VM Viruses Help?

[PingXL]

As this is a pc gaming forum most of you would probably have some knowledge about viruses
Can anyone help me. I'm thinking about doing virus tests on a VM but how can I make sure that it doesnt infect my host?
Thanks :)

 

[Ducky]

What I do is just let a virus scanner go over my PC to search for any virusses or something. What do you mean with a VM?

 

[Jackelele]

What I do is just let a virus scanner go over my PC to search for any virusses or something. What do you mean with a VM?

Virtual Machine.
Your Virual Machine wouldn't affect the host at all, however, I'd be extremely careful with the viruses you are testing, some malware is effectively powerful and could create problems within the VM Software which could eventually affect the overall host/PC.

 

[PingXL]

Can it spread over network?

 

[Deleted member 112709]

Can it spread over network?

Your pc and the VM are seen as 2 nodes on the same subnet, so yes that's possible.

 

[PingXL]

Your pc and the VM are seen as 2 nodes on the same subnet, so yes that's possible.

So, how can I prevent that?

 

[Deleted member 112709]

So, how can I prevent that?

Basically don't test anything on your pc/network if you don't know what you're doing. Get a cheap Windows or Ubuntu server instead and test it on there.

 

[PingXL]

How bout host only network

 

[ThePixleWarrior]

As this is a pc gaming forum most of you would probably have some knowledge about viruses
Can anyone help me. I'm thinking about doing virus tests on a VM but how can I make sure that it doesnt infect my host?
Thanks :)

As this is a pc gaming forum most of you would probably have some knowledge about viruses
Can anyone help me. I'm thinking about doing virus tests on a VM but how can I make sure that it doesnt infect my host?
Thanks :)

Ok you should do the virtual machine on a usb stick or a different harddrive

Thats the best idea or just use a different pc

 

[PingXL]

So how do youtubers do it?

 

[ThePixleWarrior]

So how do youtubers do it?

Like what i said the boot it from a usb stick or a different harddrive.

If they use a different pc they allocate some rom to the vm and some ram

 

[PingXL]

I have a laptop but its trash, so forget it

 

[ThePixleWarrior]

I have a laptop but its trash, so forget it

U dont need much wich os u gonna use?

If its older u wont need a beast pc just 512 mb ram and 25 gb rom or something

 

[PingXL]

Nvm bro