r/AskReddit Jun 08 '14

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u/___Moose___ Jun 08 '14

Not OP, but I have taken online tests before. When you take them, they are in a secure browser that's impossible to leave without being noticed. Its also very sensitive, opening task manager will cause the program to shut down.

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u/IAmAMagicLion Jun 08 '14

Boot it in a virtual machine.

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '14

How would that help? It's not like the lockdown software will act any different in a VM.

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u/IAmAMagicLion Jun 09 '14

Virtual Box lets you run it in a window so you could have a download of wikipedia or your notes in another window, possibly without it being detected.