Sandboxie -- Who has stopped using it and why?

I would love to use sandboxie for my browser but with my current installation of Windows 7 64 bit the SBIE driver wont load even though I have tried different builds. But I sure will use it again when I make a clean install sometimes in the future.

 

I'm still happy with it and will continue using it.
Great program..Highly recommend.

 

stopped using it although I have a valid license. Reason was that Deepfreeze that I currently use is less complicate to use. I mean although you can get used to Sandboxie it can be confusing sometimes. You know like going to a sandboxed location, choosing the correct sandbox, searching for a file but it's not there etc... Also I had some minor annoying issues with some programs that I installed sandboxed with admin rights for example. Those programs were invisible to the windows user account etc...I kinda like the concept of Geswall better. It marks all files downloaded from an untrusted source (browser) and lets you decide in the context menu if you want to run that file isolated or not.

I'm happy with Deepfreeze currently as it is set and forget, same as Appguard...

Ohh and another really important aspect why I stopped using Sandboxie is because it looks like a piece of Margherita pizza in the system tray until you have something inside the sandbox. Then you have a Salami pizza down there...

just kidding

 

I like having both pizzas on my tray from time to time.

 

i am of exactly the same opinion as you can probably tell from my sig.

another reason for uninstalling is that 64bit compatibility has not been properly clarified yet unless someone can advise me?

'drop my rights' was not needed in a 32bit OS which let me install programs into sandboxie but if 64bit requires 'drop my rights' to be enabled to stay secure then that takes away alot of the functionality

 

I have it on 3 machines. It is excellent for browsing even though if I have to save something, a scanner/s is probably the fastest way to make sure the file is not infected. I also think it is the perfect solution for weak machines like netbooks as it doesn't affect their performance as much as real time AV guards.

Its only negative aspect IMO is that it requires some computer knowledge and an interest in security areas usually ignored by average users.

 

The thing about restoring an image is you always run the risk of turning your HD into a paper weight. Granted the risk is low using a reputable, proven product such as Macrium, but it's there. I've come across plenty of accounts. So I want to avoid having to re-image as much as possible. To me the best way to accomplish this is virtualization, but system wide would sacrifice too much usability/convenience for me. So Sandboxie gives me what I want.

I've never had to use Macrium Reflect, and I never want to. But I do feel better knowing it's there.

Programs take a few seconds longer to boot up in Sandboxie, but then I notice no slowdown whatsoever actually using them.

Without question the best security product I've ever used. Money well spent. Will probably make the money I spent on Macrium Reflect Standard go to waste, but oh well... that's a good problem to have.

 

Off topic for sure, but your view on how to use a tool like Macrium is vastly different from mine. I have restored at least a hundred times. I make many images. I love being able to do whatever I want, knowing that in roughly 5 minutes I can be back to where my image was.

I will say this, I have had only 1 or 2 bad image restores using macrium. I have never had a hdd fail from restoring. You might one day try to do a restore so you can be sure it works, rather than simply hoping. You can also mount the macrium image and make sure you can access your files within it (like copy something to your real system) - this too will at least verify your image is not corrupt.

Sul.

 

Yeah I thought about testing an image out in this extra 40 GB HD I have laying around, but just haven't done it yet. Alternatively I can restore an image as a boot option. One of these days...

The fact that an image can go awry is why I make it a point to keep a current backup, or several of them. I have one on a WD external HD, another on a USB stick, and important docs & pictures I can't replace triple backed up on DVD-RW's as well. I feel it's very important to keep current backup(s) like this instead of relying solely on images.

 

Have critised Sandboxie a lot in the past:
a) for not providing the drop rights option back in XP days
b) for not facilitating low rights of chrome in Windows7 until this year

These shortcomings are dealt with , so I am not jumping on this wagon

 

Ditto.

 

I'm going to be stopping until it is compatible with Windows 8.

 

I haven't noticed any problems w/ 64-bit compatibility? Either I'm one of the lucky ones who just isn't having problems or there's something going on that I'm not aware of?

Nothing is worse than a mistakenly false sense of security...

 

No, its not luck. Everybody that I know that's using SBIE on 64 Bits computers is doing well.

This is the explanation that you are seeking.
http://www.sandboxie.com/index.php?ExperimentalProtection

About Drop Rights, if you want to install a program in a sandbox, it doesn't matter if the system is 32 or 64 Bits, Drop Rights has to be disabled.

Bo

 

Although I have a lifetime license for Sandboxie and have used it in the past it is currently not installed on my system for the simple fact that it is not needed with my current setup.

 

for me i stopped using after a week only cause of performance issues. much slower browsing experience.

 

I have a pro license, but rarely use it. I just don't feel it is necessary for day to day use.

 

What browser? I've never noticed a performance hit

 

Even for normal users SandboxIE is desired and suitable application:

. Once many malwares come from browsing - directly or not - their virtualized protection is amazing; using a RamDisk to discard changes when rebooting improves to clean state also.

. Installed SandboxIE in some PC from guys that doesn't know anything security about and... it solved their normal troubles from to attract bad things to PC. No special knowledge is needed to use it normally - unlike is said in Wilders Forum a lot.

Personaly I reinforce SandboxIE performance with another virtualization app.: Toolwiz Time Freeze, with Junctions to my Data Partition. Thus I'm always working in virtualized mode in system, with junctions saving my data/settings/profile in normal state. No AV, HIPS app. and similars in real-time.

Always a advised, great security addition in PC: SandboxIE.

 

Very true, my 75 years old mom who lives in another country, uses Sandboxie when she comes to visit me, with no hassle. The funny thing is, she doesn't even know that she is running sandboxed. All she knows is that to get to the internet, she needs to click on the sandboxed browser icon that I place in the desktop with her name on it. That icon opens the browser in a sandbox tailored for her. It works perfectly.

Bo

 

lifetime license here.
i stopped using it because i could not drag and drop text and images from the browsers into an application.

seems like any security scheme that is too aggressive breaks one thing or another.

 

I have to stop using it because it is currently not compatible with Windows 8 RTM. Waiting eagerly for updated build...

 

I hope it supports Windows 8 soon, because I plan on upgrading.

 

there are a lot of users saying they bought SBIE's licence but they don't use it.

Well, send me the activation key, I now what to do with it.

 

I am just the opposite of the title. I won't stop using it. I still have yet to find an antivirus that I am comfortable with in terms of both protection and system slow down. Every single AV that I have tried slows my machine down in varying degrees and I don't feel as safe online as I do when protected by Sandboxie Paid.

It's the only must have software for me.