No XP would be on itself, if you connect it to the net you would have to protect it, since the whole virtual machine is just a file on your hard drive though you can very easily take a copy of it for safe keeping.Would running XP in a W10 VirtualBox be safe? I mean, would W10 security protect XP because it's now is running under W10?
You can create shared folders or just drag and drop files into the virtual system as soon as you installed the vmtools/ guest additions, no need to network the files over, unless you can give us a reason.Basically, download files with the host, scan them, disable internet, turn on networking in the VM, copy files over, disable VM networking, re-enable host internet. A bit extreme, but should keep the OS from getting malware or the like. Really depends on how important it is.
You can create shared folders or just drag and drop files into the virtual system as soon as you installed the vmtools/ guest additions, no need to network the files over, unless you can give us a reason.
Exactly...I use an XP VM to connect to old hardware using the original tools that need XP, so I don't really mind it having direct access.