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Virtualbox 5.2.12 is quite old and really buggy version

Use VirtualBox 5.2.26 instead https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Changelog-5.2#v26

Disable USB in VM settings, use PS/2 mode

I would if I could. :)

If you can't update your virtualization software at work, you are probably running a huge security risk. Do you not have a patching process?

If this isn't about work, then curious as to why you can't upgrade?

5.2.12 was released in May 2018. That's hardly that old. None of the fixes since then sound like security fixes (all of the releases say 'maintenance release').

random 0day that was released after may 2018: https://github.com/MorteNoir1/virtualbox_e1000_0day

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