Home Network safety question

We have 2 PC's in the house - both running Eset.
Upstairs running Win 7 Home Prem and downstairs (which is connected to the Belkin router) running XP SP3.

Our Son has moved back in and after using a Mac Notebook for many years now has a new HP laptop running Win 7. His machine came with Norton A/V, but because the laptop does not have a built in DVD drive, he has not yet loaded the Norton.

Should I keep him off the home network?
I am concerned that he could bring in a virus and spread it to our 2 PC's.

 

Hello,

We do not usually provide support for other anti-malware products in the ESET Support Forum, but you could try copying the installation disc for the other program to a USB flash drive on your computer and then giving it to your son.

Symantec's technical support can probably provide additional details/support from there.

Regards,

Aryeh Goretsky

 

Allow me to re-phrase the question -

Should I be concerned with an unprotected PC on my home net work?
Will Eset Smart Security find any viruses 'brought in' by a unprotected PC?
Could a unprotected PC even broadcast across the (home) network?

 

Hello,

If the unprotected computer becomes infected, it could attempt to infect or attack other computers on the network.

Regards,

Aryeh Goretsky