Re: [Fractint] Fractint build environment with XP under VirtualDisk

On 20.08.2017 21:29, Harold Lane wrote:

If you install your copy of WinXP onto a bare machine by itself, you should not connect it to the internet, since WinXP has insufficient protection against today's malware and ransomware. Hal, I must contradict you here. Used VirtualXP with internet (Firefox) and email (Thunderbird) since a long time - without special proection - and I have not seen a single malware attack. But I suffered some blue screens and crashes since I installed the Creators Upgrade resulting from malware attacks, also severe hardware damages on my disks. I use Windows defender and Bitdefender with TrafficLight and Quickscan by bitdefender. But like I said, I avoid direct communication between VirtualXP and Win10. Albrecht