spread of malware / cross platform

Discussion in 'Malware Help (A Specialist Will Reply)' started by dewback, Aug 24, 2008.

  1. dewback

    dewback Corporal

    Lets say I have 2 computers on the same nat router. One windows XP and the other linux. They are not networked to share each others files or peripherals, but do share the same wired internet connection, and are always powered on. Neither runs a software firewall. Lets say the Linux machine (although I know linux is far less prone to viruses and malware) becomes infected. Is the windows machine at risk, being that it is behind the same hardware firewall? Is malware platform specific or can it spread to a different os?

    How about the same platform? Let's say I have the same set up but this time with both windows XP machines. Is that possible to spread from one machine to the other?
     
    dewback, Aug 24, 2008
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  2. chaslang

    chaslang MajorGeeks Admin - Master Malware Expert Staff Member

    A fallacy!


    Potentially yes.

    Some are and some may not be. Malware can be designed to do anything including recognizing the OS.

    Yes. And does each PC have the same user accounts and passwords??? Does the Administrator account on each have the same password? These are things to consider in a network. If all PCs have the same Administrator password and one gets infected then they are all at risk.
     
    chaslang, Aug 25, 2008
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