What’s the best free and safe Virtual Machine for testing antiviruses? BTW I also need installation files?
Oracle’s virtualbox.org
+1
Although, VMware is also good and works better with some antivirus.
Plus virtualbox.org is free 
VMware also (the client).
Only the player 
No. You need to register VMware server for free (like avast).
http://www.vmware.com/products/server/overview.html
You’ll choose which is your operational system host and get the licenses you need.
so VmWare is also free?
but the VM’s are not good because you need OS installation package. So If the oracle is free it’s not technically free because U need installation for OS.
Care to explain what do you mean? ??? ??? ??? Yeah, you need to install an OS into the virtual machine, and it does not matter whether it is Oracle, VMWare or MS.
Yeah I mean that. OMG When I want Win7 I need installation package, when I need XP then Installation package, when I need …blah…blah…blah I need installation package >:( So I will need downloading OS’s from internet It takes pretty much space on disc
Yeah, and you point is? OMG indeed. The virtualization tool is free, OS may or may not be free. If you want free, install Linux or BSD.
Where I can download that packages? It takes space on HDD.
Are you trolling or what? : >:(
Are you troll or what?
I don’t like downloading illegal things and even not OS’s doktore notore
WTF are you blurbing about? You get your install media and install an OS into the virtual machine (unless someone provides pre-prepared VHD images (some Linux distros do, e.g.) Go learn something about the subject and shut up meanwhile. :-X
You think that I will use my OS package? I don’t understand >:(
Yeah, apparently. So stop polluting this thread with absolutely useless posts.
Back to the topic: VirtualBox has more bugs and a lot of programs incompatibilities. VMware is much more reliable.
But I use VirtualBox due to its capacity of snapshotting.
Tech,
Vmware workstation needs to be purchased. Vmware server? - Didn’t have a good experience with that. Virtualbox is enough for a person to get started, don’t you think?
VMware Player is free and you can create the VM with it now. Providing a legit copy of the OS and validating is your responsibility on all of them regardless who makes it. The only exception is XP Mode available only for Windows 7 Pro and Ultimate XP is provided there. VMware is much easier to network that Virtualbox.
Joe