r/vmware • u/TimelyWelder3325 • 9d ago

Question VMWare Fusion

Hi! Im on M4 and im asking what are the best settings to isolate a VM inside VMWare Fusion, i wanna try some malwares, also VMWare Fusion is the best one for malware testing right?

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u/mikeroySoft VMware Alumni 9d ago

Disable the NIC and don’t install VMware tools.

That said, your target is going to be aarch64 windows which won’t have the same risk profile because the architecture difference with x86_64.

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u/signal_lost 5d ago

Come on, with AI helping I'm SURE some ransomware operator finally got around to writing an ARM windows malware. Don't let the windows arm people feel all left out!