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Metasploit for Beginners

You're reading from   Metasploit for Beginners Create a threat-free environment with the best-in-class tool

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jul 2017
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781788295970
Length 190 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Author (1):
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Sagar Rahalkar Sagar Rahalkar
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Sagar Rahalkar
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Table of Contents (11) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Introduction to Metasploit and Supporting Tools FREE CHAPTER 2. Setting up Your Environment 3. Metasploit Components and Environment Configuration 4. Information Gathering with Metasploit 5. Vulnerability Hunting with Metasploit 6. Client-side Attacks with Metasploit 7. Web Application Scanning with Metasploit 8. Antivirus Evasion and Anti-Forensics 9. Cyber Attack Management with Armitage 10. Extending Metasploit and Exploit Development

Installing Metasploit on Windows

Metasploit Framework can be easily installed on a Windows based operating system. However, Windows is usually not the platform of choice for deploying Metasploit Framework, the reason being, that many of the supporting tools and utilities are not available for Windows platform. Hence it's strongly recommended to install the Metasploit Framework on Linux platform.

The following are the steps for Metasploit Framework installation on Windows:

  1. Download the latest Metasploit Windows installer from: https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/wiki/Downloads-by-Version.
  2. Double click and open the downloaded installer.
  3. Click Next, as seen in the following screenshot:
  1. Accept the license agreement:
  1. Select the location where you wish to install the Metasploit Framework:
  1. Click on Install to proceed further:

The Metasploit installer progresses...

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