If I were to download something in a virtual machine and it got a virus, is it possible that the host could get the virus too? It is one single file that is used as a complete hard disk, but if soemthing were to happen, I just want to knowI don't usually use any sort of anti virus software in my VMs, so I am just a bit concerned about security.
not normally, this is why hackers and virus writers and anti virus writers use them.