GenderIsOpSec [she/her, kit/kit's]@hexbear.net to technology@hexbear.netEnglish · 2年前Does linux need some form of antivirus?message-squaremessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up121file-text
arrow-up121message-squareDoes linux need some form of antivirus?GenderIsOpSec [she/her, kit/kit's]@hexbear.net to technology@hexbear.netEnglish · 2年前message-square19fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareAbracadaniel [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2年前How effective is something like virtual box at isolating windows?
minus-squareFunkyStuff [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2年前It’s not impossible for malware running in a type 2 hypervisor like Virtual Box to do a guest-to-host attack, but those attacks are pretty specialized and most viruses aren’t going to affect the host system.
How effective is something like virtual box at isolating windows?
It’s not impossible for malware running in a type 2 hypervisor like Virtual Box to do a guest-to-host attack, but those attacks are pretty specialized and most viruses aren’t going to affect the host system.