How can you get a file into a VM without creating a potential malware breach? I was told to kill the internet connection, disable any type of sharing with the host, no copy paste, and no sharing disks, but how would I be able to get the files into the VM if it is secure from both sides? The file in question is about 36GB and there is a second file that is 678MB.

Thank you.

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[–] frongt@lemmy.zip 10 points 15 hours ago (3 children)

Create an ISO and mount that.

But really, it doesn't matter how you get the file in before you open it. It's extremely unlikely that it malware could be executed just by putting a file on disk.

[–] Yourname942@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

Thank you. Just to confirm, do I make an ISO from a .7z file?

[–] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 2 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

7zip is an archive format - creating an iso requires the raw files (unless you have 7zip installed in the VM to extract the zip file).

All that is unnecessary though, just enable a shared folder via the VM software (I assume they all do it now, VMware has had this feature forever). This isn't a network share, it's a virtual network share that only exists within VMware for that specific VM, and by default it's read only.

Or put the files on a thumb drive, and connect that thumb drive to the VM.

Or enable networking on the VM, copy the files in, then disable the network card in the VM.

Getting the files in doesn't require any special security, it's when you're executing the files that the VM needs to be isolated.

[–] frongt@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 hour ago

Sure. Put whatever file into an iso and mount it.