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I have received a phishing email that looks very well produced.
I'm tempted to spin up a virtual machine and go to the link inside of it just to see what happens.
Do you think there is any malware that can escape a virtual machine? 
The difficult we do right away...
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Richard Andrew x64 wrote: Do you think there is any malware that can escape a virtual machine?
Nothing escapes from a virtual machine. Once the malware passes the event horizon, it is reduced to pure energy by the time it reaches the singularity. Wait... that was a black hole, not a virtual machine. Better install everything on a black hole then.
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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 Thanks. I needed a chuckle.
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Great idea! I was unaware of such sites.
Thanks! 
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Richard Andrew x64 wrote: Do you think there is any malware that can escape a virtual machine?
It has been done: Escaping VMware Workstation through COM1[^]
And even if this security hole is fixed now, I wouldn't bet on it.
Remember that your virtual machine is sharing the processor and local network as well.
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You're right. I will follow Richard's advice and use one of those investigative sites instead.
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Quote: Do you think there is any malware that can escape a virtual machine?
I have no idea. but to be on the safe side: I suggest you make an image of your systems drive, before dipping your toes in potentially toxic waters.
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I agree. I won't really do it.
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No "old" computer in your attic?
There used to be a time when I would simply click on it, because a decent MVPS host file blocks most, and a lot of malware leaned on downloading files and have the user click on the "Run" dialog instead of Save. Fire up fiddler2, and go.
With the current state of webbrowsers, I'm not that confident. If you still interested in doing so, use the Lynx browser to navigate there.
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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It is possible if host and guest machines share a virtual network...
"The only place where Success comes before Work is in the dictionary." Vidal Sassoon, 1928 - 2012
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Excellent point! I didn't think of that.
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Yeah, it's more likely to be a problem if the machine--whether an old box you don't care about or a VM--is on a network.
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You could also spin up a vm in the cloud.
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Great idea! Thanks.
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Well.. it will probably confirm to them your email is active!
And then you will get even more emails!
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Happy Holiday ! [^]
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That's what you get when exploring in the sand 
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Works fine for me: Win 10 Pro Version 1909 (OS Build 18363.476)
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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It is sporadic...
Restarting the Explorer fixes it 
"The only place where Success comes before Work is in the dictionary." Vidal Sassoon, 1928 - 2012
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One of my colleagues just reported that he had no problems, no not talking about you Griff 
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I thought sandboxing in 1909 would've been more like THIS[^]... 
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
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Never argue with a fool. Onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.
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Even on a good day, Explorer search's results are..."questionable" at best. Been like that for well over a decade.
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