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hi, I've got windows to install in VMware Server, and was wondering if
i get a virus in the guest operating system, will it affect the host
operating system?

It was on, or about, Wed, 27 Jun 2007 06:09:50 -0500, that as I was
halfway through a large jam doughnut, Mara wrote:

> On Wed, 27 Jun 2007 11:48:24 +0100, William Poaster <>
> wrote:
>
>>It was on, or about, Wed, 27 Jun 2007 05:18:43 -0500, that as I was
>>halfway through a large jam doughnut, Mara wrote:
>>
>>> On Wed, 27 Jun 2007 07:57:02 -0000, wrote:
>>>
>>>>hi, I've got windows to install in VMware Server, and was wondering if
>>>>i get a virus in the guest operating system, will it affect the host
>>>>operating system?
>>>
>>> It can, quite easily, if the host isn't properly patched, etc.
>>
>>Depends on the OS, if it's a GNU/linux distribution it won't.
>
> Well, yes, but here in Hicksville I'm pretty much stuck with Redmond's
> vaporware, at least at work.
>
> Did you hear about Symantec's latest buffoonery?

Do tell!

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On Wed, 27 Jun 2007 12:33:36 +0100, William Poaster <> wrote:

>It was on, or about, Wed, 27 Jun 2007 06:09:50 -0500, that as I was
>halfway through a large jam doughnut, Mara wrote:

<snip>

>> Did you hear about Symantec's latest buffoonery?
>
>Do tell!

They sent out a signature that detected parts of some medical software as
malware and deleted it. Had we been running Norton and shut down our software,
we'd have been up a creek without a paddle. I got a notice on this from the
software author yesterday. I don't know how many other programs got hit.

Man, I'm glad we don't run Norton. Some other places did, though, and I gather
there was quite a mess to deal with.

I'd sue, frankly.

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It was on, or about, Wed, 27 Jun 2007 06:59:23 -0500, that as I was
halfway through a large jam doughnut, Mara wrote:

> On Wed, 27 Jun 2007 12:33:36 +0100, William Poaster <>
> wrote:
>
>>It was on, or about, Wed, 27 Jun 2007 06:09:50 -0500, that as I was
>>halfway through a large jam doughnut, Mara wrote:
>
> <snip>
>
>>> Did you hear about Symantec's latest buffoonery?
>>
>>Do tell!
>
> They sent out a signature that detected parts of some medical software
> as malware and deleted it. Had we been running Norton and shut down our
> software, we'd have been up a creek without a paddle. I got a notice on
> this from the software author yesterday. I don't know how many other
> programs got hit.
>
> Man, I'm glad we don't run Norton. Some other places did, though, and I
> gather there was quite a mess to deal with.
>
> I'd sue, frankly.

And so they should be. IMO companies like Norton & MacAfee only get away
with their products, by relying on the ignorance of windows users.

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On Wed, 27 Jun 2007 13:05:35 +0100, William Poaster <> wrote:

>It was on, or about, Wed, 27 Jun 2007 06:59:23 -0500, that as I was
>halfway through a large jam doughnut, Mara wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 27 Jun 2007 12:33:36 +0100, William Poaster <>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>It was on, or about, Wed, 27 Jun 2007 06:09:50 -0500, that as I was
>>>halfway through a large jam doughnut, Mara wrote:
>>
>> <snip>
>>
>>>> Did you hear about Symantec's latest buffoonery?
>>>
>>>Do tell!
>>
>> They sent out a signature that detected parts of some medical software
>> as malware and deleted it. Had we been running Norton and shut down our
>> software, we'd have been up a creek without a paddle. I got a notice on
>> this from the software author yesterday. I don't know how many other
>> programs got hit.
>>
>> Man, I'm glad we don't run Norton. Some other places did, though, and I
>> gather there was quite a mess to deal with.
>>
>> I'd sue, frankly.
>
>And so they should be. IMO companies like Norton & MacAfee only get away
>with their products, by relying on the ignorance of windows users.

And by making deals with ignorant companies to have their crapware preinstalled.

It's all about the money. And laziness. People see it on their machine when they
buy it and figure since it's there they don't need anything else. It never
occurs to them that there just might be more effective AVs out there. After
doing this so long, though, I've become too cynical to feel sorry for them.

The information's out there. They just don't look.


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> hi, I've got windows to install in VMware Server,
> and was wondering if i get a virus in the guest
> operating system, will it affect the host
> operating system?

"got windows to install..." Windows [?]? ...?

Using VMware, so obscurity was your goal?

That's how they investigate and analyse viruses, so
the answer would be "not likely." But with viruses it's
hard to give a definitive answer because that's why they
call them viruses. Some virus writer with enough savy
and time and knowledge of the particualrs might write
one that could jump, but then VMware would come out
with a version that remedied the malady... and such is
life in teh d1g1tal whirrled.

There's is no "i" or "us" in virus when you use protection.

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