Preparing the Guest

At this point you should have configured the CAPE host component and you should have designed and defined the number and the names of the virtual machines you are going to use for malware execution.

Now it’s time to create such machines and to configure them properly.

• Creation of the Virtual Machine
• Requirements
  • Install Python
  • Additional Software
• Network Configuration
  • Windows Settings
  • Virtual Networking
  • Disable Noisy Network Services
  • Teredo
  • Link Local Multicast Name Resolution (LLMNR)
  • Network Connectivity Status Indicator, Error Reporting, etc
• Installing the Agent
• Saving the Virtual Machine
  • KVM
  • VirtualBox
  • VMware Workstation
  • XenServer
    • Memory Snapshots
    • Booting from Disk
• Cloning the Virtual Machine
• Installing the Linux host
  • Preparing x32/x64 Linux guests