Well, I didn't want to start a law-war. Just to clarify, I'm using an iso file downloaded from the microsoft academic website, given for academic workers. In an hour or so I'll try to burn the image to a DVD and install it in VirtualBox like that, and see what happens.
Thanks On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 1:34 AM, Gerard Arthus <[email protected]> wrote: > Mario, > > Great point, this is exactly what I do. Remote storage of critical > information and run your Microshit applications in a VM. If it gets > corrupted, it can easily be restored without compromising the desktop. I > could care less about most malware, since I am running in a VM. This allows > me to hack my Microshit OS for maximum speed, unlike most out-of-the-box > Microshit stuff. > > Gerry > > On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 5:48 PM, Mario Lobo <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> On Wednesday 28 March 2012 18:06:08 Giles Coochey wrote: >> >> > On 28/03/2012 21:08, Gerard Arthus wrote: >> >> >> >> [Snip] >> >> >> >> > >> >> > > Most of the malware comes in through accessing certain registry key, >> >> > > turn of those keys and you can virtually run Windows XP or 7 without >> >> > > malware protection. >> >> > >> >> > Nonsense, the vectors of exploitation are varied and many. Malware >> >> > evolves as quickly as developers plug those vectors. >> >> > >> >> >> >> [Snip] >> >> >> >> I hope that we all come to realize the real magic of VMs, in the form of a >> backup of that .vdi file, with a pristine clean install we just finished, >> not to mention the advantage of keeping the malware infected .vdi for an >> autopsy on an isolated environment. >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Mario Lobo >> >> http://www.mallavoodoo.com.br >> >> FreeBSD since 2.2.8 [not Pro-Audio.... YET!!] (99% winblows FREE) >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> This SF email is sponsosred by: >> Try Windows Azure free for 90 days Click Here >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/sfd2d-msazure >> _______________________________________________ >> VBox-users-community mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/vbox-users-community >> > > > > -- > Gerard Arthus > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > This SF email is sponsosred by: > Try Windows Azure free for 90 days Click Here > http://p.sf.net/sfu/sfd2d-msazure > _______________________________________________ > VBox-users-community mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/vbox-users-community > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF email is sponsosred by: Try Windows Azure free for 90 days Click Here http://p.sf.net/sfu/sfd2d-msazure _______________________________________________ VBox-users-community mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/vbox-users-community
