Just wondering if anybody uses, or has used Sandboxie - and what your thoughts were?

I think the concept is great, and I see no reason not to use it.

They suggest the following benefits:

• Secure Web Browsing: Running your Web browser under the protection of Sandboxie means that all malicious software downloaded by the browser is trapped in the sandbox and can be discarded trivially.
  
• Enhanced Privacy: Browsing history, cookies, and cached temporary files collected while Web browsing stay in the sandbox and don't leak into Windows.
  
• Secure E-mail: Viruses and other malicious software that might be hiding in your email can't break out of the sandbox and can't infect your real system.
  
• Windows Stays Lean: Prevent wear-and-tear in Windows by installing software into an isolated sandbox.

In case anybody doesn't know what it does:

Sandboxie runs your programs in an isolated space which prevents them from making permanent changes to other programs and data in your computer.



http://www.sandboxie.com/

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I have a few machines running sandboxie superbly.

It almost, albeit inevitably impossible, gives you a sense you system is actually secure and whatever your system user does its going to keep it safe.

I have a few users running the program when they have kids which keeps their random clicking at bay and the nasties out, which saves time and money.

I always on their first infection give them if I feel it necessary a guide to sandboxie.
My guide needs updating now so when I do I shall upload it.

Also Google Chromes "incognito" enhancement is a good start to. It works whereby no data is stored on the system eg cookies history etc giving a nice layer.
Unfortunately things can still download and install which is something I would like to see changes but sandboxing is definable the way forward in my mind. I would like to see a whole OS running in sectors each with their own sandbox.

Imagine the OS being the "playground" and then each area eg file system, personal files, programs would each be sandboxed in their own. If only a sector was infiltrated cleaning would take half the time. Especially with Virut going around, if a user was to have that on their OS sandbox then all of their personal files would be saved.

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user Review by: mikesantana

Complete browsing safety for FREE, register for some extra features you can live without.
After closing, all temp files, downloads, cookies, plugins, ActiveX controls, toolbar changes,
spyware and even viruses are totally gone, all registry changes are also removed.
This is as safe as you can get! You can manually choose downloads and favorites etc
you really want to keep.

user Review by: Geejay

The idea behind this application is a very good one but, honestly I found this program
sort of klunky to use. And I really don't like applications trying to connect to remote machines
every - - single - - time - - you - - run - - them. What's up with that anyway?
After following the uninstall instructions, this application left dead linked shortcuts in my
quick launch, and on my desktop. Maybe I'm missing something here?
I used my old stand-by, GoBack, to revert my drive to a time right before this
program was downloaded onto my compter. Sorry.

user Review by: MikeyBikey

I've been using successive versions of this prog for about 5 months now and I've
not had any problems yet. It is true that its very much a 'work in progress' but AFAIK
it really does what the author claims for it: no downloaded files in a sandboxed browser
will reach your OS. This can easily be checked using a variety of usage tracks tools.
I really wish the author(s) of these consistently bad reviews would be more specific
about which features they can't get to work; I mean, there aren't that many features anyway!!:
Either it sandboxes your browser, or it does not. All available checks show that it does,
so please Mr Reviewer, share your information!

Pro & Con comments

Overfiew of Conflicts

• • Overview
  • AnVir Task Manager
  • Canon Printers, Canon Easy-WebPrint
  • HP Universal Print Driver
  • ITEKSOFT eDocPrinter PDF
  • Naomi Web Filter
  • McAfee Viruscan Enterprise 8.7i
  • Nuance OmniPage
  • PunkBuster
  • Rising Anti-Virus
  • SnagIt
  • Trusteer Rapport
  • Webroot AntiSpyware Corporate Edition
  • ZoneAlarm Internet Security Suite Version 8

see Conflict Details

Services
A Windows computers includes several service programs which are designed to accept requests
from application programs. Many service programs run inside special svchost.exe processes (programs),
although some others run as standalone processes.

Programs running under Sandboxie are not allowed to reach those system service programs,
due to the isolation of the sandbox. Instead, Sandboxie provides its own service programs,
which run in the same sandbox as the program requesting the service.

• Remote Procedure Call (RPC)
  DCOM Server Process Launcher
  Cryptographic Services
  Background Intelligent Transfer Service
  Automatic Updates
  Windows Installer

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I would have mixed feelings about Sandboxie. For myself, it's a matter of control> mine, not a sandbox.

Thinking of the entries I see in the logs I check:
A lot of users are going to have to disable (can you do that?) the sandbox to do what they want with their system. Some of this will be the evil file sharing: so questions:

1. Will they disable it to succeed in one feature?
2. Will they then enable it while doing other things.
3. Will they even cqre?

There is a story about the broken window- some of you may know it: it' basically that the fix should be not fixing the broken window, but prevent those things which cause the break. That is oversimplified but adequate for this.

No security is going to prevent everything. And the habits of users must be changed if protection is going to be effective. As I frequently say, the first line of security is the users themselves. A look at Tracking Cookies can be a good insight to some of the sites users frequent.

So I'd have to sum this up a good in theory but questionable in practice.

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Well I have been "playing in the sand" a little. The nice thing is that nothing runs in the sandbox unless you tell it to.

In other words you can still run everything normally - or you can right click/ run sandboxed. It seems to work as advertised with browsers which is all I have messed with so far.

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Choice is always a good thing, but only if the chooser has some common sense!

So- you have to be smart enough to know when to use it which conversely means the users who need it the most- won't!

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