Important resources to follow along with:

• GitHub CAPEv2
• CAPEv2 Sandbox Book
• CAPEv2 Setting Up the Guest Machines

Creating a Windows 10 21H2 VM#

From the docs:

For analysis purposes, it is recommended to use Windows 10 21H2 with User Access Control disabled.

We know how to create a Windows VM, the steps wont be covered in this blog post.

There’s resources here for that though:

• There’s an excellent post by 0x4d5a here that covers guest VM creation for malware execution: https://4d5a.re/proxmox-cuckoo-a-powerful-combo-for-your-home-malware-lab/
• Also a great video guide

1. 2. I picked Windows 10 Pro in the installation wizard when Windows is booted from the iso.