Sandboxie Plus 1.0.9 / Classic 5.55.9

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 Plus 1.0.9 / Classic 5.55.9 changes:

Added

SandMan now causes all boxed processes to update their path settings in real time when access options were modified
added new maintenance menu option "Uninstall All" to quickly remove all components when running in portable mode
added version number to the title bar of Sandboxie Classic
added option to return not to a snapshot but to an empty box state while keeping all snapshots
Sandboxie-Plus.ini can now be placed in C:\ProgramData\Sandboxie-Plus\ folder and takes precedence (for business use)
added support for AF_UNIX on Windows to resolve issues with OpenJDK17 and later #1009 #1520 #1521

Changed

reworked breakout mechanism to be service based and not allowing the parent process to access the broken out child process
enabled creation of directory junctions for sandboxed processes #1375
restored back AutoRecover=y on box creation #1554
improved snapshot support #1220
renamed "Disable Forced Programs" command to "Pause Forced Programs Rules" (Plus only)

Fixed

fixed BreakoutProcess not working with EnableObjectFiltering=y
FIXED SECURITY ISSUE: when starting COMSRV unboxed, the returned process handle had full access
fixed issue with progress dialog #1562
fixed issue with handling directory junctions in Sandboxie #1396
fixed a handle leak in File_NtCloseImpl
fixed border issues on maximized windows introduced in the last build #1561
fixed a couple of index overruns (thanks 7eRoM) #1571
fixed issues with sysnative directory #1403
fixed issue with starting SandMan when running sandboxed from context menu #1579
fixed dark mode flash issue with main window creation #1231
fixed issues with snapshot error handling #350
fixed issues with the always on top option (Plus only)