Sandboxie 3.00
Posted on Wednesday, July 11 2007 @ 14:46 CEST by Thomas De MaesschalckA program to protect your system from malware.
Changelog:
- Sandboxed Windows Explorer
- In Sandboxie Control: Run Sandboxed -> Windows Explorer
- Files cut (or copied) in a sandboxed Windows Explorer window, can be pasted into any unsandboxed application
- The SandboxieExplorer replacement for Windows Explorer has been discontinued
- Sandboxed Windows Installer
- Starts and stops automatically as needed
- Run Sandboxed -> Windows Installer has been discontinued
- Can install packages from network shares
- Sandboxed Installation of Win32 Services
- Happens transparently and automatically as part of sandboxed installation, if needed
- Note, this does not refer to drivers
- Stronger protection of window-to-window communications
- Sandboxed applications can't destroy windows of an application outside the sandbox
- Sandboxed applications can't communicate with windows outside the sandbox
- Can be overriden with OpenWinClass
- Sandboxed applications can't send fake keyboard input to windows outside the sandbox
- Can be overriden with BlockFakeInput
- Sandboxing of Win32 Hooks
- System-global hooks are converted into application-level hooks, and directed to sandboxed applications only
- Can be overridden with BlockWinHooks
- Earlier versions of Sandboxie allow a sandboxed program to install a global hook DLL, if the hook DLL file is located outside the sandbox
- Support for read-only files and registry keys
- See ReadFilePath and ReadKeyPath
- Can be used by administrators to make sure sandboxed applications can't bypass system policy by modifying the sandboxed copy of the Policies registry key
- Sandboxie no longer needs a system restarts when upgrading or removing the
program
- Note that upgrading from an earlier version, such as 2.86, will still require a restart
- Improved support for Windows Vista
- Revised 'Temporarily Disable Forced Programs':
- Applies only in the login session where it is used, as opposed to being applied globally to Sandboxie in earlier versions
- Can be disabled (see ForceDisableSeconds)
Smaller changes:
- No error message if OpenFilePath et al specify a drive letter that isn't available (Useful when used with portable hard drives that may not always be available)
- Support for more devices inside the sandbox, specifically, webcams
- Sandbox name can be displayed in title bar. See BoxNameTitle
- Reduced chance for SBIE1406 errors
- When re-creating a deleted sandboxed folder, for which there is a corresponding real folder, the folder will be re-created empty. In earlier versions, the folder would re-created with the contents of the real folder.
Program Information Category: Tools and Utilities Type: Free Version: 3.00 Size: 245KB Works on: Windows Product page: here |
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