– OUI prefixes like 00:0C:29 (VMware), 08:00:27 (VirtualBox), 00:1C:42 (Parallels).
: the generic hardware drivers, the suspiciously low RAM, and the specific CPU instructions that screamed "I’m a guest on a host." If it smelled a hypervisor, it stayed dormant, a digital "do-not-disturb" sign hanging on its front door. vm detection bypass