Computers, Sharing, Virus, Attacks, printer

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Question by cream er:

Can virus attacks computers by sharing a printer?

Can virus attacks computers by sharing a printer?

I run a small business and had 2 computers in my office. I used one computer to do all the office work like keeping record & data, letters etc and the other which is connected to internet for email, research, etc. Both computers are sharing same printer. If the computer that connected to internet get attacked by a virus, does my other computer will be attacked too?




Best answer:

Answer by kinamyen
Yes, your computers share the printer through a gateway. So if the PC online gets infected it can spread however, if you configure the firewall on the work PC to only allow printer related packets to come to the PC, then the chances of getting a virus are trimmed way down.

Basically, the more access the computer connected to the internet has to the work computer, the more chances a virus can spread. And by access i mean what is allowed to come through, even though you might not know it.

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