Windows 10: Is VirtualBox secure?

Discus and support Is VirtualBox secure? in Windows 10 Virtualization to solve the problem; Is VirtualBox safe so a virus from the Windows 10 virtual machine can break out to my Windows 10 host machine or attack or spy on other things like... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Virtualization' started by Bb4cm, Jun 26, 2020.

  1. Bb4cm Win User

    Is VirtualBox secure?


    Is VirtualBox safe so a virus from the Windows 10 virtual machine can break out to my Windows 10 host machine or attack or spy on other things like other devices on the network?

    :)
     
    Bb4cm, Jun 26, 2020
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  2. PuB_Evo Win User

    Sun VirtualBox

    Been there and done that. Followed through enabling the 3D acceleration and as told i hit the "Install Guest Addition" to install the drivers in the guest operating system, after that i was told to reboot the VirtualBox and came to the blue windows XP shutdown screen... It was on that screen for more then 30mins and so i force a shutdown on the original Win7 OS to et rid of the VirtualBox OS shutdown screen. Rebooted and tested VirtualBox with the game and got the same error message as shown in my first post.

    EDIT: Gone through all the steps till i came to rebooting the VirtualBox OS. After the system coming up normally, i checked if the 3D acceleration is enabled by running dxdiag. Here is what i get...


    Is VirtualBox secure? DirectX.png


    Need advise to fix 3D acceleration so i can go on. Thank you so much!
     
    PuB_Evo, Jun 26, 2020
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  3. temp02 Win User
    Sun VirtualBox

    I doubt that you will be able to get full 3D acceleration (and VirtualBox is the best VM in that field IMO), so the only advice available that I can give you is to turn 3D acceleration on and install your graphic card drivers (on the host machine), follow this guide to enable the 3D acceleration option on VirtualBox.

    EDIT: more info here.
     
    temp02, Jun 26, 2020
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  4. Fafhrd Win User

    Is VirtualBox secure?

    BSODs starting Virtualbox VMs


    Just an update. Puppy Linux works fine in Virtualbox on 10586.218 x86 on the Compaq laptop.

    Next step is to check with the TP build 14332, which I'm not looking forward to... *Shock
     
    Fafhrd, Jun 26, 2020
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