Question about VM's

[MoonKnightSpidey]

I have been watching a youtube series, where a guy runs worms on windows 98 and sees how they work, I would like to do the same, but I want to make sure there is no way of them spreading through the network, or infecting my host machine, I know it is windows 98, but you can never be too cautious.

[im_an_wizard]

VMs are very secure and it's unlikely, just make sure you have networking turned off on the VM. Also don't enable address extensions.

[MoonKnightSpidey]

1 hour ago, im_an_wizard said:

VMs are very secure and it's unlikely, just make sure you have networking turned off on the VM. Also don't enable address extensions.

Where could I find a copy of win 98 to run?

[im_an_wizard]

Well, torrenting is your best bet but it's illegal. Not that anything would happen to you for downloading an old ass OS.

[mikat]

1 minute ago, MoonKnightSpidey said:

Where could I find a copy of win 98 to run?

on some website which starts with a g and ends in oogle.com?

[MoonKnightSpidey]

1 hour ago, im_an_wizard said:

Well, torrenting is your best bet but it's illegal. Not that anything would happen to you for downloading an old ass OS.

Eh, don't wanna get a virus from the download, any place you would reccomend.

[im_an_wizard]

Well, as speaking it's illegal to torrent. However, some commonly used sources are Kickass Torrents(kat.cr) and The Pirate Bay (thepiratebay.se). Always check comments and sort by the highest amount of seeders.

 

EDIT: I shouldn't say it's illegal to torrent, it's a very valid filesharing method. However it's commonly used for distributing copyrighted software.

[Kobathor]

You can get Windows 98 here, if you'd like: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Microsoft-Windows-98-Second-Edition-Full-Version-New-Sealed-With-Free-Hard-Drive-/141991848699?hash=item210f5faafb:g:B-0AAOSw~oFXKVs4

The seller has 100% feedback, so that's good. You could also torrent it.