sandbox softwares

It seems like a great idea for browsers and email clients. For an avid surfers like me, it may be all I need. No more dealing with different anti softwares( anitvirus, antispyware, antiadware ) or even regcleaners or firewall. Well, am I right or not?

An example is sandboxie, and it is a free ware. I am waiting for your comments before I start to use it on my computer.

 

Hi

Seems OK

CastleCops has it as legit
http://www.castlecops.com/o23list-1977.html

As well as Bleepingcomputer
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/uninstall/2042/Sandboxie-version-2.64.html

Keep in mind that Nothing is 100% secure and you still need AV, Firewall and Anti-spyware installed on your system.

Geri

 

Something to consider.

http://www.returnilvirtualsystem.com/index.htm

Mike

 

sandboxie.ini

Sandboxie seems to run fine except I can make the recovery to work. The files I downloaded were there but when I turned on the recovery folder, it said nothing found. Here is my sandboxie.ini:

BoxRootFolder=%AppData%
AlertProcess=firefox.exe
HarddiskVolume=C:
[DefaultBox]
Enabled=yes
CopyLimitKb=200000
OpenFilePath=firefox.exe,%AppData%\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\esxnlcyw.default\bookmarks.html
OpenKeyPath=firefox.exe,HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Mozilla
OpenKeyPath=firefox.exe,HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Mozilla
# LingerProcess=acrord32.exe
# LingerProcess=jusched.exe
AutoDelete=yes
RecoverFolder=%Personal%
RecoverFolder=SBdownloads
ClosedFilePath=!firefox.exe,%Cookies%
ClosedKeyPath=!firefox.exe,HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Mozilla
ClosedKeyPath=!firefox.exe,HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Mozilla

If you care to give your comments, they would be greatly appreciated.

 

Just a general comment; I'll leave the specific comments to your question to others more qualified.

It seems to me that programs like Sandboxie are unnecessary for those who take reasonable precautions. By that I mean, folks who keep their AV and anti-spyware updated and run weekly scans, who run a firewall that both blocks incoming and outgoing packets and who use common sense in where they surf on the web (i.e. do NOT go to **** sites) and in what they choose to download and open (by way of their browsers and email clients)... that these folks should be reasonably secure on the web. I just don't want to complicate my life anymore than it already is.

 

Words of wisdom James

 

Hello Greeneye,

Sandboxie forum here: http://www.sandboxie.com/phpbb/index.php?c=2&

Regards - Charles

 

re: recover files in sandboxie

Actually, I kind of agree with James. I almost always run win2k pro from a restricted user account and my firefox is set to delete all cookies and cache. So far, firefox runs well and after each run ccleaner only needed to clean less than 100kb ( instead of 50mb ).

Sandboxie is still under development, I just found out that the feature in question (recovery files) is not yet completed. One great value of sandboxie is to to let you know if a website is doing behind your back, just look at the contents of the sandbox.