Can computers on a router get a virus if file sharing is off?

I have 4 computers in my home, each sharing a wireless network for the
purpose of accessing the internet on each. I do not have file or printer
sharing enabled on any of the computers.

If one of the computers get a virus, can that virus be spread to any of the
other computers which share this router or does file sharing have to be
turned on for that to happen?

"Jay A" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:hC5Gh.328$NA4.26@trnddc07...
>I have 4 computers in my home, each sharing a wireless network for the
>purpose of accessing the internet on each. I do not have file or
>printer sharing enabled on any of the computers.
>
> If one of the computers get a virus, can that virus be spread to any
> of the other computers which share this router or does file sharing
> have to be turned on for that to happen?
>

Assuming you own all the computers or are in control of them. Given
that you don't have anti-virus on one of them you probably don't have it
on the other three. So yes all the computers will probably get
infected.

--
Travis in Shoreline Washington

From: "Jay A" <(E-Mail Removed)>

| I have 4 computers in my home, each sharing a wireless network for the
| purpose of accessing the internet on each. I do not have file or printer
| sharing enabled on any of the computers.
|
| If one of the computers get a virus, can that virus be spread to any of the
| other computers which share this router or does file sharing have to be
| turned on for that to happen?
|

Yes.
Questions on viruses are asked and answered in groups such as; news:alt.comp.anti-virus

--
Dave
http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
http://www.ik-cs.com/got-a-virus.htm

From: "Travis M." <(E-Mail Removed)>


| Assuming you own all the computers or are in control of them. Given
| that you don't have anti-virus on one of them you probably don't have it
| on the other three. So yes all the computers will probably get
| infected.
|

The problem with this question (besides in not being a virus NG) is that he didn't ask what
kind of virus. So the answer has to be Yes.

There are many kinds of viruses such as; Boot Sector, file infectors and Internet worms.
Each has a different infection vector. Only Internet worms from the Internet would be
blocked from crossing the WAN/LAN barrier but a virus can be installed via Social
Engineering, email, browser vulnerabilities, etc, etc.

--
Dave
http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
http://www.ik-cs.com/got-a-virus.htm