WebUser – 04 April 2018

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What weliked:
Sandboxie’s
mottois“trust
noprogram”
–amaxim
that’s worth
keepinginmind,
especiallywhen
you’reinstallingorrunning
softwarefromunknown
sources.Whetheraprogram
isstuffedfullofmalicious
codeorjustbadlywritten,
Sandboxiewillrenderany
softwareharmlesswith
afewsimpleclicks.
InstallSandboxieandyou’ll
betakenthroughabrief
tutorialthatexplainsthe
mainfunctionsofthetool.Afterthis,
youcansandboxaprogrambyright-
clickingitsshortcutorEXEfileand
selectingRunSandboxed.Alternatively,
youcanjustdraganddroptheprogram
intotheSandboxiewindow.
Moveyourmouseoverasandboxed
programandyou’ll noticeayellow
borderaroundtheprogramwindow,
whichindicatesthatit’s runningin
Sandboxie.You’ll alsoseeahash
symbol[#]bytheprogram’s name.
Beyondthebasics,Sandboxieoffers
anumberofveryusefultools,including

theabilitytotransferfilesquicklyto

andfromthesandboxedenvironment

–suchasfilesyoudownloadviaa

sandboxedwebbrowser, forexample.

Youcanalsoquicklykillrunning

applicationsordeletethecontents

ofyoursandboxbyright-clicking

Sandboxie’snotification-areaicon,

thenselectingDefaultBoxandchoosing

TerminateProgramsorDeleteContents.

Howitcanbeimproved:

After30days,Sandboxiewillstart

presentingyouwithanagscreenevery

timeyouuseit,reminding

youtoupgradetothe

paid-forversion.That’s

becauseSandboxieis

actuallysharewareand,

intheory,usersare

supposedtocoughup

foralicence(currently

around£25)afterthetrial

periodends.However,

aslongasit’s forpersonal

use,youcancarryon

usingSandboxieforfree

andtheprogramwill

continuetofunction

asnormal.

Onlyahandful

ofhigh-endfeatures

(includingtheability

toforceprogramstoruninSandboxie,

andtheoptiontorunprogramsinmore

thanonesandboxatatime)are

exclusivetothepaid-forversion.

OURVERDICT

Lightweight,powerfulandregularly

updated, Sandboxieis by farthe

bestdedicatedsandboxingtool

around.Thefreeversion’snag

screensareabit annoying,but

worthtolerating.

Runningprogramsinan

isolatedenvironmentstopsthem

harmingyourPC.Jonathan

Parkyncomparesthebestfree

sandboxingoptionsavailable

Free sandboxtools

that keep your

PC safe

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