Is it possible for a malware in a VM to be still running after the VM is shut down?

Let’s say that VMWare or VirtualBox is running the newest version of Debian. I’m not sure if it’s possible for any program in the guest to continue running, stealing data from the host, even after the guest system has shut down.

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