Simply start learning to test security apps and systems.Perhaps many of you want to use more than one operating system at the same time for different purposes (gaming, working, programming, hacking, designing, etc…). Also, no need to install the VirtualBox Guest Additions, it will already be there on the system thus no urther hassle. Once you on the login screen, use the default username- kali and password – kali. After that apply the changes by clicking on the OK button.

And after that click on the Settings option given in the menu and select USB then change the USB 2.0 option to USB 1.1 (OHCI) Controller.

If you get an error the virtual machine can’t be booted because of USB 2.0 then close the error box. We don’t need to install anything at all, everything is pre-compiled and ready to use out of the box. Once the importing process has been completed you will see a Kali Linux VM on the VirtualBox’s left panel where all VMs get listed by default.ĭouble-click on that and your hacking Linux will start booting and in few minutes the home screen will appear to start using it.

Under the Local File System, click on the Folder icon to select the downloaded Kali Linux OVA image.Īgree with the License Agreement the importing process will take a few minutes.

If you are using VMware then the same page will have the image for it as well. You can get 64-bit or 32-bit as per your system. Instead of using ISO, here we will download VirtualBox Image available on the official website.

OVA image is the key thing that we require to follow this tutorial. It is a cross-platform Virtualization software, thus available for Windows, Linux, macOS, and FreeBSD. However, in case you haven’t then go to and download the one as per your OS.

Login with Default Username and Password Install VirtualBoxĪlthough, you would already have VirtualBox on the host operating system where you are planning to use it.

Kali vbox image