Ransomware on passed through devices with the VM off


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Hi guys, 

 

I was wondering, i have share with aprox 300GB of important data. 

i got an offsite backup, zfs snapshots etc. but i would like to also back it up on an external HDD like once a month. 

But the external HDD has to be always connected to the machine because i cant be botherd to plug it in and out (it is at my business location). 

i was wondering if i stub the USB controller and passed it through to a windows VM. 

When the windows VM is off, can this USB drive still be affected from ransomeware etc. from the array? of other VM's etc? 

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