On 28/04/14 11:32, Chris Walker wrote:
Hello,
I've just downloaded and installed a copy of Robolinux on a spare desktop machine. It says that it's a replacement for Windows XP as it will keep the Windows stuff secure without fear of a virus or malware.
I paid a few dollars for the basic version as I thought I would be able to configure the XP stuff myself. But it seems they want me to pay for more of it first.
But then the thought occurred to me that I might be able to do all this stuff with VirtualBox anyway. This is the link to the info about the secure bit - http://www.robolinux.org/stealth-vm-info/
There's a video on the site showing how a virus attacks the VM. What I find more than a little annoying is that it says I can do this for free and yet there's no way to get past the donation page.
The question remains though. Is this special software or simply a cunning bit of configuration of a virtual machine on the part of Robolinux?
Looked and the video and a couple of times he mentioned that it would secure the windows install from getting infecting by a virus but that was obviously not the case because he demonstrated the install being infected.
I have installed XP in a virtual box. Its easy to take a snapshop or clone the initial installation. I clone it and use the clone. I have a log in that doesn't have admin rights for normal useage and data stored in a shared folder with the host OS using guest additions.
If the version I was using got corrupted/infected, I would just clone another one.
But to be honest I don't hardly ever log into XP these days. Can't think of anything that I do in XP that I can't do in Linux :)