Agreed; even if the host could scan the VMs, they're disk images. Scanning a 20gb file (or however big your virtual hard drive is) isn't going to be fast.
Jeff On Tue, Dec 30, 2008 at 11:10 AM, Damien Solodow <[email protected]> wrote: > Mostly. However, I don't know that it can efficiently scan the vmdk files > for it. > > > > I would be easy enough to test… Put AV on your host, and put eicars on one > of the guests and see if the host notices it. > > > > I'm fairly sure the answer will be no though.. > > > > From: Roger Wright [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 11:02 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: A/V on VM Host > > > > And from the host's perspective, the VMs are files, right? > > > > > > > > Roger Wright > > Network Administrator > > Evatone, Inc. > > 727.572.7076 x388 > > _____ > > > > From: Damien Solodow [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 10:56 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: A/V on VM Host > > > > Normally the AV autoprotect monitors files, not network traffic…. > > > > From: Roger Wright [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 10:50 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: A/V on VM Host > > > > Would the anti-virus package on a host machine also protect the guest VMs? > > > > I was wondering if, say, VirusScan is installed on the host box, wouldn't it > be scanning all data streaming across the NIC, including that which is > destined for the VMs? > > > > Is there a flaw in my thinking? > > > > > > > > Roger Wright > > Network Administrator > > Evatone, Inc. > > 727.572.7076 x388 > > > > _____ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
