True... I run nod32 on (wife and kids) windows boxes, it's not free, but it's trouble free and light weight.
--Manny On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 6:39 PM, Chris Louden <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 6:23 PM, Manny <[email protected]> wrote: >> A vm running a windows guest can get infected, but if it's on a linux >> host you wont have to worry about your linux os being affected. > > Well if you move files between the OS's there could still be a risk. > While the virus may not affect your Linux box if you don't have an AV > solution and you then pass the file onto other computers you could > still help spread it. Even if you are immune you can still be a > carrier. > > >> >> I like to set up my guest on a 8gb expandable virtual image. Once I >> get it the way I like (install apps, tweak for performance) I make >> sure to copy this hd image to a removable drive. This makes it easy >> to restore, in case I get some trojan or worst. The hd image itself >> can be bzip'ed to about half it's size, sometimes even less ;-) >> >> Than we can safely surf the pron, woot! >> --Manny >> >> On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 12:33 AM, Roger E. Rustad, Jr >> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Paul Saenz wrote: >>>> If you go to the website in an appliance running in VMware, won't you be >>>> sandboxed, >>>> and won't you be safe from any attack? >>> >>> It all depends. >>> >>> The guest OS (the "VM") is often bridged to the same network/subnet as >>> the host machine. If both are running Windows and it's a virus that >>> spreads itself to those on the same subnet, then it's quite possibly >>> everything can get hosed with one infected VM. >>> >>> But normally, yes -- like you said, it's (in theory) two completely >>> separate environments and often "safe". >>> _______________________________________________ >>> LinuxUsers mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> LinuxUsers mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers >> > _______________________________________________ > LinuxUsers mailing list > [email protected] > http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers >
