Windows 7 host, Linux Guest; how Secure?
by michael diemer from LinuxQuestions.org on (#5K8H8)
I have to still use Windows 7 for software reasons, but I keep that machine offline by default, and only go online briefly, disconnecting the WiFi as soon as I close my browser.
If I run a Linux distro in Virtual Box, with this Windows 7 system as host, how secure is it? more secure than if I go online with Windows? Or just the same, since Windows 7, which is unsupported, is host? I do run paid AV on Windows, and it never finds anything. But as time goes on, I find myself worrying more when going online. The attacks may become more nasty, so I want to make sure I'm safe.
If I run a Linux distro in Virtual Box, with this Windows 7 system as host, how secure is it? more secure than if I go online with Windows? Or just the same, since Windows 7, which is unsupported, is host? I do run paid AV on Windows, and it never finds anything. But as time goes on, I find myself worrying more when going online. The attacks may become more nasty, so I want to make sure I'm safe.