Question about Xbox 360 and Computer

nita1950

19 years ago

My son has a question. He wants to do something that I don't understand how to present to the forum. I had to ask him to do it. His father is concerned about viruses.

Here goes (from my son):

This is for Xbox live..... anyhoo, i want to switch my NAT settings to open but it is on moderate currently. I asked my dad to put the NAT to open but he thinks viruses can come inside over the file transfer. The file transfer is only from our computer to the xbox(not from someone else's computer). I cant search anything from the xbox but, i can download music, gamer pictures, themes, demos, etc. This is supplied from Microsoft and if they had viruses Microsoft would get so many complaints b/c people dont want to download viruses and nobody would get the system. Back to the point, if we switch the NAT settings to open would our computer still be protected from viruses and trojans and stuff to that extent??

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mikie_gw
19 years ago
I dont know what an xbox is. Probably doesnt matter that I dont.

NAT very effectively seperates your personal computers on your private network from the open public www network. Not just microsoft.
If you disable NAT then you get a real www IP at your main computer and the whole world can access it or attempt to anyhow - most isp's will only assign one ip per customer without extra charges, that's why, I assume, youre talking about NAT to begin with, means you most likely have a router.
- charges for extra IP numbers can get rather steep for a home internet account. Some isp's require you to have a business internet account for multiple IP's.

You can look in your modem/router at firewall rules and you can do anything you want with NAT still enabled. Most probably the manufacturer of the Router? will have instructions on configuring it specifically for xbox if you visit their website support pages.
marthapartha
19 years ago
Can you do this while unplugged from the internet?

XBOX 's are built for computer transfers.

Can you transfer a virus from the XBOX to the PC?

I don't think so. That's not a very good answer is it?

XBOX 360 can be hacked. The likely-hood of your son having a hacked XBOX without knowing this is slim to none. This is something that XBOX owners try to do. Cracking the XBOX 360 is analogous to cracking a game ...which is playing without paying.

As far as Microsoft not getting viruses!? Microsoft is the king of viruses. That is their big numero uno problem and why we have a hundred or so updates in our Control Panel.
Every patch and most updates represent a vulnerability exposed by hackers. Microsoft's track record is the worst in the industry.

If you downloaded and saved to a disk what you wanted from the Microsoft sites and then did a data file transfer offline?

You are going to need a gaming site to answer this question honestly. What your son wants to do is normal for the XBOX. This is not out of the ordinary at all. How risky is it? How risky is it when you turn your computer on...always very.

Until I got my security up and running on my new hard drive...I was shocked at the amount of popups I got on my desktop!!! I wasn't even on the darn internet. But with the background process for IE always running for Windows you are accessible at startup.

You are really going to need a game site. Your son might be right. XBOX360 and the computer are meant to go hand in hand and really hand in hand when Vista arrives. Computers will be able to challenge XBOXERs online with VISTA...yep we will abe able to play each other if we got the cash.

Then on the other hand logistically it is scarry. You don't want to be vulnerable at any time your are hooked up to the internet.

Try the "Forumz" at Tom's Hardware (which is a high tech computer site). If they don't know, no one knows. They have an XBOX section. I game at a minimum. Too minimum to answer this question.

Here is a link that might be useful: Tom's Hardware XBOX Forum
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nita1950
Original Author
19 years ago
Thanks for the responses. I will let DH and DS read these and we will check out the website Marthapartha.

Nita
turtile
19 years ago
If you want to connect the PC and Xbox 360 all you need is the latest Windows Media Player or Media Connect.

On the PC, you choose which folders you what the Xbox 360 to access and choose which devices on the network can see the files.

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