Computer Virus

Slayer · Post by **Slayer** » Sun May 17, 2009 11:35 am

Definitely true

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And only 10 passes? Spybot allows unlimited number of passes, and you can do it to a file while its in use and running. Causes havoc to your system afterward, but the file is gone

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I like to keep a couple of virus scanners, but really, if I am doing anything risky, I usually use a virtual machine to do it. There are currently very few viruses that can jump out of an isolated virtual machine. To properly isolate a VM, just put it on a different subnet and don't give it access to any network shares you may have. This way the isolation is hardware controlled.

OLD_Fenderbender · Post by **OLD_Fenderbender** » Sun May 17, 2009 7:16 pm

or use Linux

Slayer · Post by **Slayer** » Sun May 17, 2009 7:34 pm

You could do that too, but that requires a lot more effort than a simple virtual machine. And Linux can also be infected very easily.

OLD_Fenderbender · Post by **OLD_Fenderbender** » Mon May 18, 2009 10:32 am

I've got Linux in a few different VM's so i'm not too worried