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<p>The Tails virtual machine does not modify the behavior of the host
operating system and the network traffic of the host is not anonymized. The MAC
address of the computer is not modified by the [[MAC address
anonymization|first_steps/welcome_screen/mac_spoofing]] feature of Tails
when run in a virtual machine.</p>
 
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If the host operating system is compromised with a software
keylogger or other malware, then it can break the security built into
Tails.
 
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To run Tails inside a virtual machine, you need to have virtualization software installed on the host operating system. Different virtualization software exists for Linux, Windows, and macOS. Unfortunately, we only know of virtualization solutions for Linux that work well with Tails.
 
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<p>For example, when using virtual machines in Windows, <a
href="https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/retrace-your-steps-with-recall-aa03f8a0-a78b-4b3e-b0a1-2eb8ac48701c"><i>Microsoft
Recall</i></a> might be taking regular screenshots of your activity.</p>
 
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<p>We only present below 2 solutions for Linux: <i>GNOME Boxes</i> and
<i>virt-manager</i>.</p>
 
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<p>Because, <i>VirtualBox</i> works pretty badly with Tails, we stopped
advertising solutions for using virtual machines in Windows or macOS.</p>
 
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With virtual machines, it is possible to run Tails inside a *host* operating system. A virtual machine emulates a real computer and its operating system, called a *guest*, which appears in a window on the *host* operating system.
 
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[[!img tails-in-vm.png class="screenshot" alt=""]]
 
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This is how Tails looks when run in a virtual machine on a Debian host.
 
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See [[running Tails in *virt-manager*|virt-manager]].
 
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