Solved Can A Virus On Windows7 Via Parallels5 Affect My Mac Macbook Core 2 Duo

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I run Windows7 Ultimate using Parallels5 on my MacBook. While running a virus scan with “Parallels Internet Security” application, it has discovered a Trojan Package: ‘packed.win32.tdss.z". Can this Trojan affect my Mac outside of the virtual machine? I tried ridding of the virus with the software that detected it, but was unsuccessful. Does anyone know what this virus does and how to rid of it?

Not at all, a not only is it impossible for anything to exit that VM, but windows code simply can’t execute on a mac, windows viruses work on windows, mac viruses work on macs. Imagine trying to open a windows application on a mac, just can’t work.

To remove Packed.Win32.TDSS.z, you must first stop any Packed.Win32.TDSS.z processes that are running in your computer’s memory. To stop all Packed.Win32.TDSS.z processes, press CTRL+ALT+DELETE to open the Windows Task Manager. Click on the “Processes” tab, search for Packed.Win32.TDSS.z, then right-click it and select “End Process” key. To delete Packed.Win32.TDSS.z registry keys, open the Windows Registry Editor by clicking on the Windows “Start” button and selecting “Run.” Type “regedit” into the box and click “OK.” Once the Registry Editor is open, search for the registry key “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Packed.Win32.TDSS.z.” Right-click this registry key and select “Delete.” Finally, to completely get rid of Packed.Win32.TDSS.z, you must manually remove other Packed.Win32.TDSS.z files. These Packed.Win32.TDSS.z files can be in the form of EXE, DLL, LSP, TOOLBAR, BROWSER HIJACK, and/or BROWSER PLUGIN. For example, Packed.Win32.TDSS.z might create a file like %PROGRAM_FILES%\Packed.Win32.TDSS.z\Packed.Win32.TDSS.z.exe. Locate and remove these files.