One of the computers in my house was infected with multiple variants of "Coolweb". That computer has already been reformatted, so it should be safe. However, what is the risk of it spreading to other computers on the home network? I have 3 other computers - 2 running Nod32 and 1 running Kaspersky - and their scan came back clean. I'm quite paranoid about computer security, and am considering reformatting (well, reverting back to my previous image) for all of them. Is that necessary?
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Do you have firewalls running on each individual machine? (Even if it's just Windows built-in firewall...?)
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Coolweb can't spread on it's own. You can check the shared folders of the other computers as it might have dropped an executable in there, however you would have to actually run that executable on the other computer.
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Firewall doesn't make a difference. That prevents connection, not execution.
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Hiker, your signature is the maximum length. I see people with that but in standard size.
Half the page is kids listing the specs of their computer, which BTW, I don't care about at all. I'll check your profile page if I want them, there is a section specific for that. -
. I add my specs so others know where I'm coming from.
Coolweb spreading to other computers?
Discussion in 'Security and Anti-Virus Software' started by hehe299792458, Aug 12, 2008.