Securing VMware virtual machine?

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Securing VMware virtual machine?

Answer 1

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Answer 2

The partition with windows on it may be contaminated with windows viruses. The Mac part is dependable. The Norton on your Mac part is not wanted to safeguard your Mac considering there are not any MacOs X viruses and it is not defending your windows part. Some Anti-virus functions include each a Mac & windows variation on them for the identical rate. Examine the Apple internet site in their application part.

Answer 3

Me personally, I would go here and get on the forum, http://remove-malware.com/forums/ This site is run by Matt Rizzo. He uses VM ware to test all kinds of antivirus solutions. If you can't find him there I know without doubt any of the other guys on the forum will help you. You can also look here, http://www.youtube.com/user/mrizos This is his you tube channel. You can also leave him a message here. I think the forums will be your best bet though.

Answer 4

I've solved this problem, but in a completely different environment: Windows, running inside VirtualBox, on a Linux host. My Windows installation can access the Internet, but can't see or access the host, or any of the other machines on my LAN, for that matter. So I can't give you step-by-step instructions, but I can point you in the right direction.



I set up a second virtual machine on my host, in which I installed the Open Source firewall / router pfSense http://www.pfsense.org/ . The WAN-side of my pfSense router is connected to the standard (default) VirtualBox networking, and can see everything on my LAN, including my Internet gateway router. The LAN-side of pfSense is connected to a new, virtual LAN, as is the network interface for the Windows installation. The result is that all network access from the Windows guest goes through the pfSense firewall. I've got rules in pfSense to block IP routing to the physical LAN from the Windows guest.



I use a third virtual network interface to allow browser access from the Linux host to the pfSense administration pages. Another pfSense ruleset blocks the Windows guest from this LAN, too.



It's complicated, but it works. I hope this helps you.