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creating a VM to test/break stuff
I'm studying to take my A+ certification. There is still a lot of stuff I don't know, mainly because never really dealt with it, such as BSOD's, driver errors, malware removal and stuff like that. I built this computer so I wouldn't have any issues with it and I don't.
I have VirtualBox installed and VM's for MS-DOS and Windows 95. Having trouble getting 98SE installed. I also have XP mode setup in Windows Virtual PC.
I have a copy of Windows 7 (retail) and I was going to install that and Windows 10 into VirtualBox.
How safe is my main computer once I start breaking/fixing VM's? I'm concerned about getting ransom ware in a VM and it affecting my entire computer. I do have backups of my files.