README.md

Malware Analysis Project

Overview

This project involves setting up a Virtual Machine (VM) sandbox in VirtualBox for malware analysis and examining a Remote Access Trojan (RAT).

Features

• Virtual Machine Isolation: Setup for controlled malware execution.
• Malware Analysis: Process monitoring, registry tracking, and network simulation.
• Persistence Removal: Identified and removed scheduled tasks, registry keys, and files.

Contents

• VM-Setup.md: Step-by-step guide for setting up a VirtualBox environment.
• Sandbox-Setup.md: Instructions for securing the malware analysis environment.
• Malware-Analysis.md: Report detailing malware behavior and removal.
• cleanup_script.py: Automates malware cleanup by removing scheduled tasks and registry keys.
• analyze_malware.py: Runs process and network monitoring tools automatically.

Usage

1. Follow VM-Setup.md to create a virtual environment.
2. Use Sandbox-Setup.md to configure security settings.
3. Run analyze_malware.py to monitor malware behavior.
4. After analysis, execute cleanup_script.py to remove malware artifacts.