I created a separate virtual machine using VMWare to run peer to peer file sharing software. The unfortunate thing with many end users is that they don’t realize that P2P software like Limewire and Morpheuus is loaded with adware, spyware, and all sorts of nasty junk that one would rather not have on their hard drive. I also run anti-virus sofware on my VM and in the worst case scenario should my VM become infected with a nasty virus, worm, or spyware, all I do is blow it away and create a new virtual disk. Virtualization is an excellent way of creating a quarantined test environment, but not too many people know of it or know the full benefits attributed to it.
