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<blockquote data-quote="walkerj" data-source="post: 362299" data-attributes="member: 9385"><p>Now, for some reason I keep thinking that the name of the upcoming version of Mac OS X is "Leoben". Hope it doesn't turn against me.</p><p></p><p>Anyway, as has been stated you should think of your Parallels virtual machine as being exactly the same (while it's running) as if it were a 'real' computer. When it's down (or suspended) it's just a few (albeit large) files on your Mac, but when it's running everything in the 'virtual world' meaning the Internet, viruses, worms, hackers, you, your router, or anything that would interact with it will consider it to be a computer running Windows the same as if it were running on completely separate hardware.</p><p></p><p>This is kind of a new thing to many, and kind of 'Matrix' like, in that it doesn't really 'exist' as a physical entity, but certainly does in an abstract sense.</p><p></p><p>So yeah, all virus/worm protection you would apply to a physical machine running Windows should be applied to a virtual machine running Windows. They won't do anything to your Mac, however.</p><p></p><p>(I just wanted to get a BSG reference in with this post.)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="walkerj, post: 362299, member: 9385"] Now, for some reason I keep thinking that the name of the upcoming version of Mac OS X is "Leoben". Hope it doesn't turn against me. Anyway, as has been stated you should think of your Parallels virtual machine as being exactly the same (while it's running) as if it were a 'real' computer. When it's down (or suspended) it's just a few (albeit large) files on your Mac, but when it's running everything in the 'virtual world' meaning the Internet, viruses, worms, hackers, you, your router, or anything that would interact with it will consider it to be a computer running Windows the same as if it were running on completely separate hardware. This is kind of a new thing to many, and kind of 'Matrix' like, in that it doesn't really 'exist' as a physical entity, but certainly does in an abstract sense. So yeah, all virus/worm protection you would apply to a physical machine running Windows should be applied to a virtual machine running Windows. They won't do anything to your Mac, however. (I just wanted to get a BSG reference in with this post.) [/QUOTE]
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