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 1.14.8 Plus / Classic 5.69.8 release notes:
Added
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added "RandomRegUID" (bool) which could modify Windows Product ID in the registry to a random value
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added "HideDiskSerialNumber" (bool) return random value when applications try to get disk serial number
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added option to get free 10 days evaluation certificates from the support settings page
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the evaluation certificates are node locked to the HwID and for each HwID up to 3 certs can be requested
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added "TerminateWhenExit" (bool, in Sandboxie-Plus.ini) to terminate all processes when SandMan exits for #4171
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added a question box to ask for Sandbox Import Location for #4169
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added UI option to configure DropConHostIntegrity
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added "HideNetworkAdapterMAC" (bool) return random value when applications try to get network adapter MAC address
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added shared template selection to the Shared Template feature in the advanced options of the New Box Wizard #4199
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the number of available shared templates has been increased to 10
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to update the names displayed in the list, simply adjust the "Tmpl.Title" setting within each template
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allowed users to import/export boxes with .zip files.
Fixed
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fixed and improved HideDiskSerialNumber option causes applications to crash #4185
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fixed encrypted proxy password was improperly formatted #4197
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fixed NtQueryDirectoryObject (should not return "STATUS_MORE_ENTRIES") as this is an easy sandbox detection #4201
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fixed a cert issue
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