kjk wrote:
> As I understand it, Vista has a more secure firewall than WinXP. So,
> running within a virtual machine, if the WinXP system gets infected,
> or broken into from the internet, the Vista system and all its related
> program files can't be accessed by the intruder. The only thing that
> could be affected is the WinXP system and a network that's directly
> connected to it. Do I understand that right?

It really depends on what you are using the XP VM for. If you just want
to have XP to run a few things then you would simply take the normal
precautions you would with any XP machine on your network; i.e., have a
current version av installed, use the SP2 firewall, and practice Safe
Hex. If you are thinking about doing really risky surfing with the XP VM
and/or testing malware, then I'd definitely isolate the XP VM and the
host machine from any other lan you have set up.


Malke
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