windows 10 VM on Win 10 Pro - How to deal with viruses, malware etc

[Guest ol' Codger]

Hi,

 

VM on Win 10 Pro - How to deal with viruses, malware etc

 

 

I am using Windows 10 Pro and I am also a complete newbie when it comes to VM. I would appreciate helpful comments from an experienced VM user.

 

I am thinking of reinstalling from scratch and then setting up my computer to work under a VM configuration, mainly to make it quick and easy to be able to restore earlier clean 'snapshots'? - and get back up and running asap.

 

 

Well that's my aim. But as I know nothing, I thought I'd check whether this is a useful way to go about it. I don't even know if I have to buy a VM app to be able to meet my aims, or whether the Win10 Pro can deal with everything.

 

 

Main questions

 

1. Do/could I create a newly installed 'clean administrator' snapshot and then also create a 'day-to-day working administrator snapshot'. The idea being that the 'clean administrator' snapshot is the first, master install, and having done that I can go on to normally use the second 'day-to-day working' administrator snapshot?
    
   
2. What happens if my 'day-to-day working' VM gets a virus - even nasties such as Petya? How can I cope with this situation - as I am thinking whether it might be able to copy information from one VM configuration to another, and then go on to delete the infected 'day-to-day working' VM (partition??) and reload it clean again.
    
   
3. What happens if my initial 'clean administrator' VM gets a bad virus - again including the real nasties like Petya?
    
   
4. I think that VM would help me in another area. And that is to reduce the amount of running programs within a VM configuration. For example create a VM with the accent on Video recording and editing, with another for Entertainment like iTunes, iPlayer etc, then another VMset up for general stuff like Word, and lastly a VM setup for Utilities such as backing up with Vice Versa Pro or Acronis.
   Does that sound a good idea - or even possible?
   
5. Finally, are there some really good videos or helpful web pages available? I am aware there are many, and thats the problem - sorting out the good from the bad advice.
   

 

 

Thanks in advance for any help.

 

 

Ol' C

 

Windows10, Windows settings, Virtual Desktops

 

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