turning a wireless router on and off

can a person turn on a wireless router in a home and expose that computer
with the DSL connection to viruses via use of the wireless connection with a
laptop?

Steven
Sun Mar 26 21:20:04 CST 2006

Wireless is just another form of network connectivity and if you have
configure the laptop and the other computer to have network connectivity
such as for access to file shares then yes viruses/worms could propagate
between computers. If you have no need to access shares between computers
then enable a firewall like the Windows Firewall to protect the computers
from each other and disable file and print sharing. --- Steve

http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/protect/windowsxpsp2/Default.mspx
--- Protect Your PC tips.

"videtichj@aol.com" <videtichj@aol.com@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
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> can a person turn on a wireless router in a home and expose that computer
> with the DSL connection to viruses via use of the wireless connection with
> a
> laptop?

videtichjaolcom
Mon Mar 27 07:06:02 CST 2006

So now that the main desktop in the household has a possible virus, and not
the laptop, since my sister did not have her firewall running at the time of
wireless activation of the modem, wha tis the next step in cleaning up the
virus from the computer. Should she reformat the hard drive to original
factory settings, or how could the loss of connectivity be fixed so that her
modem can be accessed via her computer again?

"videtichj@aol.com" wrote:

> can a person turn on a wireless router in a home and expose that computer
> with the DSL connection to viruses via use of the wireless connection with a
> laptop?

Malke
Mon Mar 27 11:43:15 CST 2006

videtichj@aol.com wrote:

> So now that the main desktop in the household has a possible virus,
> and not the laptop, since my sister did not have her firewall running
> at the time of wireless activation of the modem, wha tis the next step
> in cleaning up the virus from the computer. Should she reformat the
> hard drive to original factory settings, or how could the loss of
> connectivity be fixed so that her modem can be accessed via her
> computer again?
>

You didn't say what operating system (and Service Pack level) the main
desktop is running, but if it is XP you rarely need to reinstall the
operating system. Here are virus/malware removal steps to go through
systematically:

http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Removing_Malware

Once you have the computer cleaned up, the connectivity may be fixed
also. Losing connectivity because of malware is extremely common.

Malke
--
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User

videtichjaolcom
Mon Mar 27 13:59:01 CST 2006

Thank you very much for the advide. I will let my sister know the address and
steps within the link so that she can try to remove the virus if thet is the
cause of the disturbances.

"Malke" wrote:

> videtichj@aol.com wrote:
>
> > So now that the main desktop in the household has a possible virus,
> > and not the laptop, since my sister did not have her firewall running
> > at the time of wireless activation of the modem, wha tis the next step
> > in cleaning up the virus from the computer. Should she reformat the
> > hard drive to original factory settings, or how could the loss of
> > connectivity be fixed so that her modem can be accessed via her
> > computer again?
> >
>
> You didn't say what operating system (and Service Pack level) the main
> desktop is running, but if it is XP you rarely need to reinstall the
> operating system. Here are virus/malware removal steps to go through
> systematically:
>
> http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Removing_Malware
>
> Once you have the computer cleaned up, the connectivity may be fixed
> also. Losing connectivity because of malware is extremely common.
>
> Malke
> --
> Elephant Boy Computers
> www.elephantboycomputers.com
> "Don't Panic!"
> MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
>

Steven
Mon Mar 27 18:16:15 CST 2006

Malke explained how to check for and hopefully repair malware problems. Just
to add the link below may be helpful in troubleshooting basic networking
connectivity. The computer needs to be configured with the correct default
gateway and other tcp/ip configuration in order to access the internet. The
ping command as explained is very helpful in doing such. If the modem is
having a problem it often helps to unplug it from power for at least ten
seconds, plug it back in again and reboot the computer. They also have
status lights on the front that can help diagnose problems with the
SP. --- Steve

http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/troubleshoot/

"videtichj@aol.com" <videtichjaolcom@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message news:B7CEECB9-5231-4623-B428-E921DDD8808B@microsoft.com...
> So now that the main desktop in the household has a possible virus, and
> not
> the laptop, since my sister did not have her firewall running at the time
> of
> wireless activation of the modem, wha tis the next step in cleaning up the
> virus from the computer. Should she reformat the hard drive to original
> factory settings, or how could the loss of connectivity be fixed so that
> her
> modem can be accessed via her computer again?
>
> "videtichj@aol.com" wrote:
>
>> can a person turn on a wireless router in a home and expose that computer
>> with the DSL connection to viruses via use of the wireless connection
>> with a
>> laptop?