Your virtual Windows can become infected by a computer virus or malware (Even if you haveĪnti-virus software on the Mac side, it can't protect the PC side.) (including Solar Fire or the Solar Live notifications) then you DO needĪnti-virus and anti-spyware software for your PC side.

If you ever go online and visit websites, check email, or update programs Never connect to the internet on the Windows device (no websites, noĮmails, no program updates, no downloads, no Solar Live), then you do not need an Do I need to run anti-virus software on my virtual Windows?ĪNSWER: This depends on how you work with your Virtual Windows. Please note that Solar Fire will not run on an iPad. Besides doing emulation, these virtualization or 'bridge' programs isolate the Windows environment from the Mac environment so viruses can't jump from one side to the other. We do not officially support Solar Fire on the Mac, but we have many customers who do successfully use Solar Fire on a Mac equipped with an Intel chip, Windows, and a Windows emulation program like Boot Camp, Parallels, Virtual PC or VirtualBox. Running Solar Fire and Other Windows Programs on the Mac

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