Virtualbox - error when creating VM

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I installed Virualbox on ZorinOS 18.1 Pro , getting an error everytime i want to create a VM ,

Uninstalled and reinstalled Virtualbox 8 times via the Zorin software store.

This is the error i get

If your system has EFI Secure Boot enabled you may also need to sign the kernel modules (vboxdrv, vboxnetflt, vboxnetadp, vboxpci) before you can load them. Please see your Linux system's documentation for more information.

where: suplibOsInit what: 3 VERR_VM_DRIVER_NOT_INSTALLED (-1908) - The support driver is not installed. On linux, open returned ENOENT.

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Suggestion: disable secure boot.
Then, run the sudo modprobe vboxdrv as suggested in the terminal to load the driver, and launch VirtualBox.

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i use Gnome Boxes instead of Virtual Box and Gnome Boxes works very well.
best of luck Steve ..

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I ditched VBox ages ago for virt-manager. Almost feels you are running a bare-metal install:

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Open the Terminal and type uname -r and post the Output please. It shows what Kernel You use.

If Secure Boot in BIOS should be enabled, disable it and try it again.

You could download the Package from VirtualBox and try that instead:

Use the Package for Ubuntu 24.04.

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That solved my problem , thank you