| Will anti-virus on a host computer protect the entire network?

Will anti-virus on a host computer protect the entire network?

Scott P asked:


On a home network, will the anti-virus that is installed on the host computer protect other computers on the same network?

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2 Responses to “Will anti-virus on a host computer protect the entire network?”

  1. Hoa J on June 5th, 2009 4:29 am

    no, you need anti-virus on each computer…

  2. GTB on June 6th, 2009 3:01 am

    If you have a client server architecture, not a peer to peer network, you can install a server based antivirus and push out the antivirus from there to client pcs.

    However, most home networks are peer to peer. I do not know what you mean by host.