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Re: Virtualization anomalies



On Thu, 28 Jul 2022 at 07:35, <paulf@quillandmouse.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 27 Jul 2022 23:17:33 +0200 Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> wrote:

> > Have you checked if virtualization is disabled in the setup? IIRC many
> > systems disable it by default because it is supposed to make rootkits
> > more dangerous or something.
>
> Can you clarify "in the setup"?

They're referring to the machine's hardware BIOS/UEFI configuration.
The very first thing you can access when powering up the machine.
Usually it offers: press some key to access some configuration menu.
Where there's often a facility to enable/disable the CPU virtualisation
feature.


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