[fattybean]

Is it possible to upload a virus from my laptop - which has had internet access and MAY have been exposed to a virus- to our Haas controls(VF0 and VF2)?

I would assume it would be like a human getting Dutch Elm Disease. Aren't viruses that a Windows PC gets made to attack Windows operating systems and would not be compatible with a CNC control.

My boss will only allow uploads from a PC that has never been connected to another PC or the internet, so for any new programs I make on my laptop I have to punch them in manually at the machine. This is a big, time consuming pain in thee A.

I am very computer literate, I have built several PCs and am pretty sure I would know if there is a virus on any of my computers. I am however not an expert on computer viruses so I am not 100% sure a Windows based virus couldn't transfer I wouldn't want to risk very expensive machines.

This has never been an issue at the 4 other shops I have worked, the CAD/CAM PCs have all had internet access, I have never heard of such a thing, it sounds ridiculous.