Vista - MS Virtual Server and Malware

I have loaded XP in its own virtual space using MS virtual server.
I'd like to infect it with Malware and try to clean it. Will the
infection spread to my host machine or should it stay only on the
virtual machine? The malware I'm going to run on the virtual server
is either antivirus 2009 or antivirus xp 2008, I think there similar.

Thanks,
Chris

It shouldn't spread to the host machine, as I recall the 2 malware products
you are looking at get installed when you access an infected web site. For
extra peace of mind, turn off the nics on the Virtual Machine so it can't
actually get out onto your network or possible pull down other infections.

We've been fighting with those infections on our network, we tend to just
re-image the workstation, since none of the cleanups we've tried have given
us any confidence that the virus is actually removed.

"Chris" <chris95008@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:55493a56-0e37-4e4b-9e4c-a6b691cc5af0@xxxxxx

On Mon, 8 Sep 2008 15:46:00 -0700, Kit <Kit@xxxxxx>
wrote:
If there is a network connection between the two, you could definitely
infect the host OS.

The VM should be isolated from the host and the host's network
connection, otherwise any malware/virus infection could easily spread.

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Cheers,
Steve Jain, Virtual Machine MVP
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I do not work for Microsoft.