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Not entirely related, but is there a simple way to run an application like a web browser in a sandbox on Windows? Sometimes I find myself wanting to install a d
by kypro 5y ago
Not entirely related, but is there a simple way to run an application like a web browser in a sandbox on Windows? Sometimes I find myself wanting to install a dodgy extension or software, but I don't know how to test it safely without using something like virtual box as a sandboxed enviroment. I kinda want something where I can just right-click an .exe and run it in a sandbox.
- paulz_ 5y agoThere is actually an app that I used to setup for people years and years ago that did this. Recently they went fully open source. Pretty neat little piece of software. https://github.com/sandboxie/sandboxie https://github.com/sandboxie/sandboxie
- kencausey 5y agoHave you tried Windows Sandbox (https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/security/threat-protection/windows-sandbox/windows-sandbox-overview https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/security/threat-pro...)?
- SquareWheel 5y agoI really liked Windows Sandbox when I used it. My only complaint was I could no longer use VirtualBox (I guess because Windows was acting as a hypervisor). Do you know if this limitation has since been removed? I know there was work on it, but I don't know how that turned out.
- oauea 5y agoVirtualBox can perform under HyperV nowadays, although it performs less well.
- ocdtrekkie 5y agoThis has been my main limitation on using... about half a dozen neat Windows virtualization features. I wasn't willing to give up... every... other virtualization tech to have the Hyper-V feature installed. Hoping the other child comment is right and that there's been some improvement in this space.
- olyjohn 5y agoDon't trust it? Don't run it. Run it in a sandbox all you want manually, you'll still have no idea what it's really doing. It could be the safest looking thing ever, that's not really going to tell you much.