diff --git a/checkin_notes b/checkin_notes
index 88c8560a10..4e9e5e6820 100644
--- a/checkin_notes
+++ b/checkin_notes
@@ -7960,3 +7960,9 @@ Rom    28 Dec 2012
         
     samples\vboxwrapper\
         vbox.cpp
+
+Rom    28 Dec 2012
+    - VBOX: Clean up version string.
+    
+    samples\vboxwrapper\
+        vbox.cpp
diff --git a/samples/vboxwrapper/vbox.cpp b/samples/vboxwrapper/vbox.cpp
index 9a63485983..3ea8585f7c 100644
--- a/samples/vboxwrapper/vbox.cpp
+++ b/samples/vboxwrapper/vbox.cpp
@@ -215,6 +215,18 @@ int VBOX_VM::initialize() {
     command = "--version ";
     vbm_popen(command, output, "version check");
 
+#ifdef _WIN32
+    // Remove \r or \n from the output spew
+    string::iterator iter = output.begin();
+    while (iter != output.end()) {
+        if (*iter == '\r' || *iter == '\n') {
+            iter = output.erase(iter);
+        } else {
+            ++iter;
+        }
+    }
+#endif
+
     virtualbox_version = "VirtualBox " + output;
 
     return 0;