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    Inter-computer Virus Scanning

    I have limited space on my second computer so I want to scan it with my main computer. I guess this would be a hell of an acomplishment, "Yeah, I have the power to scan both computers with this one." My friends would have Penis Envy. They'd be like, "how you do that?" then I be like, "Wrong! No teaching for you, google.com/"

    Would I do it through a router or just go ethernet port to ethernet port? Can you point me somewhere? You guys are the friendliest community I've ever seen. You treat me like a brother.

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    I'm guessing, you just need to link the computers up via a crossover cable and set the AV to scan network drives. not tried it myself, but it should work. Be warned if you have a particularly nasty virus it could move from one PC to the other. You could also try an online virus scanner.

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    networking the machines ain't tricky - however, you'd need to be careful in selecting your scanning software, as not all will do network drives

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    Are there any sites that might help me?

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    There may be problems with the AV software, as a lot of them will not let you scan network drives, without upgrades ($$).

    If both machines have a network card/port, then just connect via a crossover cable, and making sure you have IP addresses assigned to each machine (not the same), also workgroup/domain should be the same.

    Don't know of any sites, but try google "http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=network+two+computers&meta="

    First step would be getting the network/computers talking with each other, then move onto the AV - you can also do gaming with both linked.

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    if you've already got a router, then just use the router.

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    Alright, I'll try all that.

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    I found that most antivirus software will scan mapped drives as if they are local ones. You simply need to map the network drive to the default admin share (\\pc1\C$) of each hdd, and use the administrator password to login. Then run the AV program and select that new mapped drive

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