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I am pretty sure that’s likely the issue here too.
The thing is, if avast want a feature such as this to be taken seriously then (in my opinion at least) they need to go back and re-think it a bit and make sure it works in common situations.
The .net framework is widely used now, I am sure at least in part due to the fact that it’s pre-installed on Operating Systems such as Windows 7.
It’s all well and good saying “here’s a sandbox, run the programs you are not sure are safe in it” but what happens if I tried to run a .net program in it that was malicious? The computer would have been infected, because as you said - it was not isolated.
Another well known Sandboxing program (Sandboxie) has no problems with .net applications at all on the other hand.
Also, Sandboxie does not have the Notepad2 problem I mentioned in the first post either.
http://f.cl.ly/items/1i0M1o1e3u0h1L1H1H33/Sandboxie.png
Edit: This topic is all meant as constructive criticism, rather than as a complaint, so please do not take it as one - I just thought it would be useful to point out the shortcomings of the current system that I noticed 