into any of our network. We still had to run AV on all machines that were 'publicly accessable' If what you have is stricly private network, you might get away without this.... but, anything can come in via a website, or something we haven't even thought of yet, so the more protection the better, generally if it has internet access, it has virus access.	Guest (0)
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