security

In my evaluation period, managed to get parallels working swimmingly on my new m2 max with windows and linux simultaneously but this is a potential show stopper: root 16083 43.3 0.0 409739248 44912 ?? R 1:16PM 0:06.15 /Applications/Parallels...

Hi everyone, after almost 12 years, it's time to say goodbye to my Late 2011 Macbook Pro 13". I'm stuck with HighSierra (10.13) and not even Chrome or BraveBrowser release upgrades for 10.13 anymore. As far as I know, it's not a good idea to use and old OS but it's an even a worse idea to...

Hallo community, I know that it is possible to isolate Windows from Mac. Is it also possible to isolate Mac from Mac? I have a MacBook Pro 14'' with Ventura 13.3.1. On this machine there is parallels 18 installed with 3 VMs (Windows 11, Kali Linux and Mac OS 13). For Windows 11 and Kale Linux...

Hey everyone, can someone recommend an antivirus for Windows 11 on Parallels 18? I saw in some old thread that Kaspersky was recommended for Parellels (at least some of the older version), but when I tried running it on my M2 Macbook Pro, the installation failed and the software said that the...

Im new to parallels so be gentle. for security reasons I want to keep my win10 vm completely isolated from my mac. I do see there is a dialog box for that BUT I then want to share a single folder , so that I the one app I use in parallels can save its data in a place I can then access on my mac...

I recently upgraded from 10.13.6 to 10.15.6 and now I get a routine malware warning on " ParallelsMD.mdimporter" in the spotlight Library. Has anyone seen this problem or know what's going on?

I was wondering if Parallels verifies downloads (via a SHA256 hash, for example) when it automatically installs Windows 11 or Linux distributions automatically, from the menu. When I click on "Get Windows 11 from Microsoft", for example, does it verify the downloaded ISO somehow? How can I be...

As a developer, I install Windows 11 for testing purposes. I may install "bad" software there. I don't want Windows to see my documents on Mac. I know I can change the configuration to "isolated mode" after installation, but during installation Windows may have already accessed my file on Mac...

Hi there I have some Web services running on a Parallels Desktop Pro Edition Version 16.5.0 (50692) running Ubuntu. I have selected the "Default Adapter" in "Hardware/Network/Source" configuration - it then gives me a Dynamic/software Network adapter I can port-forward the local internet...

Encrypt a file using one of the public encryption routines (like RSA ). Also maybe signing that fie with gpg / gpg2

Hi all, I am using Parallels in a business environment, so I use a smart card as an authentication method for, for example, secured intranet pages and secured shared network drives. In the settings of my Windows VM I checked the checkbox "share smart card devices with Windows". I have a USB...

After upgrading my Mojave system to Catalina, Parallels failed to start. It just got stuck on the "Starting..." dialog. So I uninstalled it completely and reinstalled. Lo and behold, the issue was clearly that the on-Mojave installation didn't have access to some folders (Desktop, Documents...

As a developer the isolation aspect of VMs is important. It is not cool if you create a new VM, all files profiles are automatically shared by parallels.

I love the Parallel Access. I would like to ask if it is possible to add Google Auth or two factor authentication to maximize the security.

I have configured an Azure VM using the Parallels RAS image. Azure advisor now recommends I restrict the inbound port 443 rule to limit access (this will enhance security). Is there a way to limit the inbound access to parallel clients only? I do not see that I can set rules based on IP...

Right... I had my copy of parallels about three months ago and as of yet have not been able to use it because my IT department are very worried about security implications of having an apparently insecure windows OS sitting on top of my Mac OS. IT have refused to give me a Windows 10 product key...

Hello developers at Parallels, I have noticed that the option to open links and mail related things from the Windows VM in Mac are available at all times, even when the isolate Windows from Mac option is enabled. I think this behaviour is concerning as this defeats the security that an isolated...

I don't want to install the whole parallels stuff to share clipboards or open network mounts from/to the VMs. I only want the VMs to have the necessary drivers to function like a normal, isolated VM. Right now I have to install a heavy Parallels app that manages automated updates and who knows...

I keep using smaart during nearly every show (I am a sound Engineer). It shows me valuable Data about what is happening in different Parts of the Audience. In Media business you sometimes have to run Presentations or videos for hours and want to prevent anybody from changing your system or...

Hello, After an automatic update, I have no more possibility to use Parallels. When I open Windows, I just have the main desk but can't open anything. And if I want to close, I can't do it, I have to force to quit. Here is the massage I got : La connexion au serveur « 127.0.0.1 » a échoué...