"And, if you can send an email from the VM to the host that means there
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> is a network connection between them and the host is open to any
> malware or virus via that network"
Not necessarily a direct network connection between the host and VPC as in
sharing files. There would be an indirect connection through the Internet
and the mail server.
"Steve Jain" <noreply.-@-.essjae.com> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 10 Sep 2008 11:31:13 -0400, FACE <AFaceInTheCrowd@xxxxxx>
> wrote:
> Quote:
>>On Tue, 9 Sep 2008 19:08:05 -0700 (PDT), in microsoft.public.virtualpc,
>>Rich <richmarin@xxxxxx>, wrote
>> Quote:
>>>
>>>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. >
> And, if you can send an email from the VM to the host that means there
> is a network connection between them and the host is open to any
> malware or virus via that network.
>
> --
> Cheers,
> Steve Jain, Virtual Machine MVP
> http://vpc.essjae.com/
> I do not work for Microsoft.