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Virus scan using straight through cable

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  • 15-02-2007 2:19pm
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    petes
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    Could I connect a laptop to a desktop with a straight through cable, share the c:\ drive on the desktop and scan using the laptops virus scan/spyware programs?

    Thanks


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    Tom Dunne
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    Not with a straight through cable, you would need a cross over cable. Unless you have a router.

    You would need to map the drives to a drive letter on the desktop and then scan them.


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    petes
    Registered Users Posts: 8,382 ✭✭✭petes


    tom dunne wrote:
    Not with a straight through cable, you would need a cross over cable. Unless you have a router.

    You would need to map the drives to a drive letter on the desktop and then scan them.


    Silly me. It is a cross over cable I have.

    So I share C:\from the desktop and map it on the Laptop.


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    Capt'n Midnight
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    or even a boot disk with the av on it

    to scan across the cable you'd have to setup filesharing and even then you won't pickup stuff that hides itself well


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