I’m running a virtual computer (Windows XP Home SP3) through Sun xVM VirtualBox 2.0.4 on a Windows Vista Host. The virtual computer is connected to the internet via a virtual adapter that connects to the host’s internet connection. Would a virus/spyware that is being acquired by the virtual machine infect the host during the time period when the virus/spyware is downloaded by the host for the guest?
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I use Sandboxie, which creates a virtual space away from the hard drive and all of my surfing is done within this virtual space. I also open malware in it for test and research purposes:http://tinyurl.com/SandboxedMalware
Because you are in a VM, no virus/malware will download to your drive unless you give it the rights to by ‘recovering’ it.
With any virtual space, everything within it disappears unless the user specifically recovers items from it, so the element of risk lies with the user. I have had no infections after deleting the contents of the sandbox and only recover bookmarks and downloaded files that I specifically wish to.
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