Virtual macines

[bigmouthbob1]

Are there any good free VMs that you guys would recommend. If there's not a good free one could you include a good paid one with the price?

[Electronics Wizardy]

what do you want the vms to do?

 

You can run almost any os as a vm if you want.

[bigmouthbob1]

Just now, Electronics Wizardy said:

what do you want the vms to do?

 

You can run almost any os as a vm if you want.

well I want a VM for virus testing and stuff like that

[Electronics Wizardy]

Just now, bigmouthbob1 said:

well I want a VM for virus testing and stuff like that

what type of virus? Why not try a few vms and see what works?

[bigmouthbob1]

Just now, Electronics Wizardy said:

what type of virus? Why not try a few vms and see what works?

well would you know where to get a VM cause thats what Im struggling with

[Electronics Wizardy]

Just now, bigmouthbob1 said:

well would you know where to get a VM cause thats what Im struggling with

well a vm is like any other computer, just get a install iso, then make the vm and install it and use it like any other pc.

[Windows7ge]

Are you asking for a program or OS that runs virtual machines? I think you'd be hard pressed to find anyone exporting their VMs for others to download. Kind of have to build your own using software.

[bigmouthbob1]

2 minutes ago, Windows7ge said:

Are you asking for a program or OS that runs virtual machines? I think you'd be hard pressed to find anyone exporting their VMs for others to download. Kind of have to build your own using software.

What software would i use?

[Guest]

It sounds like you might be asking for a hypervisor and not a VM. But it also seems like you need to do some reading/youtubing before you dabble.

Start with something easy like Virtualbox. But if you're doing virus testing, get the VM part down FIRST and make sure you properly isolated. Don't just dive head first.

 

[Electronics Wizardy]

Just now, bigmouthbob1 said:

What software would i use?

hyper-v? virtual box? kvm?

[Windows7ge]

1 minute ago, bigmouthbob1 said:

What software would i use?

Well, common ones are Oracle VM Virtualbox, Hyper-V, ESXi, Proxmox. Some run on Windows, some are their own OS but Den-Fi is definitely right on the isolation front. Get to understand the VM software and how to make sure the VM is as isolated from the host & physical network as it can be before deliberately infecting it.

[DevBlox]

You might need to have a correct version of Windows (Like Pro etc) to run Hyper-V, but don't quote me on that. But VirtualBox should run no prob.

[Dat Guy]

3 hours ago, bigmouthbob1 said:

Are there any good free VMs that you guys would recommend.

9front comes with one. Other than that, try QEMU.