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 1.0.5 Plus / 5.55.5 Classic changes:
Added
sandbox top level exception handler to create crash dumps
-- it can be enabled per process or globally using "EnableMiniDump=process.exe,y" or "EnableMiniDump=y" respectively
-- the dump flags can be set as hex with "MiniDumpFlags=0xAABBCCDD"
-- a preselected flag set for a verbose dump can be set with "MiniDumpFlags=Extended"
-- Note: created dump files are located at: C:\Sandbox\%SANDBOX%
- added template support for Osiris and Slimjet browsers (by Dyras) #1454
Changed
- improved SbieDll initialization a bit
- doubled size of Name_Buffer_Depth #1342
- improved text filter in the templates view #1456
Fixed
- fixed issue with forced process display #1447
- fixed crash issue with GetClassName #1448
- fixed minor UI issue #1382
- fixed UI language preset issue #1348
- fixed grouping issues in SandMan UI #1358
- fixed issue with EnableWin32kHooks #1458
Installers re-released with the following fix:
- fixed regression when launching Office apps #1468
Download: Sandboxie Plus 1.0.5 (64-bit) | Sandboxie Plus 1.0.5 (32-bit) ~16.0 MB (Open Source)
Download: Sandboxie 5.55.5 Classic (64-bit) | Sandboxie 5.55.5 Classic (32-bit) ~3.0 MB
View: Sandboxie Website | Sandboxie Plus Home Page | GitHub | Release Notes
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