Hi,
I have host win10 and guest win 10
today i have strange problem today, the guest vm suddenly while using close and when I try start the vm , I get file not found. I check and found vdi file missing from the folder.
VBOX version 7.04
I don't remember the space of host , because of that , i don't know if the free space more or less
the size of vdi is 120GB
I try use testdisk but nothing
I try use windirstat to search any big file also nothing
I try use chkdsk also no nothing.
I suspect ssd faulty, but no disk error in even viewer.
Samsung magician also not return error
what going on ? this never happen before ?
vdi files gone
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Re: vdi files gone
This will probably have happened because host antivirus scanned the vdi, found something virus-ish in it, whether correctly or not, and quarantined the vdi file.
Host AV should not scan Virtualbox or the VM folders. Instead, each VM that accesses the internet should have its own antivirus.
Host AV should not scan Virtualbox or the VM folders. Instead, each VM that accesses the internet should have its own antivirus.
Re: vdi files gone
no antivirus installed in my machine plus how can antivirus remove a file that in use
scottgus1 wrote:This will probably have happened because host antivirus scanned the vdi, found something virus-ish in it, whether correctly or not, and quarantined the vdi file.
Host AV should not scan Virtualbox or the VM folders. Instead, each VM that accesses the internet should have its own antivirus.
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Re: vdi files gone
Easily. AV does that all the time. And a few Virtualbox users have reported host AV quarantining a running VM's disk file.kobolds2 wrote:how can antivirus remove a file that in use
Host or VM?kobolds2 wrote:no antivirus installed in my machine
How did you get rid of Windows Defender to achieve "no antivirus installed in my machine"?kobolds2 wrote:host win10
BTW the AV suggestion was a guess. There's not enough data in your posts to offer a better guess.
Re: vdi files gone
thanks. found the file in protection history .
Trojan:JS/Flafisi.E
Trojan:JS/Flafisi.E
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Re: vdi files gone
Pretty good guess, Scott! I have never seen Defender put anything in there. He must have something nasty in the vms.
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Re: vdi files gone
Thanks, Bill!
It could be a false positive, too, Kobolds. After you get it unquarantined, suspend host Defender's scanning for a bit and run a deep virus scan in the VM.
It could be a false positive, too, Kobolds. After you get it unquarantined, suspend host Defender's scanning for a bit and run a deep virus scan in the VM.