I’m running Windows xp as a guest on virtualbox.
Is anti-virus software recommended?
A VBox Windows works exactly like a real one, and just as vulnerable, so you should do what you would do with a real one.
Yes, absolutely…it’s a real OS connected to the 'net.
I’m using Panda Cloud Anti-Virus (it’s free) on mine right now because it was getting good press. Light on resources too.
Thanks, that’s what was my gut was telling me. I just wanted to make sure.
Just installed AVG
linuxminded wrote:
> Thanks, that’s what was my gut was telling me. I just wanted to make
> sure.
but, it may not be required depending on exactly how you use it…
that is, if you install a known clean image and use it to (say) run
Office or Photoshop applications only, and only inside the VM (never
connects to the web, never lets others in the network come into the
VM, etc) then there is not much to worry about…
well, you can put an infected CD in the slot to upgrade Photoshop
(or whatever) and introduce all sorts of bad stuff…
but, as long as you begin clean and keep it fenced off from ALL
inputs, then AV is just a cycle user…
on the other hand: friends don’t let friends run Redmond without all
kinds of security considerations in use…
so, spend the cycles…
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palladium
There’s one sure way to make Windows absolutely secure…
Disconnect it from power. 
ken yap wrote:
> There’s one sure way to make Windows absolutely secure…
>
> Disconnect it from power.
+2
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palladium
I don’t use AV in my XP VB install.
Not really worth it since I only use it for certain things.
I’ve had this XP VDI going for a little over a year and I’ve never opened a web browser in it.
I keep a “clean” snapshot of my XP VM. Whenever I feel like there’s a need to revert back to the snapshot (messed up configurations, possible virus infections(!), too many unnecessary applications installed ), it’ll takes me less than a few seconds.
Much less hassle if you ask me.
Same with Linux… or any other system.
BTW, just in case you think it’s safe to run a Windows machine without anti-virus if you don’t connect it to the Internet, I found a virus on a flash key that I had been using to distribute software to a bunch Windows machines that had no Internet connection. Apparently one of the machines had been infected and I had unwittingly spread the infection with my flash key. Perhaps someone had brought in a document to work with their flash key. So the old-fashioned virus vectors still work, if somewhat slower in this connected age.
As Mark points out, it really depends on what you intend to use you Windows VM for. If it’s just to run a few win apps, no web browsing or personal information, an AV would just drain resources without really serving any purpose. If it’s for general use, it would be the same as with any Windows machine.
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