VM's are a complete waste of time unless you want to play around with programs that might harm your computer. Botting on a VM is just no better than botting on a normal PC.
Sandboxie will keep you just as safe as a VM will...Which is not at all.
There's not a single shred of evidence that shows any type of virtualization of botting will keep you any more safe than simpy running the bot on your pc. There's plenty of people that have been banned with VM's running.
All of this talk of virtualization as a counter-measure is worthless.
Honestly, why can't we just restrict the memory that our computer uses? Or make partitions within our RAM/processes that aren't connected and are dedicated to just WoW or just to honorbuddy? Then it would eliminate any ability to scan CRAP! Sorry, I'm not software savvy, I'm just the guy with ideas.
blizzard gives you the chance to opt-out of the scans by clicking 'i do not agree with these terms'. ofc you won't be able to play the game, but your super secret spy stuff and your kiddie porn will be safe from prying eyes.