I am new to the PC world,I started with XPfor a year or so,just purchased a
Dell,which has the Vista program,I did down load the virtural program,but now
I need some one to explane just what the program does,and what it's for,I'v
read the tec notes,but I still need some one to give it to me,in layman
terms/lanuage. >
Goosbee
"Barnsie" wrote:
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> Hello all!
>
> As background: I have a 64 bit Vista Ultimate rig running Virtual PC 2007
> (SP1), with a Vista 32 bit VPC set with Shared Networking (NAT) and with Undo
> disk turned on (i.e. you can dispose of changes after each session). The host
> machine runs Windows Live OneCare (firewall, AV/AS, etc.), and I run as an
> Administrator on this machine, but with UAC turned on.
>
> The virtual PC is running NOD32 2.7, and I run as a Standard User on this
> instance. I fully patch Windows when updates come out, and update NOD32
> before going on the internet with this virtual PC.
>
> How great is the risk of the host Vista OS becoming infected with a virus
> from the virtual PC in such a configuration? I know its theoretically
> possible, but how realistic?
>
> Thanks in advance!