Battle [Malware Testing] VMware workstation or Oracle VirtualBox?

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McLovin

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Currently use VMWare Workstation and I think that it is good for all the YouTube vidoes that I make and plus I know my way around it compared to Oracle VirtualBox.
 
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no my actual machine :D lazy to install a VM , and i have a backup image under hand; i like to see if my REAL system is secured enough, and i can say yes, threw 100 malwares yesterday :D
 

McLovin

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umbrapolaris said:
no my actual machine :D lazy to install a VM , and i have a backup image under hand; i like to see if my REAL system is secured enough, and i can say yes, threw 100 malwares yesterday :D

Well at least you have a backup on had ;) Well I'm going to do some links later too :)
 

moonshine

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I voted for VMWare Workstation since it's the more secure Virtualization Software out there. VMWare Workstation is secure enough that it prevents malware from infecting the Host PC.
 

Hungry Man

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When I test malware I usually use VirtualBox. I've used both.

If I want to test my own system though I test my own system. I've never had anything get by.
 

AyeAyeCaptain

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They're both good but from my limited use/understanding (I do intend to do more at some point...) on them both, VMWare is more secure and comptable, Virtual Box has been known to cause quite a few conflicts with regards to testing so has not been accepted by a few providers (Comodo been one of them) which has caused a bit of confusion for the sole users of that Virtual Software...

There was a more in-depth response from Egemen on why it's no accepted but have not got the time to go searching for it now... :p
 

HeffeD

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AyeAyeCaptain said:
There was a more in-depth response from Egemen on why it's no accepted but have not got the time to go searching for it now... :p

Vectored exceptions fail on VirtualBox. That is as indepth an explanation as I've seen.
 
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