Virus on network connection

For ease of use our family has set up a HomeGroup, with Document sharing enabled. All computers are Windows Or are we only at risk if we copy a file from an infected computer to another computer? They are often referred to in our U3A Online Australia newsletter. Reply not required. I like to have real examples that illustrate the concepts. As an example I am looking at right now.

I am on a specific switch network of the type This gives access to the Internet. I think you mean could some virus not antivirus spread. Short answer: yes. Right now I think lack of critical mass support of IPv6 remains the bottleneck. Comments violating those rules will be removed. Comments that don't add value will be removed, including off-topic or content-free comments, or comments that look even a little bit like spam.

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Comment on the article. No personal information. No spam. Technology with Confidence. You'll also see a detection under Quarantined threats in the Scan history section in the Windows Security app:. Open the Windows Security app by clicking the shield icon in the task bar or searching the start menu for Security.

Under the Quarantined threats section, select See full history to see the detected fake malware. Versions of Windows 10 before version have a different user interface.

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Note You need to open an administrator-level version of the command prompt. Note This file is not an actual piece of malware. Thanks for your feedback. It's possible that the list of "available wireless networks" is not refreshing, and what you see with your D-Link adapter is only those networks previously available see, e. The fact that a separate wireless adapter sees no available networks tends to confirm this hypothesis. What is the make and model of your router?

Look at the label on the back or bottom and include any hardware version noted. If after refreshing the list of available networks, no networks are shown, connect to your router using an Ethernet cable and log into the router's configuration utility.

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Details required : characters remaining Cancel Submit 1 person found this reply helpful. I'm really sorry but I made an error. The desktop which has the problem actually runs on windows Vista.

LemP, I followed your instructions but it didn't work. Same issue as before. I don't have a router, here, my provider gave us a modem with wireless capacity. Doesn't seem to have a model number, all I know is that its a Gateway. Ratandeep , I tried the troubleshooting and it basically lists a few things that could be wrong. Sometimes it tells me that the D-Link adapter is experiencing problems. Check if the protocol bindings are correct but nothing helps. I can't install Safety scanner because I have no internet connection on the desktop but can I get the setup and put it on a USB and move it to the desktop?

Please let me know if you can still help me with this problem even though its windows Vista. PS the make and model of the computer is HP mc. I would suggest you to update network or LAN driver and chipset drivers from these links and check the issue. For me i having wifi modem which is distributed from our hostel.

I hope its virus problem.