--04.16.2020-- Dear fellows, So what happened was this guy connected to my VM, he wouldn't answer and said we would resume tomorrow. I gave him a fake ebay card number and we communicated through the Notepad application. I saved the transcript that was going on and got a number and stuff out of it. I couldn't see what was happening so I ran a shut down command. I stopped it, the VM went 'black' again, and he tried to syskey me. I saved the state of the computer as a shutdown technique and he got disconnected. The Vm might have been corrupted after several tries to start it up safely, but we had to repair it through the 32-bit ISO image for it. It worked! He did not syskey me and I still have (to my knowledge) everything under full condition. --04.17.2020-- I got in a call with a scammer with my real phone number. As we start, he wanted me to download GoToAssist, so I attempted to do so. It didn't work. Instead, he wanted me to download AnyDesk. I got excited when he wanted me too. I downloaded AnyDesk on my host and VM so when he wanted to connect to my computer I could connect to his through the host while tricking him to giving me permission to use his pc. I said repeatedly "waiting for partner..." and he allowed me to view and control his computer. I was trying to find the file manager inAnyDesk settings. When I did, I went to his user folder and started downloading his stuff. I didn't see any sensitive information though. Since my internet was slow, I decided to delete his stuff instead. I don't know if he had a backup or not, but if he didn't, he's probably not getting his stuff back. I got his anydesk ID too (860449778) in case I am able to delete more. After I get familiar with AnyDesk, I might have better luck with things. I haven't heard back from him (or anyone associated, for that matter), so I am fine right now. Today was a success. I will accept the result. --04.23.2020-- (EXCERPT FROM <@518873940790214659>) So basically what happened was I installed a fresh copy of Windows 10 Pro Build 1909. But I did notice that after all of the updates had finished, the operating system was unstable and had a tendency to crash with a bluescreen every now and then. I decided to look up what was causing this to happen and I was able to conclude that my drivers that I had come pre-installed on the VM were outdated and incorrect. So I decide to download a driver updater, the same one I have on my main called "Avast Driver Updater". I install the software through the Avast's official website to avoid accidentally downloading malware. While it was downloading, Windows SmartScreen detected unauthorized apps attempting to modify the Windows Registry. I thought that this was just Windows being it's overprotective self and not letting me run it. So I make the decision to ignore this and press "Run Anyway". While it continued to install, Windows Defender went off saying "Threats Found, Actions Needed". I thought "What could have possibly happened to a clean Windows 10?" I look at the threat description and it shows a severe Trojan Horse named Misleading:Win32/Lodi!MSR. It said that this app gives false information about the Windows Registry and what not. I decide to look it up. So I did some digging into that trojan by looking at various types of forums and what I was able to conclude was that Avast Driver Updater (ADU) isn't malicious and it has no malicious intention. The detection was a false positive found by Windows Defender (WD) and that Misleading:Win32/Lodi!MSR may be a malicious file. Since AVG is owned by Avast, I looked on AVG forums to see what anyone said and they said the same thing. With AVG Driver Updater, WD was able to detect Misleading:Win32/Lodi!MSR but with second opinion scans with Malwarebytes, AVG, McAfee, and Norton, we weren't able to find any traces left by Misleading:Win32/Lodi!MSR. The conclusion is that Misleading:Win32/Lodi!MSR is a false positive detected by Windows Defender. If you do install AVG or Avast Driver Updater, ignore the detections made by Windows Defender. --05.26.2020-- (EXCERPT FROM <@518873940790214659> So it started out as just me and <@314543415033462785> were searching for scam sites (mostly me). We found one scammer that found us out and hung up. Then, the real fun began. We called up this scammer and played along with him until he put a screen on my VM that showed the Windows 10 update screen. So we sat at that screen until the scammer said that he "destroyed" the VM. Yes he did know that it was a VM. We had a long argument about how I was a prank caller and I wasted his "25 Years of Technical Experience". He was connected to my VM the whole time while I didn't know. He didn't use GoToAssist where I could have ended the connection. He attempted to SysKey me but he failed in doing so. As I was shocked, he deleted important system files which interrupted the boot process of the Windows 7 VM. Although, Startup Repair was able to clutch it up and save the VM. Then as a joke, I ran MEMZ on it. But, somehow, this is the first VM that ever BEAT MEMZ. It survived MEMZ and booted up successfully. That is the story of the Unbeatable Windows 7 VM. Props to Microsoft and my home boi Billy Gate.