Malware (malicious software) is an umbrella term for a program or code created to harm a computer, network, or server. Malware analysis is the process of understanding the behavior and purpose of a suspicious file or URL. The analysis's output aids in detecting and mitigating the potential threat.
In its simplest form, a virtual machine is a digitized version of a physical computer. A virtual machine (VM) is a computing environment that functions as an isolated system with its CPU, memory, network interface, and storage, created from a pool of hardware resources. The physical machine that runs the VMs is the host machine, host computer, host operating system, or simply host. Some virtual machines are VMware Fusion, Oracle VM, VMware Workstation, and KVM. Here, we will download any of the following virtual machines.
Download it and install it in your system.
- Next step is to search for Windows 10 iso to download it on the web browser.
- It will take some time to download.
- After the setup create a new folder "Windows Storage" and add it to the virtual box.
- We have created a virtual machine. Click on the Start button.
- Disable Windows Update. Go to Services.exe -> Windows Update -> Click Stop -> Startup type 'Disabled' -> Apply 'OK'.
- Disable Windows Defender. Go to Security -> Manage Settings ->Real-time protection off -> Cloud-delivered protection off -> Automatic sample submission off.
- Click Windows button + R. Search gpedit.exe -> Administrator templates -> Windows components -> Microsoft Defender Antivirus -> Real-time protection -> Enable Turn off real-time protection -> Enable Turn off Microsoft Defender Antivirus.
- Reboot the system.
- Disable Hide Extensions. Open File Explorer -> View Options -> Change Options -> View -> uncheck Hide extensions for known file types. Click on Show hidden files, folders, and drives.
- Create a Snapshot.
