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Originally Posted by Davfos  Looking to move to virtual machines and wanted to know if this is still OK, |
VMs will always be OK. There are millions of legitimate instances of VMs running, so it is unlikely that eBay, PayPal or Amazon disapprove of VMs.
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Originally Posted by Davfos I will be wanting to access my accounts from aboard and I can use remote desktop for my pc and then simply open the virtual machines to access the accounts - something that would be impossible using user accounts. |
It is possible with user accounts or VMs. There are multiple ways to accomplish it. Your IP solution will determine this.
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Originally Posted by Davfos I have one issue, I will be using the wifi connection for remote access, but I have several dongles that I want to use directly on the virtual machines, does anyone know how to step the VM so it only uses a dongle instead of the wifi connection? |
Vmware Player, Esxi and VirtualBox all make it challenging to accomplish that, but you can do so using most Linux based (Type 1 Hypervisor) VM solution like Proxmox for example.
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Originally Posted by Davfos I have several dongles and I would love to be able to use the different dongles for different accounts/vm and then be able to turn off and back on again to change the IP address (allowing me to also create accounts while away). |
Option 1
If you use a type I Hypervisor (Esxi, Proxmox) one easy way to accomplish this would be to get static IPs from your ISP and then bind them to each VM by MAC address. You'd still have dynamic IPs to create stealth accounts so this is the most straight-forward, set and forget option.
Option 2
If you must use your mobile internet connection, you stick the sims into MiFi devices instead and then connect these to WIFI extenders that have LAN ports, then run the cables into your PC's LAN port. Unfortunately, you'd need a LAN port for each connection.
Option 3
Finally, you can plug all your dongles into a USB 3.0 extension, plug this into your Type I Hypervisor, then use a feature called "passthrough" to dedicate each USB device to a VM of your choice.
If you use a Type II Hypervisor (VmwarePlayer, VirtualBox, etc.)
Option 1 above may be available to you, but Option 2 is guaranteed to work.
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Originally Posted by Davfos Also, is it possible to create master VM loaded with all the basic details and browsers, then simply clone them for new accounts? |
Good idea.
You should make a master VM to speed up things but don't include browser or fonts. In short, don't add anything that can be harvested by eBay / PayPal as you do not want identical VMs
I recommend windows 7 and if you must, Windows 10 as master VMs.
Just install Windows 7, drivers, settings ( turn off updates and notifications, sort out activation) then save it as your master image.
For Windows 10, you'd need at least 1 hour after installation to get rid of all the useless junk and telemetry. You can save it as a master image when you're done.
It might be helpful to install another VM to act as a sort of server to share resources. This can hold your font pack, browsers, preferences files, and any other tools that you use to spawn an instance of new VMs. You can share this folder with your master VM before you save it so that all successive VMs have one-click access to the server.
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Originally Posted by Pandoras_box Useful information, tools and links: Windows 7 ISO: https://web.archive.org/web/20180818...ercontent.net/
These are the original images from MS. Nothing illegal about these. You still need a license from MS.
------------------------------------------ Windows 10 ISO: https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/soft...load/windows10
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Get rid of windows 10 telemetry: Windows 10 slimming: https://malwaretips.com/threads/how-...perfast.91924/ How to make windows 10 run fast: https://malwaretips.com/threads/how-...perfast.91924/ How to make Windows 10 look like windows 7: https://www.partitionwizard.com/clon...ows-7-022.html
---------------------------------- Browser Downloads: https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/releases/ https://commondatastorage.googleapis...ots/index.html https://get.geo.opera.com/pub/opera/desktop/
---------------------------------- Ban Browser updates:
1. Firefox: C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox find "update" and delete all 3 files. 2. about :config "app.update.service.enabled" = false
Opera:
1. C:\Program Files (x86)\Opera\YourBrowserVersion\
delete all 3 opera_autoupdate files.
2. Click start --> run type "task" and start the task scheduler. Go to Task Scheduler Library within the left sidebar. Select Opera Scheduled Autoupdate task and delete it.
--------------------------------- Block WebGL:
1. You can use uBlock Origin add-on to block WebGL, but I'd rather you use something that you have complete control over. Besides, you don't want all your VMs to have one single add-on across all of them.
2. Firefox: about :config find “webgl.disabled” change value to "true"
2. Opera: Right-click on opera icon on your desktop, click on properties then clear the contents of the "target" field and then paste the following command inside the target field: C:\Users\Windows\AppData\Local\Programs\Opera\laun cher.exe --disable-webgl
Test it here: https://browserleaks.com/webgl
--------------------------------------- Block WebRTC
1. Firefox: about :config "media.peerconnection.enabled"
1. Opera: opera:config -> Advanced -->scroll down. Block WebRTC by selecting "Disable non-proxied UDP"
Test it here: https://browserleaks.com/webrtc
----------------------------------------- Font Download: https://drive.google.com/uc?id=15m3u...xport=download
And https://drive.google.com/uc?id=1xAAx...xport=download
You'd need to randomly select a number of fonts for each VM.
Test your font fingerprint here: https://browserleaks.com/fonts
------------------------------------------- Other things to consider:
1. Consider disabling hibernation to save space.
2. If possible, use a RAID (Mirror) so that if you lose a hard drive, you can just plug in another without much downtime and carry on your daily operation. Make a back-up of all VM instances too. You don't want a VM closing shop on you when you have a business to run.
------------------------------------------- Disclaimer:
The information above is for educational purposes only.
Please familiarise yourself with the tools, settings and links above before you use them. It is best to use your preferred tools, settings and links that you can trust.
Depending on your browser and OS version, most of the settings above might be broken or just plain wrong. Please post updates and corrections to the thread.
I hope you find something useful. |
