A few questions,

[Harry825]

1. What would happen if i install Flare VM whilst it not being inside a vm?/ can i install it outside of a VM?

2. my laptop is not 50-60 GB in size, what should i do?

3. can i have a direct download of all the tools?, (Note:, some of the tools i do not need, for E.G, "Cmder" or the full range of VC Redistributable Modules (2005, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2017))

Thank you

[htnhan]

Hi @Harry825, Thank you for using FLARE-VM. Here are my answers to your questions:

1. FLARE-VM is designed to be installed in a VM. It makes changes to the OS to make malware analysis easier. Doing so on a host machine may weaken the host machine. In addition, FLARE-VM does not officially support Windows 10 yet. Installing FLARE-VM on Windows 10 requires the users to make change and disable Tamper Protection and Windows Defender. Doing so on a host machine is strongly discouraged.
2. The easiest solution is to use a custom profile. You can selectively install only the tools you need.
3. Custom profile would solve this problem for you. However, the full range of VC redistributable package is still required in the based installation.

[vm-packages]

Thank you for your feedback! We've been working on major updates to FLARE VM over the last year. The now revamped FLARE VM has just been released and will make the project more open and maintainable. Please check out our blog post at https://www.mandiant.com/resources/blog/flarevm-open-to-public and give the new installation a try.

If this problem still persists with the new installation, please report:

• new tools or tool-related issues at https://github.com/mandiant/VM-Packages/issues
• ideas and issues related to the installer script and configuration at https://github.com/mandiant/flare-vm/issues

Please note that we use this message to close all legacy issues in this repository. We look forward to your feedback and support for the next generation of FLARE VM.