Adding Reply Archived Topic: It will not be bumped to the top of the forum. Topic Infected with SpySheriff :D Membername   Not a member? Sign Up Free (takes 20 seconds) Password   Forgotten your password? Post Font: Verdana Arial Black Georgia Comic Sans Impact   Size: Tiny Normal Big Huge   Color: Default Dark Red Red Orange Brown Green Olive Cyan Blue Dark Blue Indigo Black [ Check Spelling ] [ Post Preview ] [ LiveTags ] FAQ Keyword Search: Post Options Favorites Manager Notify me of new replies to this topic by email Notify me of new replies to this topic by private message Original Post yoshiness Posted at 12:50 pm on April 5, 2008 I purposely infected my computer with SpySheriff... The point is, I did it on a Virtual Computer :D 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

Replies DefaultTo0 Posted at 3:59 am on April 6, 2008 If you've set up your virtualisation software correctly, then there is no way that the spyware can get from your virtual machine to your real machine. 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.