You will have to install antivirus software directly on VM to run virus check.
VMWare supports MS-DOS, Windows, Free-BSD, Linux, Novell etc. Check "related links" for full list of the supported operating systems.
VMware can run on any personal computer running windows/linux/MAC OS X.All you need is to install VMWare player from http://www.vmware.com/download/player/For creating a VMware, you may either install VMware workstation using a trial license or download a virtual appliance (vmware image) from vmware website.
Depending on your hardware, Ubuntu should run on VMWare just fine.
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VMware Player allows you to run entire operating systems in a virtual machine, which runs on top of Ubuntu or Windows. To the guest operating system (the one running inside the virtual machine), it appears as though it were running on its own PC. The host operating system runs the VMware Player, which provides the guest with things like network access. VMware Player is available from Ubuntu's Multiverse repository (in 6.06 LTS through 7.04), but is not included in Ubuntu 8.04/8.10. It can be downloaded for free from VMware.Virtual machines configured with an operating system and applications ready to perform a specific function are called virtual appliances. An appliance can be created using certain VMware products, or you can download ready-made appliances. A wide variety of appliances (both certified and not) are available from VMware's
have your anti-virus run a full styem scan to check for it
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VMware software is used on a Mac computer in order to boot and use Windows based programs, including the operating system itself. It also allows the user to run Windows programs like Windows Media Player and Outlook.
You use VMware (Virtual Ware) to run a virtual computer on a host computer sharing resources but essentially creating two computers.
A vanilla copy of Mac OS X will not run in VMWare. Although there are patched copies available, they are illegal, so we cannot provide links to them.
VMware fusion is a download that allows you to run Windows on your MAC personal computer. You can get a free 30 day trial if you are interested in trying it.
VMware was the first company to start virtualizing the x86 architecture VMware's software runs on Microsoft Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X, while its enterprise software hypervisors for servers, VMware ESX and VMware ESXi, are bare-metal hypervisors that run directly on server hardware without requiring an additional underlying operating system.