I dont wanna hijack the thread with my own story but i wanted to say that before the banwave i had 9 accounts total, 5 of which are WOD 5 bot dungeon team and the others farmers and was doing that for about a year and no problems ever. I was making about about 200k a week and had never gotten a ban. Now all 6months suspended - back in NOV 15

(none was done for financial gain, i work for a living, but i use the gold to buy mounts, gear and giving away to friends, and recently used for tokens)
So rather than wait so long to play/abot again i started new accounts but was too fast recreating my new 5bot team because it was permanently banned within a day.
Long story short, ive started a third time and all working fine so far. 5man team at lvl 62 and going slow cos i quested to lvl 41 and only botted dungeons one night, But its been longer than a week botting and no ban. But a ban could be just around the corner.
But all my botting experience tells me this;
1. Do not use the same WOW installation, Format and redownload everything
2. Change IP address - Im not on a static so just reboot the router and check the ip was changed
3. Dont use previous payment methods, CC or paypal. Better to buy the game from a store or code online from a experienced seller
But Ive done the VMWARE and VPN, you might save a couple of accounts if your lucky but doesn't offer much more security if any and is difficult to setup and keep running. Most VPNs are dead slow and congested, and well known VPNs would also be known ton Blizz. VMWARE lets face it, no one plays WOW on VMWARE and it is probably earlier for Blizz to see VMWARE listed hardware, ie just looks more like a botter.