Alternatives to FLARE-VM
Installation scripts that turn a Windows virtual machine into a malware analysis and reverse-engineering workstation. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
FLARE-VM
Installation scripts that turn a Windows virtual machine into a malware analysis and reverse-engineering workstation.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as FLARE-VM.
REMnux
Linux toolkit for reverse engineering and analysing malicious software.
REMnux is an open-source Linux malware analysis toolkit available as an appliance, container or Ubuntu add-on, moving the analysis workstation from Windows to Linux.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
Ghidra
The NSA's reverse engineering framework, with a decompiler that turns machine code back into readable C.
x64dbg
An open-source Windows debugger for reverse engineering, with an IDA-like interface, a built-in assembler and a decompiler.
pestudio
A Windows tool for quick static assessment of executable files that highlights suspicious indicators.
Detect It Easy
A program that identifies file types, packers, compilers and protectors used in executables.
CAPEv2
A self-hosted automated malware sandbox that extracts payloads and parses malware configurations.
PE-bear
A multiplatform viewer and editor for reversing Windows Portable Executable (PE) files.
