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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Most of my days are spent writing malware and studying and testing it to see how it infects a system and how to learn how to stop it I also study malware I find online.

When I say I use a VM almost all my time I don't mean it as my actual "computer"

My computer is a 24 core threadripper beast with 64gbs of ram. When I study malware I do it strictly through a VM and when I'm browsing the word or YouTube I use a VM.

When I'm doing activities such as 3D printing and running my print farm I do not use a VM as it takes a lot of processing power and graphics power to run those programs.

I just like using VMs to learn about open sourced software and how it works and I like breaking and fixing things.

Cyber security is amazing but also sucks when you get a call at 3am lol

If you have any questions send me a message :D

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Thanks for the reply. I hadn't really thought of using VMs to create an additional layer of separation between me and tracking and profiling companies, mainly because running a VM on my bottom-of-the-line machine was a painful experience when I tried many years ago. I think I'll try that again once I've upgraded quite a bit.

At the moment I'm stuck with a bunch of other responsibilities, but when I get around to it, I'll drop you a message with any questions I have. Thanks again.