Metasploitable 2 on VirtualBox. Virtualbox Host Interface Networking Error

Question

I get this message when I try to run Metasploitable 2 on VirtualBox VM 5.0.0 win.amd64:

Failed to open a session for the virtual machine Metasploitable 2. Failed to open/create the internal network 'HostInterfaceNetworking-VirtualBox Host-Only Ethernet Adapter' (VERR_INTNET_FLT_IF_NOT_FOUND). Failed to attach the network LUN (VERR_INTNET_FLT_IF_NOT_FOUND). Result Code: E_FAIL (0x80004005) Component: ConsoleWrap Interface: IConsole {872da645-4a9b-1727-bee2-5585105b9eed} 

Host machine is a Windows 8.1 Processor: Intel(R) Celeron(R) 2955U @ 1.40GHz RAM: 8,00 GB System: 64-bit OS and x64. based processor

Additional information: Kali Linux/Linux mint and other linux distros runs in virtualbox

Any suggestion for solution?

The image below shows my network settings for Metasploitable in virtualbox

https://i.sstatic.net/cRt0w.jpg

Answer 1

Please try the following and check if it works.

• Open Virtual box
• Right click on the virtual machine. (In your case the Metasploitable 2 VM)
• Select Settings

• Select the network tab

• Enable the network adapter

• Click on OK and then restart the Virtual machine