On May 6, 2004, at 06:36 pm, zippy wrote:
Hi List
I recently bought Virtual PC and intend to do some internet stuff with it -
email, surfing, etc.- but I am wondering if Virtual PC itself is as subject
to hacker intrusions as a PC Windows computer would be.
My guess OTTOMH is "no", unless I have the V-PC function on, hooked up to the internet, and allow the computer to remain idle for a time. Am I correct about that?
Your input, insights and experiences would be appreciated. TIA
The vulnerability is not the PC itself, it's Windows. Thus if you run Linux or something non-Windows on VPC (I don't know if that's even possible now MS own VPC) it's as safe as a PC running non-Windows. If you run Windows on VPC you are as vulnerable to everything Windows users are vulnerable too. If you have the OS X Firewall on it might help as VPC piggy-backs onto the OS X network layer to do TCP/IP and so the OS X Firewall might stop the evil doers before they get to the security-inept Windows systems.
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