[SOLVED] VM and viruses.

[Dominum_vestri]

I have a kinda basic question. If I setup VM with Win 10 on my PC, turn off my WiFi, and open virus of anykind, is the rest of my PC unefected by the virus?

 

[rgd1101]

depend if the virus/malware know how to break free from vm

 

[mdd1963]

for the most part, an infected VM is contained ....with most malware...

I'd not trust 100% for that to remain true if/when dealing with the most sophisticated types of malware, however...

 

[Dominum_vestri]

depend if the virus/malware know how to break free from vm

What about types of viruses from sketch download sites? Because I have one program i'd like to download, but the site is untrust worthy and when I download it windows defender automaticly deletes the file

 

[USAFRet]

I have a kinda basic question. If I setup VM with Win 10 on my PC, turn off my WiFi, and open virus of anykind, is the rest of my PC unefected by the virus?

Depends on a few things.

How and if you have any shared space between the VM and the host.
Also, recent VM's can detect if the OS they are living is in a VM, and won't do their deed. Doesn't mean they are 'safe', just meants that your investigation will end up faulty.

 

[Dominum_vestri]

Depends on a few things.

How and if you have any shared space between the VM and the host.
Also, recent VM's can detect if the OS they are living is in a VM, and won't do their deed. Doesn't mean they are 'safe', just meants that your investigation will end up faulty.

Okay Thx

 

[Ralston18]

This from Post #4:

"Because I have one program i'd like to download, but the site is untrust worthy and when I download it windows defender automaticly deletes the file".

Stop right there.

1. Untrustworthy website.
2. Windows Defender deletes the file.

Do not keep trying to download that file and do not go to that website again.

If you manage to succeed with the download and installation then things will get much worse.....

 

[digitalgriffin]

I have a kinda basic question. If I setup VM with Win 10 on my PC, turn off my WiFi, and open virus of anykind, is the rest of my PC unefected by the virus?

Yes and no. Some viruses can break level 0 and 1 rings. This means it can escape the sandbox of a vm. Once you break this sandbox system infection is easy.

What a lot of security professionals do is run windows vm inside Linux. It's much harder to break that way.

But if you do stupid stuff expect stupid stuff to happen. In other words don't do stupid stuff.

 

[USAFRet]

But if you do stupid stuff expect stupid stuff to happen. In other words don't do stupid stuff.

QFT.