Can a virus spread to other pc on the same network?

My brother has an old PC that he constantly uses to download files from shady untrustworthy sources, Its like hes treating his old pc as a guinea pig for his experiments and tbh im worried that his habits could eventually affect my own PC... so it it possible for malware or any virus to jump between devices on the same network, or am i overthinking this?

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u/majimagorofamily — 9 hours ago

Can a virus spread to other pc on the same network?

My brother has an old PC that he constantly uses to download files from shady untrustworthy sources, Its like hes treating his old pc as a guinea pig for his experiments and tbh im worried that his habits could eventually affect my own PC... so it it possible for malware or any virus to jump between devices on the same network, or am i overthinking this?

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u/majimagorofamily — 9 hours ago

I think i just found a really strange channel thats obsessed with Windows/microsoft

just stumbled across this channel, honestly dont think there is anything scary or sketchy here, i watched a few vids and it just looks like some guy is super obsessed with windows and makes vids about these fictional custom versions... the channel isnt even old, like the oldest vid is from 7 months ago and they are still uploading to this day, still i think the channel is kinda weird even if its not exactly creepy

here's the channel: https://www.youtube.com/@MicrosoftWindows3.05

u/majimagorofamily — 15 days ago