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09-09-2008
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| Guest | Browse Internet and Virutal PC 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. |
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09-09-2008
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| Guest | Re: Browse Internet and Virutal PC "Rich" <richmarin@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:b25813de-dce0-4098-b4be-84764091d433@xxxxxx 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. have a network connection between the guest and the host, some nasties can infect other machines through the network. |
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09-10-2008
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| Guest | Re: Browse Internet and Virutal PC On Sep 9, 10:08*pm, Rich <richma...@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. |
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09-10-2008
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| Guest | Re: Browse Internet and Virutal PC "Rich" <richmarin@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:b25813de-dce0-4098-b4be-84764091d433@xxxxxx 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? -- Mark Rae ASP.NET MVP http://www.markrae.net |
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09-10-2008
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| Guest | Re: Browse Internet and Virutal PC "Mark Rae [MVP]" <mark@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:OJQpVuzEJHA.3288@xxxxxx Quote: > "Rich" <richmarin@xxxxxx> wrote in message > news:b25813de-dce0-4098-b4be-84764091d433@xxxxxx > 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? > http://vpc.visualwin.com/ngfaq.aspx#17 > > Can't see an answer to the OP's question in that link.... |
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09-10-2008
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| Guest | Re: Browse Internet and Virutal PC "Gordon" <gordonbparker@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:eBNvLb0EJHA.2292@xxxxxx Quote: Quote: 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? >> http://vpc.visualwin.com/ngfaq.aspx#17 > Can't see an answer to the OP's question in that link.... -- Mark Rae ASP.NET MVP http://www.markrae.net |
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09-10-2008
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| Guest | Re: Browse Internet and Virutal PC "Mark Rae [MVP]" <mark@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:O4MDVi0EJHA.4260@xxxxxx Quote: > "Gordon" <gordonbparker@xxxxxx> wrote in message > news:eBNvLb0EJHA.2292@xxxxxx > Quote: 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? >>> >>> http://vpc.visualwin.com/ngfaq.aspx#17 >> Can't see an answer to the OP's question in that link.... > Really? Seems fairly clear to me... > OS? None that I can see.... |
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09-10-2008
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| Guest | Re: Browse Internet and Virutal PC #17 -- Bob Comer On Wed, 10 Sep 2008 14:29:05 +0100, "Gordon" <gordonbparker@xxxxxx> wrote: Quote: >"Mark Rae [MVP]" <mark@xxxxxx> wrote in message >news:O4MDVi0EJHA.4260@xxxxxx Quote: >> "Gordon" <gordonbparker@xxxxxx> wrote in message >> news:eBNvLb0EJHA.2292@xxxxxx >> 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? >>>> >>>> http://vpc.visualwin.com/ngfaq.aspx#17 >>> >>> Can't see an answer to the OP's question in that link.... >> Really? Seems fairly clear to me... >> >So which link tells the OP what happens if he gets a virus in his Virtual PC >OS? None that I can see.... |
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09-10-2008
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| Guest | Re: Browse Internet and Virutal PC Robert Comer wrote: Quote: > #17 > Gotta say, I agree with Gordon here. The OP was not asking whether the host AV would protect the guest, but rather whether an infection of the guest (which he maybe doesn't care about) could infect the host (which he would care about). -- David Wilkinson Visual C++ MVP |
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09-10-2008
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| Guest | Re: Browse Internet and Virutal PC Okay, I can buy that, sorry, I was reading more into it than it actually says, my fault. I was going on was the separate computer idea... -- Bob Comer On Wed, 10 Sep 2008 09:55:52 -0400, David Wilkinson <no-reply@xxxxxx> wrote: Quote: >Robert Comer wrote: Quote: >> #17 >> >Robert/Mark: > >Gotta say, I agree with Gordon here. > >The OP was not asking whether the host AV would protect the guest, but rather >whether an infection of the guest (which he maybe doesn't care about) could >infect the host (which he would care about). |
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