Comments on: Sandboxie 4.01.03 Beta / Sandboxie 3.76

By: cat

cat — Sat, 25 Aug 2012 22:58:26 +0000

It’s a nice idea, but this program always had some issues whenever I used it.
Avast meanwhile has its Auto Sandbox, for those who want it.
And you could argue that an Anti Virus program should (try to) make a sandbox superfluous.

Maybe a sandbox could be a replacement for Windows User Account Control?
I like it best, not to be bothered by such ‘solutions’.
AV, Windows Defender, Firewall, and some registry cleaner (wise) can do the job.

By: magnum_2007

magnum_2007 — Sat, 25 Aug 2012 21:17:16 +0000

This program creates a copy of your current reg settings and any files required to be accessed by the file being tested and redirects all the changes to the copies instead of the originals. This saves the original system from being infected. So using 168MB is just below normal for that…

By: Rich

Rich — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 16:08:28 +0000

168MB of occupied space when so many now have 100′s or thousands of gigs from huge hard drive capacities,this is not an issue. Considering the security this program provides, you should not compromise.

By: Doom

Doom — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 22:48:44 +0000

@VETOR:
read the programa documentation before complaining.
You don´t know how this prog works nor what is a Sandbox
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By: VETOR

VETOR — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 09:11:30 +0000

Today i uninstaled this prog.
and see the total size occupied for it!
Incredible 168 Mb! No more.
...

By: VETOR

VETOR — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 19:37:39 +0000

Secure and safe “Medicine” for this prog:
http://www.sandboxie.com/index.php?RegisterSandboxie
Enjoy!

By: Max Headroom

Max Headroom — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 01:12:27 +0000

You STILL need a good antivirus AND a firewall.
1. You will MAYBE prevent the outbreak of many viruses. But you will never be sure to catch every single system operation. There is no 100% safe method.

2. You won't know that you got a virus. A virus doesn't show "Your computer is infected!" on your display. So you will maybe copy an infected file to your main-system OR give it to one of your friends ... and BAMM !

3. You surely want to know if programs phone home (ie. AnyDVD ;)). So you need to block internet-access to tools you don't trust.

4. If you want to get a "safe" computer without firewall/av, you need to sandbox EVERY SINGLE TOOL AND GAME you will ever run. Even drivers from an unknown source. Good luck sandboxing AnyDVD or Nero Burning Rom ;)

Use Sandboxie to get a glimpse on unknown tools. Use it as a shield between your Browser and the system. But don't rely too much on it's protection ;)

By: new_generation

new_generation — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 10:29:45 +0000

jeremyofmany,
How about firewall do I still need it it's great that antivirus not necessary because it eats lots of resources... Can I trust this soft if I understand good it isolates from the system files viruses but how about soft/games I dont see here written that sandbox isolates these files?

By: jeremyofmany

jeremyofmany — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:41:40 +0000

tester,

You said:
"of course, you still need antivirus! You might accidentally install something that you think is virus free!"

That is the point of using Sandboxie.
If you install it sandboxed, the virus cannot penetrate the sandbox.
This prevents a virus infection and thus eliminates the need for anti-virus.

By: soft_tester

soft_tester — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 06:18:18 +0000

its been a year since i found sandboxie. Yes, this is a useful software. back way before im using it with vista and kaspersky. sandboxie lets you run applications in virtual. there was this virus which hides itsel to a malwarebytes installation ive downloaded not from the official site, and kaspersky said it is clean. thankfully i run it using sandboxie and then i noticed that it planted files in system32 folder and also added registry files unrelated to malwarebytes and also 3 files were opened before installation. my hunch is that it has embedded trojan. after a day, i updated kaspersky and scanned again the mlwarebytes installer and voila! the installler has been tampered with trojans. vudo ones!

tested today in win7 rtm so far so good. i hope final version comes out early.

ps. 64bit os is the next future but in real enterprise world, 64 it still lagging in compatability and there are more 32bit users than 64.. so if you have 4gb or less better use 32bit, 99% no worries. just use 64bit os if you have more than 5gb and you are in video editing or CAD etc.. just my view in os.