Yes, that´s my case also.
Did you try downloading a file to see what happen? I think this is more important because that can prevent several threats to the system.
But everything can be a feature not a bug.
What is your threat hypothesis? (don’t know if the wording is correct)
Hello Guillermo220,
thank you for your support. I tried to download a file, and the sandbox, in this case, seems to work fine. I am not a security expert, so I do not have a real hypothesis on what could go wrong if the sandbox does not work properly. Since the options that I selected were made to adapt the level of security to one’s needs, it bothers me that they do not work as expected because I don’t know what other functions could be bugged and allow a threat to escape the sandbox.
As explained before, though, the sandbox works fine until I launch Firefox in it. Then it stops working correctly and all other browsers are affected. Have you tried reinstalling Avast to confirm or deny this behavior?
Thank you again.
Hi,
At one point, in security software, you can only have faith that the company behind it knows what it´s doing and that it´s doing it right.
The alternative is open software which is no guaranty at all (and needs the same amount of trust than a closed source software), or “do it yourself” and be responsible for your owns mistakes.
And no software is perfect and no security mesure is unbreachable.
Right now I can´t reboot the system to try first Chrome and then Firefox to see if that change the sandbox behavior. In a couple of days I will and I´ll tell you my experience.
Thank you for your support.
Hi ssstefanooo,
I´m sorry to say that Chrome kept history and bookmarks before opening Firefox, using sandbox. Not tabs.
I don´t know if this information helps you or not.