signofzeta
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Here's the deal. I want to try to get this game that only happens to run on XP to work on my windows 8 machine by running it on xp via virtual box.
The problem is that the only windows XP machine I have, with a preinstalled windows xp died (motherboard failed), and I don't have a legit copy of windows xp,and finding a legit copy is a pain, so the only alternative is to do the one month trial and reset everything, and I don't want to have to install the antivirus and all that stuff over and over.
I hear of viruses spreading from guest to host, but let's say I just installed xp on virtualbox, and I leave it running, and do nothing. No antivirus is installed, and the host and guest is somehow connected. Will a virus eventually get into the virtual machine, and make its way into the host machine, without me opening any programs?
To make this question simpler, let's say you bought a new PC, installed a windows OS, and have it connected to the internet. No firewall and no antivirus is installed. The router is secure though. Will that PC be infected just because it is on?
What are the odds of an idle PC that is on for 24 hours to be infected if it does not have antivirus or firewall?
The problem is that the only windows XP machine I have, with a preinstalled windows xp died (motherboard failed), and I don't have a legit copy of windows xp,and finding a legit copy is a pain, so the only alternative is to do the one month trial and reset everything, and I don't want to have to install the antivirus and all that stuff over and over.
I hear of viruses spreading from guest to host, but let's say I just installed xp on virtualbox, and I leave it running, and do nothing. No antivirus is installed, and the host and guest is somehow connected. Will a virus eventually get into the virtual machine, and make its way into the host machine, without me opening any programs?
To make this question simpler, let's say you bought a new PC, installed a windows OS, and have it connected to the internet. No firewall and no antivirus is installed. The router is secure though. Will that PC be infected just because it is on?
What are the odds of an idle PC that is on for 24 hours to be infected if it does not have antivirus or firewall?
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