Is Kaspersky running on my host or just the VM?

[JessicaM]

I created two virtual machines on which I installed XP and Windows 7 RC. I had no problem installing internet security on to XP, but what I want to know is it protecting my whole computer or just XP? I only see evidence of it running when I open XP and I don't see any way to install it on my host (MAC).

Thank you for any help you could give.

 

[desgael]

Parallels Internet Security (based on Kaspersky) does not protect neither your Mac nor other virtual machine (Windows 7 RC in your case), it protects only one OS, which it is installed to.
Each virtual machine is a separate environment and can affect each other or the host OS only through shared folders or by directly transferring infected files by other means. Actually, infecting Mac with Windows-based viruses is almost (if at all) impossible since these two OS are completely different.

 

[TakashiH]

Parallels Internet Security (based on Kaspersky) does not protect neither your Mac nor other virtual machine (Windows 7 RC in your case), it protects only one OS, which it is installed to.
Each virtual machine is a separate environment and can affect each other or the host OS only through shared folders or by directly transferring infected files by other means. Actually, infecting Mac with Windows-based viruses is almost (if at all) impossible since these two OS are completely different.

What will happen if I try to run Bootcamp Windows XP Natively after installing Parallels Internet Security (based on Kaspersky) on a VM that has been created based on the Bootcamp partition ? Will it work ?