Sandboxie Acquired by Invincea

Discussion in 'sandboxing & virtualization' started by ad18, Dec 16, 2013.

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  1. guest

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    No idea, but I wanted to be sure the app wasn't ran once prior being sandboxed.
     
  2. Rasheed187

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    But they can't modify the app itself right? They can't implement any backdoors I assume? I can't really visualize it.

    Yes, I think I will also start using portable apps inside the sandbox. What I forgot is that even if you install a new version of some app inside the sandbox, it will always try to upgrade, so a clean install is not possible, and that's why I'm having problems with Firefox.
     
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    @guest - portables behave same in sandboxie but for some reason they are not able to delete some files windows create, eg the prefetch folder - which ofc is in the box, but its not deleted because that files also exist in the real host. beieng home again i can test/work with YARU on registry files.

    yaru is able to load/read system and other hives. assuming that it the way of working with yaru i am not sure that it can recover an unloaded sandboxie hive which was mounted in HKU

    HKLM and HKU is the sum of that hives of windows while HKCR and HKCU are copies of HKU\S-1-5... current user.
    searching in technet means to find the needle...

    to dump a hive is easy but that was not the question here
     
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    I'm also not sure what Brummelchen is exactly talking about? Every single change that both portable and non portable apps make inside the sandbox, won't show up on the real system, that's the whole point of Sandboxie.
     
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    It's not about changes that app makes but about logs, registry entries... that system makes when apps are run. To prevent those record from being created one can use virtual machine and restore old snapshot after an app is used. Sandboxie can't help here because it can't sandbox the whole system.
     
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    But who cares about that, and why did he even bring this up? Portable apps are mostly meant to give you the ability to run apps on any machine and for keeping the system clean. I believe they only make changes to their own folder, so they won't interfere with apps that are already installed. And if you don't really trust a certain type of portable app, you can always run it inside the sandbox, so that's where Sandboxie comes into play.
     
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    They can pack it with unwanted stuff. It is why when using non-official portable version, you need to trust the maker.
     
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    Yes correct. This apply to any software, portable or not portable.
    Yes correct. This apply to any software, portable or not portable.

    Faaaiiiith :D
     
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    Exactly, I just wonder the same thing. Looks like an ad hominem... but who know right? :isay:
    Correct.
    If the portable is well done then yes. And if you configure SBIE's settings to do so then yes.
    Trusted or not, just do it whenever you can. My advice.
     
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    What do you mean with pack it, do you mean they can run other software in the background?

    Now that I think about it, portable apps should also make it easy to run multiple browsers like Vivaldi and Firefox with their own settings and bookmarks right? I will do some testing.
     
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    @Rasheed187

    Packed meaning an installer/app recompiled to include a malware.

    Not to confound with "packed malware" as obfuscation technique which is often done by encrypting the malware.
     
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    In this situation only full virtualization can help and also still not give you 100% protection but for sure more cover system behind scene...than sandbox which partial use main system hardware to starts sandboxed apps.
     
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    OK so this will then run malware in the background, but they can't mess with portable app itself. BTW, I just saw that Vivaldi won't terminate when running sandboxed, so I guess it's time to upgrade SBIE.
     
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    Sandboxie v5.27.3 beta Released (January 15, 2019)
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    Thanks!
     
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    Thank you, mood. Unsure whether the Chrome failing to install in Sandboxie is applicable only to the latest version? I'll stick with 5.27.2 for the time being, no rush.
     
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    Thanks mood.
     
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    Trying to run Adobe Acrobat Reader DC portable (unofficial) on top of Sandboxie to no avail.

    W8.1 x64 | SBIE 5.27.3

    Portable:
    Code:
    https://s.put.re/vHiF1C6d.7z

    Any help will be appreciated.
     
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    Um, did you try extract (outside sandboxie) and try to run executable in default sandbox.
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    and try change to Open
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    Yes I did. But it only shows up a blank window with the yellow border, that's it.
    Does not show up the info you posted in your pic.

    Outside SBIE, it runs fine.
     
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    Edit: did you try extract (outside sandboxie)
     
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    Yes I did. I extracted all files and run outside SBIE to be sure the portable works.
     
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    Hmm.....so works 4U outside sandbox. IDK if it works beyond
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    and I did get Firewall prompt.
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    I see. So SBIE can actually open it on your end but not on mine. I'll investigate further.
     
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