Imported Kali-Linux will not start

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Mopbucket
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Imported Kali-Linux will not start

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I downloaded the Kali-Linux VM from their site. It will not start up and the below message is what I am seeing. This is on a Windows 10 box. Any help is much appreciated.

Failed to open a session for the virtual machine Kali-Linux-2021.3-vbox-amd64.

The virtual machine 'Kali-Linux-2021.3-vbox-amd64' has terminated unexpectedly during startup with exit code -1073741819 (0xc0000005).

Result Code: E_FAIL (0x80004005)
Component: MachineWrap
Interface: IMachine {85632c68-b5bb-4316-a900-5eb28d3413df}
scottgus1
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Re: Imported Kali-Linux will not start

Post by scottgus1 »

This likely is indicating a hardening error on the host OS, via the 0xc0000005 error. See Diagnosing VirtualBox Hardening Issues

Please right-click the VM in the main Virtualbox window's VM list, choose Show Log. Save the hardening log, zip the file, and post the zip file, using the forum's Upload Attachment tab.
Mopbucket
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Re: Imported Kali-Linux will not start

Post by Mopbucket »

Thank you for your response. I am showing that there are no logs.

"No log files found. Press the Refresh button to rescan the log folder C:\*******\VirtualBox VMs\Kali-Linux-2021.3-vbox-amd64\Logs."
scottgus1
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Re: Imported Kali-Linux will not start

Post by scottgus1 »

Interesting. Looks like the VM might be blocked before it starts.

Please go to c:\Users\{youraccount}, zip the ".Virtualbox" folder (note the period in the folder name) then post the zip file using Upload Attachment.
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