[Smokey619]

well im trying to run my samp server but i have heard that when you open your port to run your server viruses can come in through their and i dont want viruses on my pc. well i have a virtual machine and i was thinking of running my server from their but i remembered that the connection will be the same from the router. so i want to know if i run the server from the virtual machine will it affect my host machine meaning my computer not just the virtual machine?

[lmfaoown]

You wont get viruses, but it is less security. It allowes IP's to connect to your server, not your computer. And if you are talking about a VPS, it wont affect anything on your computer, if your talking about Virtual box, it will slow your computer down because you are running a computer, in a computer. My suggestion is just host it on your computer