1. A method comprising: receiving, at a computing device, a request to analyze a software component, wherein the request indicates a target operating system, wherein the target opera system is a custom operating system derived from an image from a golden master source; generating a virtual machine at the computing device, wherein the virtual machine implements the target operating system; executing the software component in the target operating system on the virtual machine; and generating data indicating effects of executing the software component on the virtual machine, wherein the data identifies at least one of a function call, a memory modification, a file access, a network access, a registry modification, a file system modification, or a system resource utilization.