But is it possible for it to get out, and attack my actual system?

Occasionally on actual system startup, I get a Norton AV warning message saying something about a possible virus trying to disable it... I'm not worried much yet... All I would have to do is just delete my VMC

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"Last night I tried to slip it in her rear. When she began to
complain about the pain, I stupidly told her to take it like a man."

~Quantumleaper

However, you still have to be careful when copying files over or sharing external devices like flash drives, as since they are accessible by both the virtual machine and the normal machine the spyware could spread from one to the other.

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What?