I'm running two virtual machines with Windows 7 (host OS Mac) using Virtualbox which I'd like to use to analyze malware. I have configured Visual Studio debugging and WinDBG, as well as other tools.What's the best way to save a backup of the victim machine to quickly recover from damage caused by malware? Should I make a .zip of the entire Virtualbox folder and store it elsewhere?Additional question: is it safe to run malware on a virtual machine with bridged adapter network settings for VS remote debugging?
Setting up virtual machine to recover from malware
debugging;virtual machines
To save and restore your VM's state, use snapshots: http://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch01.html#snapshotsWith snapshots, you can save a particular state of a virtual machine  for later use. At any later time, you can revert to that state, even  though you may have changed the VM considerably since then. A snapshot  of a virtual machine is thus similar to a machine in saved state, as  described above, but there can be many of them, and these saved states  are preserved.Please create a separate Stack Exchange question for your second question.