Protecting your Windows VM against malware

Yesterday, Norton debuted Norton AntiVirus Dual Protection for Mac, a new bundle that includes Norton AntiVirus 2008 for Windows with Norton AntiVirus 11 for Mac. This is pretty big deal, as this is a major company rolling out a new product specifically for users running Windows and OS X at the same time using Parallels Desktop for Mac. Its just one more indication that giving Mac users the ability to seamlessly run Windows and OS X at the same time is one of the biggest and most important steps in personal computing in recent memory.

You've heard me say many times before that you need to protect your Windows VM against spyware, viruses and other malware, just like you would protect a real Windows machine. that's why even though I'm happy that Norton is hopping on the virtualization train, they're a bit late...we started including a FREE 6-month subscription to Kaspersky Internet Security Suite for Windows over a year ago to specifically address this concern. The subscription is completely free for 6 months and is included with every copy of Parallels Desktop.

To install and activate your copy, just log into Windows, go to the "actions" tab in the menu bar, and click "Install Kaspersky". Its the easiest (and cheapest!) way to protect your VM.


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Comments

[Yoko]

Good info. Thanks for sharing. I wonder, how do you get your PR? It's PR7 right? awesome. :)