AntiVir in Virtual Machine

AntiVir in Virtual Machine

I have Windows XP running in a VM as a screenshot factory for browsershots. Since that involves the machine opening browsers with websites not under my control regularly I recently had it compromised. Not a big deal as I had a clean snapshot, but I installed Avira AntiVir after that. Works fine so far (as fine as AV software can work) but before the program pesters me I thought I'd run a full system scan for good measure.

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Guest [Entry]

"Did you allocate enough ram for your VM? Are there enough ram in your VM host? Hardware resource is a main source of problem since scanning for virus is a disk+ram+cpu intensive task. Also give AVG a try, it works fine for me in my windows xp VM.

You can also try to avoid using anti-virus in VM (by snapshots and don't use unknown USB drive).

I usually create a ""Golden"" VM snapshot, then I'll continue using it until I realize I either 1) corrupted the VM windows 2)virus infected. When it happens, I'll restore to the golden snapshot, or the ""last known good"" snapshots I created along the way."

Guest [Entry]

"Then I'd suggest removing Avira and trying another (free) AV like Avast; if the problem continues, there may still be a lingering bit of malware, which can interfere with AV programs' proper functioning.

Also, does the machine slow down so greatly during ""fast scan""?"