On Tue, 9 Sep 2008 19:08:05 -0700 (PDT), in microsoft.public.virtualpc,
Rich <richmarin@xxxxxx>, wrote
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>If is use a Virtual PC HVD to browse the internet. And if I am
>attacked by spy ware or computer viruses. Will the get to my real PC
>or just harm the Virtual PC?
>
>Thanking you all in advance.
The stock answer is no, your host system would not be infected. That
assumes a self-contained virtual pc on your host system.
The reality depends on the virus' manner of replication. (I doubt that
spyware would be a concern).
If you used shared networking or shared folders the virus could spread
through transferred files for example. Or possibly through networked
system interface, though I could not speak to that.
Consider this too, one of the popular virus replication methods is to send
themselves in emails. You could send -- or have silently sent -- an email
from your virtual machine that you then received in your host machine.
That could spread it from the VPC to the Host.
FACE