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Virus scan using straight through cable

petes · 2007-02-15 13:19:36

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

15-02-2007 1:19pm

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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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#2 15-02-2007 3:17pm

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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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#3 15-02-2007 3:21pm

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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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#4 15-02-2007 10:27pm

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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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