GenderIsOpSec [she/her, kit/kit's]@hexbear.net to technology@hexbear.netEnglish · 1 year agoDoes 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 · 1 year agomessage-square19fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareAbracadaniel [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year agoHow effective is something like virtual box at isolating windows?
minus-squareFunkyStuff [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 year agoIt’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.