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kryan1 · 2007-01-11 19:00:47

I have a wireless network set up at home and i have a laptop and a PC. Now i have a current version of McAfee running on the laptop, but i am thinking of networking the PC's. I have BB, and i really don't want to buy another AV, so any files that i DL, i DL on the laptop. So if i was 2 use the PC, it would be only surfing.…

11-01-2007 08:00PM

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kryan1

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I have a wireless network set up at home and i have a laptop and a PC. Now i have a current version of McAfee running on the laptop, but i am thinking of networking the PC's. I have BB, and i really don't want to buy another AV, so any files that i DL, i DL on the laptop. So if i was 2 use the PC, it would be only surfing. So my question is would windows firewall be ok on the PC. I would let windows updates run aswell. So it there anything i need to be worried. I just did a firewall test on the internet and it passed. PC is running windows xp
Thanks
Kevin

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#2 17-01-2007 08:12PM

kryan1

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So i can assume that nobody is sure if my pc is safe if i hook it up to the network.
Thanks anyway
Kevin

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#3 17-01-2007 08:15PM

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You don't need to buy an anti virus package anyway, there are better free ones available than McAffee. AVG, avast! or Anti-vir all have free versions.

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