outbound traffic

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Okay, let's say a virus get's onto a computer and uses
the network. It's got to infect one machine, then it uses
and goes through the network (I'm guessing it's using
outbound traffic). Here's my question... The other
computer(s) should be protected since the router controls
inbound traffic, correct?

This is a home network that consists of three machines
with a router that has a built-in firewall that controls
incoming traffic from the Internet. These machines
doesn't control outbound traffic.
 
Okay, let's say a virus get's onto a computer and uses
the network. It's got to infect one machine, then it uses
and goes through the network (I'm guessing it's using
outbound traffic). Here's my question... The other
computer(s) should be protected since the router controls
inbound traffic, correct?

This is a home network that consists of three machines
with a router that has a built-in firewall that controls
incoming traffic from the Internet. These machines
doesn't control outbound traffic.
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Don't know about others, but I would install some software firewall (i'm
using ZoneAlarm from http://www.zonelabs.com) just to see outbound
connection attempts and what tries make them if there would happen to have
those attempts...
 
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