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 1.12.0 Plus / Classic 5.67 changelog:
This build brings a lot of usability improvements most notably the ability to auto force all removable media.
Added
- added mechanism to automatically set USB drives as forced folders (Requires a supporter certificate)
- added troubleshooting script for issue #3318 with parental controls
- started german translation of the troubleshooting scripts ...\SandboxiePlus\SandMan\Troubleshooting\lang_de.json #3293
- added "get_cert SBIEX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX" command to UpdUtil.exe allowing to get a cert by serial using command line
- added mechanism to revoke leaked or refunded certificates
- added new global hot key to bring sandman in fron as top most ALT+Break #3320
- added Exclude specific boxes from "Terminate all processes" #3108
- Note: press the panic button hot key 3 times with less then 1 second between clicks to Terminate All with NO exceptions
- added Customizable global hotkey that toggles the state of "pause forced programs" #2441
- added Warn or prevent broad "forced folder" settings #650
- added CheckExpectFile function to Plus #768
Changed
- improved suspend process ahndling #3375
- improved handling of issue reports
- updated reminder schedule
Fixed
- fixed issue with auto updater not offering version updates
- fixed issue with new symlink handling code #3340
- fixed issue with Scm_StartServiceCtrlDispatcherX not behaving correctly when not run as service #1246 #3297
- fixed Issue with configuring the original folder of a symbolic link created using mklink to OpenPipePath #3207
Removed
- removed obsolete /nosbiectrl switch #3391
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