Vista - Re: Virus Scanner and Guest OS

08-18-2008

I'll take a guess that Charles is seeing the same thing that I am --- as I
load up the Virtual Machine, I start getting Symantec Tamper Errors telling
me that the file virtualpc.exe is trying to access certain files (cpApp., I
believe was one of them), and that the Tamper Agent has blocked them. The
only way to prevent these errors (and we are talking about 30 of them per
reboot) seems to be to disable the tamper protection. My version of the
Antivirus doesn't have an exclude list that I can find for the Tamper
Protection, so there really is no other option but to disable the Tamper
Protection or ignore the warning. Neither situation is ideal.

Any suggestions?

"Colin Barnhorst" wrote:

Quote:

> The antivirus on your host has no effect on the guest in VPC. What are you
> seeing that suggests to you that you need to disable the AV?
>
> For the guest I suggest AVG Free (unless you are using the guest for
> production purposes).
>
> "Charles Tam" <CharlesTam@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:2A9F6214-4C2E-429B-9D50-DEC418848EFF@xxxxxx

Quote:

> > I'm running VPC on Windows XP with Symantec Norton Internet Security 2004.
> > Should I disable the Norton virus scanner while VPC is hosting an OS?

>
>
>

08-18-2008	#1 (permalink)
Christo n/a posts	Re: Virus Scanner and Guest OS I'll take a guess that Charles is seeing the same thing that I am --- as I load up the Virtual Machine, I start getting Symantec Tamper Errors telling me that the file virtualpc.exe is trying to access certain files (cpApp., I believe was one of them), and that the Tamper Agent has blocked them. The only way to prevent these errors (and we are talking about 30 of them per reboot) seems to be to disable the tamper protection. My version of the Antivirus doesn't have an exclude list that I can find for the Tamper Protection, so there really is no other option but to disable the Tamper Protection or ignore the warning. Neither situation is ideal. Any suggestions? "Colin Barnhorst" wrote: Quote: > The antivirus on your host has no effect on the guest in VPC. What are you > seeing that suggests to you that you need to disable the AV? > > For the guest I suggest AVG Free (unless you are using the guest for > production purposes). > > "Charles Tam" <CharlesTam@xxxxxx> wrote in message > news:2A9F6214-4C2E-429B-9D50-DEC418848EFF@xxxxxx Quote: > > I'm running VPC on Windows XP with Symantec Norton Internet Security 2004. > > Should I disable the Norton virus scanner while VPC is hosting an OS? > > >
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