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Old 09-11-2008   #15 (permalink)
Rich


 
 

Re: Browse Internet and Virutal PC

On Sep 11, 3:10*pm, Steve Jain <norepl...@-.essjae.com> wrote:
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> On Thu, 11 Sep 2008 14:49:05 -0400, "John" <m...@xxxxxx> wrote:
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> >"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"
>
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> >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.
>
> Ok, so how is the VM connecting to the internet? * A separate subnet,
> router, etc so that it's traffic and the host's traffic can't mix?
>
> --
> Cheers,
> Steve Jain, Virtual Machine MVPhttp://vpc.essjae.com/
> I do not work for Microsoft.

I use cable modem to connect to the Internet.

The reason I am using Virutal PC is because I thought that If I am
attacked by spyware and computer viruses, the virus will destroy the
Virtual PC not my real PC.



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