1.) VM will be configured with host-only network with no connection to the network.
USERNAME : localadmin
PASSWORD : Password1
2.) Install the operating systems with default settings.
3.) Set internal network and set Promiscuous Mode to “ Allow VMs” so that we can capture and analyze all VM traffics.
4.) After installing OS and Virtual Box Guest Addition tools and rebooting your machine. Shutdown the machine again and take a snapshot of the clean installation before making any changes on the machine. So that we can revert back to the original state incase of any problems.
5.) After taking snapshot , start the machine. Go to control panel → windows update → Change settings → Never Check for updates → Click Ok.
6.) Now go to control panel → Windows firewall → Turn off both public and private profiles and click ok.
7.) Now go to start menu → open gpedit.msc →Local group policy editor will open → Computer configuration → Administrative Templates → Network → Network Connections → Windows defender firewall → DISABLE “ protect all network connection “ option in both Domain and Standard profiles.
8.) Now go to Computer configuration → Administrative Templates → Windows Components → Windows Defender → ENABLE “ Turn off windows defender “ → Click ok
9.) Now go to Computer configuration → Administrative Templates → Windows Update → DISABLE ” Automatic updates detection frequency “ and also DISABLE “ Turn on recommended updates via automatic updates “
10.) Now go to my computer → right click → properties → system protection → click configure → Turn off system protection → click ok.
11.) Now open network settings and set up a static IP address
IP : 192.168.1.7
SUBNET MASK : 255.255.255.0
GATEWAY : 192.168.1.1
PRIMARY DNS : 192.168.1.1
12.) Now add the tools and samples folders in Virtual Box with auto-mount and Read-only options enabled. Also add another empty folder to transfer data from main machine and virtual box , keep this only with auto-mount.
13.) Take another snapshot now after completing all the above settings.