Re: Virtual Virus

On 2008-01-21 08:35:24 +0000, chris <ithinkiam@xxxxxxxxx> said:

Nick Bell wrote:
Nick Bell wrote:
Phillip Walters wrote:
I am slowly coming to the conclusion that I may soon have to resort to
Windows XP for some tasks I cannot currently accomplish with OS X. I
assume I will be vulnerable to virus's, spyware et al when online using
the virtual machine. How do others on this group protect themselves ? Or
am I being paranoid ?

No you're not - I use http://free.grisoft.com (be prepared for the performance hit that comes with any AV software...)

... and conceivably the PC virus might attack any shared folders on your host Mac.

Isn't that a flaw? Surely, a PC-specific malware should /not/ affect a host OS that it isn't designed for.

The guest OS is able to write to files that you allow it to write to, so if you share a folder on the host with it, the guest is able to write files into it.

Does that match what you think the word "attack" means?

I realise Wine is not the same as a VM, but a VM should not allow a client access to the host willy-nilly IMO.

It does not, and I can't see how you came to the conclusion that it did.

Cheers,

Chris

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