Linux Host
September 13th, 2010
Can a virus on a virtualbox windows virtual machine affect my Host linux system?
I have an ubuntu host system set up and I have installed a windows xp guest virtual machine on virtualbox. I am using the same network on both and I was just wondering, if a virus infects the windows virtual machine, can it affect the host in any way?
Thanks a lot
Any help would be appreciated
I’ve always been led to believe that your dual-booted Linux would be bullet-proof against Windows malware even without using VM… that the VM is only necessary to protect Windows.
Mac OS X running as guest in Linux host