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What are the best security practices when when using VirtualBox on Windows 11 with an old OS?
Got a cheap new laptop to play old games with a VM of Windows XP/7, with the host being Windows 11.
Using a WiFi that isn't my own (as I don't plan on connecting to the internet with this laptop) I ...
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Getting AVAST alert during program update/upgrade in Kali Linux
So i started to use VirtualBox in windows 10 and i would like to know if those alert from my windows 10 security program (avast antivirus), during my installation/upgrading of TheHarvester program at ...
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Is it safer to use Qubes with Whonix from Virtualbox than directly on the host computer?
I know it isn't advised to run Qubes-Whonix from Virtualbox due to performance issues, but other than that, is it safer? I.e. is it harder or easier to hack/infect Qubes-Whonix running from Virtualbox ...
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The safest way to transfer files to an offline test environment
I'm wondering what the best tactic is to transfer dangerous files from an internet connected machine to an offline, separated from the web, virtual machine.
Why should I do that? Because I want to ...
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Is this VM-sandbox idea a good idea for testing viruses? [duplicate]
You want to look at some viruses, so you use something like VirtualBox to create a sandbox environment. But what if we change that environment? What if we do:
STEP ONE: Create a bootable flash drive/...
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How do professional hackers to test their own malwares/viruses without harming their own computer?
Yesterday I started some hacking tutorials on http://xeushack.com/tutorials/ by curiosity. I used the Android app to read the different articles about different ways of "hacking". The author clearly ...
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VM security, how to access main OS
Is there any way for me to access the main computer if the VM has been infected?
Let's say that I am running Debian or ubuntu in a VM and the main computer uses Windows (or other way around just so ...
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Using a virtual machine as a buffer between USB media and OS
I was directed here from the Unix & Linux site. I've gone through some of the related questions, but they seem to be more concerned about whether a guest OS can access the host OS in someway. ...
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Find changes and modifications made to system by application or virus,
I would like to use either Hyper-V or Vmware to take a Clean Base snapshot and a snapshot after an application or virus has made changes so I can then see what was changed between the two images.
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Would running VMs inside of VMs be a more secure way to study viruses, etc?
I was reading this post on SuperUser, and it made me wonder about security. I've read somewhere else that some viruses/malware/whatever CAN break outside of a VM... and then infect the host OS. BUT, ...
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