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Creating analyzer VM
For dynamic analysis, McAfee Advanced Threat Defense executes a suspicious file in a secure virtual
machine (VM) and monitors its behavior for malicious activities. This VM is referred to as an analyzer
VM. This chapter provides the steps for creating an analyzer VM and the VM profile.
Any security software or low-level utility tool on an analyzer VM, might interfere with the dynamic
analysis of the sample file. The sample-file execution might itself be terminated during dynamic
analysis. As a result, the reports might not capture the full behavior of the sample file. If you need to
find out the complete behavior of a sample file, do not patch the operating system of the analyzer VM or
install any security software on it. If you need to find out the effect of the sample file specific to your
network, use your Common Operating Environment (COE) image, with the regular security software, to
create the analyzer VMs.
The high-level steps for creating an analyzer VM and the VM profile are as follows:
1
Create an ISO image of the corresponding operating system. You must also have the license key
for that operating system. For example, to create an Windows 7 analyzer VM, you must have an
ISO image of Windows 7 and the license key.
You can create analyzer VMs running on the following operating systems:
• Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2
• Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3
• Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1
• Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 64-bit Service Pack 1
• Microsoft Windows 7 32-bit Service Pack 1
• Microsoft Windows 7 64-bit Service Pack 1
The analyzer VM for Android is available by default.
2
Using VMware Workstation 9.0, create a Virtual Machine Disk (VMDK) file of the ISO image. After
you create the VM, you can install the required applications such as:
• Internet Explorer versions 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10.
• Firefox versions 11, 12, and 13.
• Microsoft Office versions 2003, 2007, 2010, or 2013.
• Adobe Reader version 8, 9, or 10.
3
Import the VMDK file into the McAfee Advanced Threat Defense Appliance.
4
Convert the VMDK file into an image (.img) file.
5
Create the VM and the VM profile.
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