Recommended AV?

[froggyboy604]

I think a software maker could make a simple to use program and call it "secure desktop" which launch an OS like Linux which is installed on a virtual machine, so people can use it to browse less trustworthy websites, open files which may contain malware and reply to e-mail from people they don't know.

[Skeithex]

Sounds like a good feature to have on, should be on more pcs.

[froggyboy604]

I remember Microsoft had Virtual PC which people can use to run Windows and other OS within MS's virtualization software. But, I think MS discontinued Virtual PC. Virtual PC may of been ahead of its time because most computer had smaller hard drives in the past, and most CPUs weren't fast.

[Skeithex]

That must have been before Vista, or 2000, I've never seen that.

[froggyboy604]

I think the last version of Microsoft Virtual PC was in 2007.

[Skeithex]

Must have been on a windows server os then?

[froggyboy604]

Microsoft Virtual PC worked on Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows Server 2008 computers. I think Microsoft did not spend much time or money promoting Virtual PC because not a lot of regular people had computers with 2GB of RAM, and a faster CPU in the past.