Does the Virtual PC XP Mode need safety measures?

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Published on 2009-07-22T10:48:48Z Indexed on 2010/03/16 16:41 UTC
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Does the Virtual PC XP-Mode (or any other virtualized mode) require safety measures, such as antivirus or a firewall?

I'm just wondering if the XP-Mode would be a large security loophole, since it's so much more integrated into Windows 7. Actually I'm wondering the same for Portable Ubuntu, are their any safety measures I should undertake, so that I don't open a backdoor on my computer.

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