Question about Avast IS sandbox

I just installed Avast IS ver7 (formerly using the freeware on this pc) and was testing the sandbox. I went to Softpedia to try download “Erunt” from their servers so as I will see how my download manager will behave(Freedownloadmanager). When it was time to download “Erunt” the download manager would not start and Firefox was telling me that there was a problem with a script plugin for Freedownloadmanager. I did able to download “Erunt” via the Firefox downloader and “not” from my download manager.

(a) What happened there? an somebody explain this to me please as I am trying to understand how this works.
–Edit – As I enabled “All settings and components(extensions, add-ons etc)”, my download manager was able to launch okay. See image attached for the “Downloads folder” content(tried MVPS host file instead --smaller).


http://s1.postimage.org/3os8ah40r/down.jpg

Also, when I manually launch the download manager in Avast sandbox(via the right-click option) I was able to download “Erunt” with it but when I was to transfer “erunt.exe” to the “Downloads folder” via right-click option(See image) it was not there.


http://s2.postimage.org/z61qhzytx/fdm.jpg

(b) Where is it then? Kindly see the settings for the ‘sandbox storage’ and ‘web browser’ for Avast Sandbox.


http://s8.postimage.org/ozzb2hc41/sand_stor.jpg


http://s2.postimage.org/dkwnue239/sand_webset.jpg

About the ‘delete contents’,

(c) If I click that will all the contents of the assigned sandbox storage be deleted as well?

(d) If I set ‘Automatically cleanup sandbox storage’ say, for 30 days, will it automatically all the contents of that ‘assigned sandbox storage’…?

I always manually transfer downloaded contents from my download manager to the “Downloads folder” after each session/after AV scan.

(e) If I set the “Downloads folder” as the sandbox storage will all that contents be deleted “always” whenever I hit ‘delete contents’ or set as in the scenario of (d) after 30 days?

(f) As I was trying to post this topic I happen to have difficulty attaching the image with “Postimage.org”. The ‘Browse’ button is not working. That was the ame for “Bild.me”. What’s happening here? Is there anything that I can set or do? I already clicked “All settings and components(extensions, add-ons etc)” but it’s still the same.


http://s8.postimage.org/91v6q379t/image.jpg

Been a long time user of Sanboxie and though I did not have any issues with it I am trying out Avast’s because I would like to maximize my options(I have a license so I might as well use it with the features!)

Please bear with me on these inquiries and thanks :wink:

Mundungas

The AutoSandbox is a special security feature Which Allows Potentially suspicious applications to be automatically run in a completely isolated environment.

If an application is started and avast detects anything suspicious, it will let you choose if you want to run the application automatically in the AutoSandbox, by default. As the application will be completely contained Within the sandbox, this will Prevent any damage to your system being Caused by any infected applications ie applications will be automatically deleted without chance of being recovered.
now the sandbox is totally different because it defines which applications you want to be rotated and after closing the files have remained there and can be retrieved or deleted by User.depends on the configuration.

https://support.avast.com/index.php?_m=knowledgebase&_a=viewarticle&kbarticleid=771

Sorry must have confused you. The topic was for “Avast sandbox” – the virtualization feature of Avast and not the “AutoSandbox” which acts like a HIPS/BS which springs into action whenever a file is suspicious or dos not have a digital signature and the like…somewhat similar (but differs in functionality also) to Comodo ver5.x’s D+ sandbox though you can run a browser with it. With Avast’s AutoSandbox you cannot.


http://s7.postimage.org/euf08qt5n/sandbox.jpg

photo sharing

avast has no hips is totally against the company’s policy and should be implemented behavior shield mainly in the Detection Rogue software

The sandbox in AIS is an on-demand sandbox. It is meant to run any application in a virtualized environment. This is done to prevent the possibility of
any infection/harm from reaching the rest of your computer. To activate the AIS on-demand sandbox simply “right” click on the application. :slight_smile:

– I’m sorry but I cannot understand what you mean…If this for the HIPS I mentioned in,

...which acts like a HIPS/BS which springs into action whenever a file is suspicious or dos not have a digital signature and the like...somewhat similar (but differs in functionality also) to Comodo ver5.x's D+ sandbox...

it’s stated that it acts “like” a HIPS/BS(alike in behavior but not a full blown hips). Avast has Behavioral Shield to handle most of it and is complimented by the AutoSandbox which quarantines suspicious files and the like. No intention to confuse you there. A very good explanation/clarification for the AutoSandbox I saw here,

http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=112583.0

Thanks anyway for the video link.

@Para-Noid

Thank you for the reply. When I took AIS for a spin (ver6) I did not have this issue with FDM though I lost some of my downloads. Unfortunately the old hard drive died so I needed to replace it. This is the second time I am taking it for a spin. Version 7 seems to be better especially the AutoSandbox and the BS. Very nice there I used to think of them as annoying(AutoSandbox) and asleep(BS) but now it’s responsive. Anyway, the issue that I have now is that I cannot use FDM with Firefox in Avast sandbox as the script for the plugin is unresponsive. FDM is triggered to launch but Firefox freezes. After roughly a minute the downloads prompt of Firefox launches. If I allow the download nothing happens. It does not download. This phenomenon is only with Avast Sandbox.

Using Firefox in SBIE and Non-sandboxed Firefox has no issues at all. As mentioned earlier I’d like to maximize the usage of the features as much as possible so maybe something can be adjusted or worked-out.