On Tue, Dec 30, 2008 at 10:49 AM, Roger Wright <[email protected]> wrote: > Would the anti-virus package on a host machine also protect the guest VMs?
No. To the host OS, the virtual disk image is just a giant binary file. You wouldn't want to scan that with AV; it would kill performance. And even if the AV found something, all it could do would be to quarantine or delete your virtual disk -- essentially causing your VM to spontaneously disappear from existence. -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
