Sandboxie

Sandboxie is a computer program, which provides a so-called sandbox, allowing isolated from the operating system to execute programs.

Operation

Performs to a computer program in Sandboxie from, all writes are redirected to the hard disk on a special, self-defined folder. The program is able to intercept and redirect both write accesses to files and the Windows registry. Thus, the actual computer system is not changed, when programs are executed in Sandboxie.

If the requested file in the Sandboxie folder already exists, also read accesses are redirected accordingly, so the running in Sandboxie program itself continues to work with the changed files, otherwise the read accesses are made first to the original files. To protect yourself by a Trojan before spying data, you can completely block any access to certain files, directories, or keys in the registry.

If you want to discard the changes you emptied the sandbox either manually or automatically when you close the sandbox. However, the user has the option to specify the folder in which the file changes are reported either by a dialog box and the changed files can be copied immediately to the actual folder or can be listed before you delete the sandbox contents and copied as needed.

Applications

Most common application is to run a browser or e -mail program under Sandboxie. Starts up the Internet users a malware, can lead not just settle somewhere on the system, but will be redirected to the sandbox. Clears the sandbox In regular, the malware will be deleted.

A second possible application is to try computer programs. If you install a new computer program in the sandbox, you can test it and remove it if not satisfied the program by emptying the sandbox without traces remain on the system, such as at a normal uninstallation is often the case. Furthermore, one can also execute already installed on the system programs in the sandbox to test the effects of changes in program configurations. Software, which, however, very deeply involved in the system such as Anti -virus programs can not be in the sandbox install because the installation routines of these programs can not cope with the limited rights of the sandbox and cancel the installation.

Adaptation options

In several Sandboxie sandboxes can be managed. For each sandbox separated various settings can be made. For example, it is possible to prevent read access to certain files or completely specify files in their access the sandbox does not redirects the write access to the sandbox. Also can be executed via Sandboxie programs with limited rights when working even with an administrator account.

Differences in the registered version

Sandboxie is free for private users. However, then a reminder window to license the software but appears after 30 days. Here are a license for commercial users, as well as an annual and a lifetime license for private users to choose from. With the licensing and other functions are enabled, which are not available in the standard version. So one can define, for example, certain programs, folders, USB drives and CD drives which are automatically started in the sandbox and run programs in different sandboxes simultaneously.