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On 2016-05-25 12:13, [email protected] wrote:
> On 2016-05-23 12:49, Chris Laprise wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On 05/23/2016 12:06 AM, Andrew David Wong wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> On 2016-05-22 11:52, [email protected] wrote:
>>>>>> I am running a disposable app vm and i assume its
>>>>>> infected, is it possible to retrieve files from it
>>>>>> without cross contamination? Where are the instructions
>>>>>> on how to do this?
>>>>>> 
>>>>> It's not really possible to answer that question in the
>>>>> abstract. It always depends on the situation, and in
>>>>> general it is difficult to do and almost always impossible
>>>>> to verify.
>>>> 
>>>> Suspect files can be safely handled with qvm-copy between
>>>> vms, as long as no attempts are made to open them (even
>>>> parsing them can be risky). But the act of retrieval itself
>>>> should be considered safe.
>>>> 
>>>> This is in contrast to something like a USB drive that gets
>>>> mounted in different vms to move/retrieve data: The
>>>> filesystem itself poses a risk in that case.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Chris
>>>> 
> 
> IIUC:
> 
> 1. We have to trust the compromised VM to qvm-copy the same file
> we ask it to. It may appear to comply but in reality copy a
> malicious file to the destination VM.
> 
> 2. Since the copied file may have been modified to be or replaced
> with a malicious file, opening it in the new, clean VM could result
> in cross-contamination.
> 
>> 
>> 
> 
> 
> OK, so then how does one safely move a file they believe to not be 
> contaminated from a contaminated vm to a clean one??
> 
> 
> 
> 

I repeat:

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I already answered your question in this very thread:

https://groups.google.com/d/msg/qubes-users/gFOct_ZZk1A/agAozg1lPAAJ

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