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I fired up Windows 7 in VirtualBox for the first time in a couple months or more, and quickly found out my browser searches had been hijacked. This despite having ClamWin installed and I always update it any time I run VBox (which is pretty rare). I finally was able to get a tool downloaded from Kaspersky and it found a virus. Cleaning that cured the problem.
What's baffling is HOW I even got a virus. The only thing I use VBox for is a couple games, and I have clean installers of my own for those. Also a couple media tools, all of which are clean. Java was a bit outdated... I may have been victimized by one of those recent vulnerabilities, though how I could have been is baffling also. *shakes head* No wonder I ditched that walking disaster of an OS.
What's baffling is HOW I even got a virus. The only thing I use VBox for is a couple games, and I have clean installers of my own for those. Also a couple media tools, all of which are clean. Java was a bit outdated... I may have been victimized by one of those recent vulnerabilities, though how I could have been is baffling also. *shakes head* No wonder I ditched that walking disaster of an OS.