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 1.11.4 Plus / Classic 5.66.4 changelog:
This is a maintenance release fixing a various issues and adds minor improvements.
Changed
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improved behaviour with Lock All Encrypted Boxes option #3350
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fixed typo in option name: "NoRestartOnPAC" becomes "NoRestartOnPCA" 0e175ee
Fixed
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fixed issue with unmounting protected images
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fixed issue with highlighting not being able to be turned off in the Sbie Messages tab
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fixed issue with programs installed in the sandbox not being displayed via Run from Start Menu
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fixed issue with NtQueryDirectoryObject
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fixed Some GUI functions use the wrong box path if the FileRootPath value starts with Volume{GUID}
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fixed If a program is run on RAM and Encrypted boxes when the sandbox root folder is not present, the programs will not run
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fixed Process Restrictions enable/disable not working correctly
For a full list of changes and fixes please review the full release notes.
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