GenderIsOpSec [she/her]@hexbear.net to technology@hexbear.netEnglish · 6 months agoDoes linux need some form of antivirus?message-squaremessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up123arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up123arrow-down1message-squareDoes linux need some form of antivirus?GenderIsOpSec [she/her]@hexbear.net to technology@hexbear.netEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square19fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareAbracadaniel [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·6 months agoHow effective is something like virtual box at isolating windows?
minus-squareFunkyStuff [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·6 months 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.