Windows XP security in VMware -

[David]

On 8/13/2013 12:11 PM, Bob Goodwin ~ Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote:
> On 13/08/13 12:06, Reindl Harald wrote:
>>
>> Am 13.08.2013 18:00, schrieb Bob Goodwin ~ Zuni:
>>> If I run WindowsXP in a VM am I looking at Windows security risks? I
>>> have whatever protection Fedora 19 delivers
>>> out of the box and my DD-WRT router. I am still uneasy booting
>>> Windows ... There are no Windows boxes on my LAN,
>>> only Apple stuff in addition to mine
>>>
>>> Comments?
>> yes: stop to think a virtual machine is anything different
>> than a physical install, if you have a unpatched security
>> hole in your virtual windows it get's the same way infected
>> by doing the same as any other windows
>>
>> and with a virtual machine running Windows *you have* a windows
>> in your LAN and most likely it has more ports to your host
>> open as you would have on the LAN, at least older versions
>> of VMware Workstation where treatet as coming from localhost
>> by iptables, in never versions the connections are coming
>> from the virtual NAT address and can be filtered seperatly
>>
> 
> Ok, so then my fear of WindowsXP security problems is justified. Not to
> run it unless needed!
> 
> Thanks
> 


Install Malwarebytes on your WinXP VM.

<http://www.malwarebytes.org/>

Keep the Database up-to-date. The 'free' one works fine. First time run
the full scan then after run the quick scan.

And be careful what you download and from where it comes.   :-)

-- 

  David