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 1.16.3 / Classic 5.71.3 changelog:
Changed
- reworked driver imports to despite of being build with VS2022 allow it to load on windows 7 #4942
- improved dark mode color pattern
- switched to Qt 6.8.3 with windows 7 compatibility patches
- validated compatibility with Windows build 27934 and updated DynData
Fixed
- fixed 1.16.2 = Tray Menu Missing in Action #4940
- fixed UAC prompt layout at higher DPI in secure desktop #4953 (thanks gexgd0419)
- fixed RTL layout for Arabic in UAC prompt dialog #4957 (thanks gexgd0419)
- fixed 1.16.1 Dark mode help popup window with light color background #4903
- fixed Network options cannot be persisted during editing #4899
- fixed Cleanup on Aisle Qt5 - Installer should remove obsolete files after Sandboxie 1.16.x #4934
- fixed on restart as admin windows was not shown
Removed
- remove obsolete code which was long superseded by new implementations
Download: Sandboxie Plus (64-bit) | 23.6 MB (Open Source)
Download: Sandboxie Classic (64-bit) | 3.0 MB
Links: Sandboxie Website | GitHub | ARM64 | Screenshot
