GenderIsOpSec [she/her]@hexbear.net to technology@hexbear.netEnglish · 1 month agoDoes linux need some form of antivirus?message-squaremessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up121arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up121arrow-down1message-squareDoes linux need some form of antivirus?GenderIsOpSec [she/her]@hexbear.net to technology@hexbear.netEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square19fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareAbracadaniel [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 month agoHow effective is something like virtual box at isolating windows?
minus-squareFunkyStuff [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 month 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.