Very bad mistakes which causes a lot of security problems. :'( :-\ :-X >:( :(
farmerlee, It sounds good that such a PC configuration can run the virtualization software and the virtual machine smoothly. Does the...
Goal: Achieve (near) absolute safety. It has to be ensured that the operating system is absolutely clean, no chance of infection, no personalized...
Some only?! Why? It appears it can keep a vast majority of malware to infect other partitions. The MBR problem can be solved if it is being...
Anything else, especially from the security point of view? What's the PC requirement of running such a setup? The host will actually be idle...
In some cases yes. Some not. Well, good question. It's hard to say especially I'm not a native English speaker. Roughly speaking it is a way to...
Rarely there are virus which are specifically targeting Linux because there are so few Linux users. However you may need to beware about...
One quick question: what about hidden partition? Can it be used as a way to remedy some of the problems mentioned in some of the posts?
I believe the concept itself is actually good. The problem is how we should implement it. There are roughly 2 kinds of activities - the normal...
What is an analogy? They share some common points, and it is those points that you should pay attention to. It doesn't mean you should blindly...
So far the only problem I can think of is performance penalty. It's because you have to run two OSs (the host + the virtual OS) 95-99% of the...
Very interesting contest: "A laptop running a fully patched version of Microsoft's Vista operating system was the second and final machine to fall...
Some of the ideas were proposed because the clients want to be very very certain that there is no risk of infection (past, current and forseeable...
That seems logical. We don't need to keep the OS so updated when it's read-only. However what if you want to use some software which aren't...
How is the VMWare or virtual OS valid in the above case? Where are we going to perform all those normal activities (which are higher risks)?...
I know a virus is able to see all drive windows and destroy them. What if it is a trojan/keylogger? How can it activate and steal my accounts if I...
It holds true only if the exploit only exists in Day Zero and Microsoft is able to fix the exploit in Day Zero. What if the hacker finds the...
Even if you have all the proper common senses and proper measures, it doesn't mean you are immune to infection. I know the risks will be much...
LiveCD is an interesting one since I can boot from a CD which is immune to any kinds of infection. But the problems may be it's hard to keep it...
Is it possible to update the Windows LiveCD? For example, MS may release new updates/patches and I want it to be included in the LiveCD? If yes,...
LiveCD? What is this? How does it work? Can we have a Windows LiveCD so we simply boot from this Windows (on CD) --> online banking --> shut...
To further ehance the interesting idea of split work between 2 OSes, you may do those extra steps: - replace with Linux if you can manage to get...
I think a virus is less of a concern. You should still have some proper protection and prevention measures of the Windows for normal usage, or...
Are you commenting on "non-default drive letter" benefit? Yes it's only useful if the malware targets the absolute path. If it uses %systemroot%...
Multiple operating systems to enhance security How do you comment about the security benefits of such a setup? Drive C: Empty or dummy OS Drive...
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