From: "Geo" 

A VM is a virtual machine, the real OS is between the VM and the hardware,
yes? Well if the OS has an exploit like tcp or netbios, those are still
exposed to the outside world so the OS still needs to be patched. How do
you do that if IE is running in a VM?

Geo. (perhaps integration of and dependence on the browser functions wasn't
such a good idea?)

"John Beamish"  wrote in message
news:op.th7ev0pom6tn4t{at}dellblack.wlfdle.phub.net.cable.rogers.com...
> But why would I patch to begin with?
>
> I don't use IE.  I do use a good Firewall and two AV programs.
>
> On Sat, 28 Oct 2006 14:57:10 -0400, Geo  wrote:
>
> > "John Beamish"  wrote in message
> > news:op.th28aah9m6tn4t{at}dellblack.wlfdle.phub.net.cable.rogers.com...
> >> But at least the VM would have to be reinfected at each launch -- of
> >> course, if the VM image was already infected ...
> >
> > How would you patch if you go to windows update from a VM browser
> > session?
> >
> > Geo.
> >
> >
>

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