Eight Sandboxes Reviewed

Ok, I have done some testing as well. I compared the launch of browsers without any sandbox and within sandbox. In each case I launched browsers ouside and within the sandbox multiple times before counting the time to let windows make prefetch data. I recoreded the timings with a stopwatch.
And took an estimated mean value of few readings. Here are my findings9 on same system XP Home SP2).

Time taken by browsers to launch without any sandbox
IE 6 ------------------------- 0.8 sec
Opera 9 --------------------- 1.4 sec
FF 8.6( with no extensions) --- 1.1 sec

With GesWall 2.5.0 beta
Almost same timings or just a difference of 0.1 sec

With Bufferzone
IE ---------1.6 Sec
Opera -----3.6 Sec
FF------------ 2.5 Sec

With Sandboxie current version
IE ----------1.2
FF ----------1.7
Opera( could not run- freezed, as always)

 

Bufferzone 1.6 secs slower on IE6 than GeSwall, that pretty much is the same as my recording with IEF (1.7 secs slower).

This proofs what I allready said: I did not allow Sandboxie to be prefetched.

Good test

 

8 seconds to launch IE 6 without a sandbox application? Is this right? My system was not that slow in opening the IE browser window. That is almost an eternity.

 

Ah, sorry it is 0.8 second. I will correct it.
Thanks for correction.

 

I would agree! I never trust reviews.