Sandboxie to Protect Your PC
When you browse the Web, changes occur to your computer system. Some harmless, like recording the addresses of Web sites you have visited, so the browser can help you complete a Web address that you type in. Some more harmful, like the unsolicited installation of malware. When you use Sandboxie to protect your browsing session, it catches all these changes just as the browser is about to apply them into your computer system. Sandboxie does record these changes on behalf of the browser, but it records them in a special isolated folder, called the sandbox. Thus, with Sandboxie, you can browse the Web securely while still keeping all your browser’s functionality for active and dynamic content, such as Javascript and ActiveX. All undesired side effects, including the removal of malware, can be easily undone.
Basically Sandboxie enables you to run any program in a “contained” environment, known as a sandbox. This way, any malicious codes or scripts will not be able to directly affect your system. A simple illustration below:
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Download the program here, and run through the default installation procedure.
After installation, you will see this new shortcut. This will open up your default browser “sanboxed”.
Any programs or files running in a sandbox environment is represented by the [#] sign in its title windows.
Alternatively you can “right-click” any application or file and chose to “Run Sandboxed”
Bring up the Sandboxie control to see what applications are running and perform basic configuration. For basic use such as opening suspect programs or files, there isn’t any need to fiddle with the Sandboxie control.
That’s it. The program comes with a 30-day free trial, after which certain advance functions will not be available to you, and you will be reminded to register for the product. However the core function of the program will still be available to you, and it shouldn’t post any problem for basic usage.
Personally, this is one of the first program installed on my comp and I strongly recommend it to all advanced and basic users alike.
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