Re: [Hampshire] Linux virtual machine inside Windows

At 18:01 04/12/2008, you wrote:
>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.


But isn't that the point really?

You don't necessarily know if windows is free of malware as detection
is reactive to an infection being common enough for the security
companies to work on detection.

Yes its a paranoid question but also an academic/interesting one.

Martin N