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  • 14-05-2007 06:07PM
    #1
    Starfox
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 271 ✭✭


    Hello peeps, im not sure if this is the right place to post this but... anyway im on a Macintosh, ive installed Windows XP and im using Parallels Desktop. One of the main reasons i have a mac is the virus factor basically cant get any. And i want to know now that ive installed windows can my whole machine be infected by viruses or just the windows files that i will have, any help would be great, thank you ;)


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  • #2
    aidan_walsh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,208 ✭✭✭✭aidan_walsh


    Your Windows virtual machine is kept away from the rest of the system.


  • #3
    Starfox
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 271 ✭✭Starfox


    aidan_walsh wrote:
    Your Windows virtual machine is kept away from the rest of the system.


    very handy, you might be wondering why i have installed windows if i bought a mac in the first place, just some games and apps that OS X cant do...


  • #4
    Martyr
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,567 ✭✭✭Martyr


    Hello peeps, im not sure if this is the right place to post this but... anyway im on a Macintosh, ive installed Windows XP and im using Parallels Desktop. One of the main reasons i have a mac is the virus factor basically cant get any. And i want to know now that ive installed windows can my whole machine be infected by viruses or just the windows files that i will have, any help would be great, thank you

    most if not all anti-virus vendors use virtual machines/emulators to reverse engineer malware, and malware authors (mainly rootkits) use them for testing purposes.


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