Virtual box / Virtual machines
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I don't know if virtual box (oracle vm) is subject for this discussion (if I can consider it as a free tool simply). But I would like to know if running a Windows o.s. (let's say any version) within the virtual box can preserve the host machine in this sense: if i run the web browsers and the emailing applications in the virtual box, then do the eventual malware, spyware, virus find a barrier impossible to get trough? Regards Roberto
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I don't know if virtual box (oracle vm) is subject for this discussion (if I can consider it as a free tool simply). But I would like to know if running a Windows o.s. (let's say any version) within the virtual box can preserve the host machine in this sense: if i run the web browsers and the emailing applications in the virtual box, then do the eventual malware, spyware, virus find a barrier impossible to get trough? Regards Roberto
Not really the correct forum. I think the System Admin Discussion Boards[^] would be better (besides asking this at Quick Answers[^]). To answer your question: There would be a barrier as long as the OS in the virtual system has no write access to the file system of the host (shared folders), to external storage devices like USB drives, and to network file shares.