Run the VM Provisioner Tool

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Download the VM Provisioner Tool from the Intelligent Sandbox interface, then run the tool to prepare your virtual disk images to capture malware behaviors in the sandbox environment.

Run the VM Provisioner Tool after installing all required software on all Windows VM images that you create. The VM Provisioner Tool supports operating systems configured for the supported languages: English, Spanish, Japanese, Chinese (Simplified), German, French, Italian.

Note

Google Chrome is automatically updated to the latest version on the following operating systems. You can install the required version by following the steps provided in KB96519.

  • Microsoft Windows 7 32-bit and 64-bit (Service Pack 1)

  • Microsoft Windows 8 Professional 32-bit and 64-bit

  • Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-bit Enterprise (Update 1 version 6.3 build 9600)

  • Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-bit Professional (Update 1 version 6.3 build 9600)

  1. Log on to the Intelligent Sandbox interface.

  2. Click ManageImage & SoftwareImage.

  3. Click Download VM Provisioner Tool.

  4. Save the VM Provisioner Tool .exe file on your virtual machine.

  5. Make sure that the Visual Studio 2012 C++ Redistributable is installed on the VM.

    Download the x86 version of the Visual Studio 2012 C++ Redistributable for your corresponding operating system language from https://www.microsoft.com/EN-US/DOWNLOAD/DETAILS.ASPX?ID=30679.

  6. Open and run the VM Provisioner Tool .exe file as Administrator.

    1. Run VM Provisioner Tool as a non-administrator user.

    2. Restart the virtual machine.

      The Administrator account is enabled once the virtual machine is started.

    3. Log on to Windows as the Administrator user.

      Note

      admin and Administrator user accounts are not the same.

    4. Run VM Provisioner Tool again.

  • To view the log file that contains all executed commands and changed registries, go to C:\VM_Provi.log.

  • Before you shut down the virtual machine, copy the log file to another system (outside of the VM) for later reference, then remove the log file.