Re: [Hampshire] Linux virtual machine inside Windows

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Author: Alan Pope
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To: Hampshire LUG Discussion List
Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Linux virtual machine inside Windows
2008/12/4 trotter <m.nuttall@???>:
> I was wondering if a keylogger infection inside windows could read keystrokes
> in a Linux virtual OS. I was thinking of setting up a virtual Linux OS inside
> windows so when i want to purchase online or do some banking I wouldn't
> have to reboot into Linux.
>
> Any thoughts if malware can affect a virtual machine and so make it unsafe
> to do so?
>


I'd take a step back and think about securing the Windows machine
rather than go through that rigmarole.

Gags about securing windows being impossible to /dev/null.

Cheers,
Al.