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RE: RE: Viruses and Virtual PC
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Originally posted by andrewdodd13
No. Well.. it's very unlikely. There have been some cases in the past where you can use things like buffer overflows in the VM to affect the services you install (VMWare calls them VMWare Tools, I cant mind what MS calls them) which communicate between the VM and the host.

But as I say, unlikely.

Virus writers have better things to do than ensure that their viruses exploit common VM vulnerabilities just so they can have a few extra infected PCs.
The previous sentence is false. The following sentence is true.
07-02-2008 07:06 AM
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Viruses and Virtual PC - by alegator on 07-02-2008 at 03:47 AM
RE: Viruses and Virtual PC - by Lou on 07-02-2008 at 04:06 AM
RE: Viruses and Virtual PC - by Th3rmal on 07-02-2008 at 04:10 AM
RE: Viruses and Virtual PC - by andrewdodd13 on 07-02-2008 at 05:43 AM
RE: RE: Viruses and Virtual PC - by segosa on 07-02-2008 at 07:06 AM
RE: RE: Viruses and Virtual PC - by alegator on 07-02-2008 at 09:05 AM
RE: Viruses and Virtual PC - by Mike on 07-02-2008 at 07:18 AM
RE: Viruses and Virtual PC - by Menthix on 07-02-2008 at 09:11 AM
RE: Viruses and Virtual PC - by andrewdodd13 on 07-02-2008 at 05:39 PM
RE: Viruses and Virtual PC - by alegator on 07-02-2008 at 06:44 PM
RE: RE: Viruses and Virtual PC - by segosa on 07-02-2008 at 06:54 PM


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