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Posted by Roger Abell [MVP] on December 5, 2005, 10:45 am
Please log in for more thread options I should perhaps be more careful with the wording.
By "there is nothing that prevents them from doing so"
what is meant is that there is nothing preventing them
from trying to do so, i.e. do so if they can find exploit;
but the ability to cross the boundary is not lacking.
> Today this is a cautiously valid strategy as there are no known
> rootkits/malware that today climb out to the host system.
> In the long run this is NOT a valid strategy as there is nothing
> that prevents them from doing so if they obtain system / kernel
> privs in the hosted system.
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I regularly receive packages which I know are loaded with spyware and
>> other nasties, but that contain valid/legitimate/safe files I need to
>> extract.
>> If I install these packages into a non-networked VM environment e.g
>> VMware or Virtual PC would there be any "leakage" to the hosting PC?
>> Indeed would this be considers a safe strategy at all?
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> gerry
>>
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