Update To SBIE-Plus 1.12.1 Triggers Windows Defender Block

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Because of the Firefox 120 issues, I downloaded the new version of Sandboxie-Plus...it seemed to have gotten rid of the pop-up, but now I can't get Windows Defender to stop trying to block access to SBIE.

FF is running in the sandbox, but I keep getting these Defender blocks and yes, they are considered "low", but it keeps happening.

SBIE is on the list of allowed applications and is exempt from scanning, always has been; here has not been an issue with SBIE and Defender until today's update.

I had the same issues with Kaspersky (among other more dangerous behavior) which is why I went back to Defender.

Any ideas on how to stop this behavior from Defender?

Thank you, in advance...

 

I would recommend using something else then defender, no one should tolerate a patronizing antivirus which ignores user preferences.
You can wait for a fully signed sandboxie build.
Or may be your exclusions for defender are not complete?

 

David, I appreciate all your hard work, but no, it's SBIE triggering these issues - I have SBIE excluded from from controlled folder access and from scanning - they have been excluded for years and nothing has happened before today's update to fix the FF issues.

Now I'm getting the warning that has been mentioned today on the support forum, SBIE not implemented for FF (or however it reads).

As soon as I get that warning, Defender pops up and says SBIE has been blocked - neither condition is true, FF is sandboxed and it will run fine.

Over the past couple hours, the Defender alert is that the administrator is blocking SandMan.exe, so I changed permissions - I am the admin of my own PC.

When will we likely see a new version - I did update to 1.12.1 earlier today, as I mentioned.

 

maybe you should focus more on the issue than this.

so what is the message exactly? whats in the defender protection logs?
sandboxie copies a lot of files into the box, maybe one of those.
try also to get the latest security update (definition) for defender, may a false positive.

 

I tried the latest build in window 11 with the latest defender updates and did not experience any issues, no exclusions needed.

 

now I did, also no issues observed