How to detect if my application is running in a virtual machine?

Question

How can I detect (.NET or Win32) if my application is running in a virtual machine?

Answer 1

Jay Abuzi showed the solution in powershell. Here's the same as a c# function:

   /// 

    /// Detect if this OS runs in a virtual machine
    /// 
    /// http://blogs.msdn.com/b/virtual_pc_guy/archive/2005/10/27/484479.aspx
    /// 
    /// Microsoft themselves say you can see that by looking at the motherboard via wmi
    /// 
    /// false if it runs on a fysical machine
    public bool DetectVirtualMachine()
    {
        bool result = false;
      const  string  MICROSOFTCORPORATION ="microsoft corporation";
        try
        {
            ManagementObjectSearcher searcher =
                new ManagementObjectSearcher("root\\CIMV2","SELECT * FROM Win32_BaseBoard");

            foreach (ManagementObject queryObj in searcher.Get())
            {
               result =  queryObj["Manufacturer"].ToString().ToLower() == MICROSOFTCORPORATION.ToLower();
            }
            return result;
        }
        catch (ManagementException ex)
        {
            return result;
        }
    }