Run programs in a sandbox to prevent malware from making permanent changes to your PC.
Sandboxie allows you to run your browser, or any other program, so that all changes that result from the usage are kept in a sandbox environment, which can then be deleted later.
Sandboxie is a sandbox-based isolation software for 32- and 64-bit Windows NT-based operating systems. It is being developed by David Xanatos since it became open source, before that it was developed by Sophos (which acquired it from Invincea, which acquired it earlier from the original author Ronen Tzur). It creates a sandbox-like isolated operating environment in which applications can be run or installed without permanently modifying the local or mapped drive. An isolated virtual environment allows controlled testing of untrusted programs and web surfing.
Sandboxie is available in two flavors Plus and Classic. Both have the same core components, this means they have the same level of security and compatibility. What"s different is the user interface the Plus build has a modern Qt based UI which supports all new features that have been added since the project went open source. The Classic build has the old no longer developed MFC based UI, hence it lacks support for modern features, these features can however still be used when manually configured in the Sandboxie.ini.
Sandboxie 1.10.4 Plus / Classic 5.65.4 changelog:
Added
- added box scripting engine to make SandMan more flexible
- added scriptable troubleshooting wizard #1875
- added addon manager which helps to install additional and third-party components, available addons:
- ImDisk Toolkit - used to create RAM Disks and other virtual drives
- V4 Script Debugger - used to debug troubleshooting scripts
- Microsoft Debug Help Library - used for the stack trace feature introduced in 1.9.6
- signcheck.exe - used to scan files on VirusTotal before recovering them
- SbieHide.dll - a third-party DLL to hide SbieDll.dll
- LogAPI.dll - an API logging library used for Buster Sandbox Analyzer
- added option to set the update interval to 1, 7, 14 and 30 days
- What"s new in Sandboxie-Plus dialog in SbieCtrl.exe to praise the new features of the Plus UI. Note: this is shown after the installation of Sandboxie Classic
- added "fixdacls" command to KmdUtil.exe, it repairs broken DACL entries on the Sandboxie folder to fix issues where SbieDll.dll fails to load
- added option to hide Sandboxie"s own processes #3054
- added functionality to cache Sandboxie messages within the Plus UI #2920
- added button to invoke troubleshooting wizard directly from the SBIE message popup
Changed
- setup wizard has now a dedicated update configuration page
- this page will be shown once for all users who do not have updates enabled
- split the support page into Sandboxie Support and Sandboxie Updater tabs
- when the troubleshooting.7z file is available, the script engine will be used to match compatibility templates
- this allows a better granularity in template selection by using the AppCompatibility.js script
- reworked low level code injection mechanism to improve flexibility and debugging
- the main injection detour code is now written in C instead of Assembler and can properly report SbieDll.dll loading errors as SBIE2181
- improved session agent startup to be more flexible
- improved SBIEMSG help handling, the link now contains message details allowing to point to a more exact document (if available)
- updated certificate validation code
Fixed
- fixed uninstall issue in the Sandboxie Classic installer d1863ff
- added workaround for Chrome not starting on Windows 11 with KB5027231 #3040
- improved compatibility with procmon/stack traces for debug builds
- fixed issue with non-standard command lines
- fixed online updater not checking every 7 days, but daily
Removed
- cleaned up duplicate code (thanks lmou523) #3067
Sandboxie 1.10.5 Plus / Classic 5.65.5:
- Changed - Don"t close submenus on mouse-leave (thanks typpos) #2963
- Fixed issue with verification of business certificates
Download: Sandboxie Plus (64-bit) | Sandboxie Plus (32-bit) ~20.0 MB (Open Source)
Download: Sandboxie Classic (64-bit) | Sandboxie Classic (32-bit) ~3.0 MB
Links: Sandboxie Website | Sandboxie Plus Home Page | GitHub | ARM64