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 1.15.6 / Classic 5.70.6 changelog:
Added
- added generic troubleshooting script for SBIE2224: Sandboxed program has crashed
- provides a workaround for Viber (Viber.exe)
- added debug option "DropChildProcessToken=program.exe,y" to not set a child process token useful to debug green boxes
- added missing hook to NtQueryInformationByName
Changed
- reworked CreateDesktop handling to fix issues with browsers and browser-based applications
Fixed
- fixed Sandboxie Plus data folder not always working properly after updating to version 1.15.5
- fixed a too long held lock in the troubleshooting engine
- fixed Adobe Acrobat Reader crashes in Application Compartment box #4363
- fixed The Viber software has been updated, but when opened using the sandboxie program, the system program always crashes #4298
- fixed Cannot run qutebrowser in Sandboxie #4419
- fixed Unable to launch application in sandbox with ApiTrace enabled in version 1.15.5 #4488
- fixed BSoD when using OpenWndStation=y on Windows 10 with apps that call CreateDesktopW/A
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
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