I’m using Avast’s sandbox feature to run certain programs I use. I was infected badly by not doing so not very long ago (August 31 of 2012), but now I’m more careful.
My problem is that I have no idea how to export files created in a virtualized process. Let’s say for the sake of argument you created a Word document (I’m not running Word in a sandbox, but just as an illustration) - how do you export that file to your actual desktop?
With another sandbox software (Sandboxie), you’re asked if you want to “recover” the file created in a sandbox to the actual non-sandbox desktop (or wherever), or if you just want to keep that file in the sandbox…
With Avast there doesn’t appear to be that function, and the virtualized programs I’m running can generate a pretty large Excel file that I later need to export. Without the ability to export such files, for me Sandboxie is the better way to go at this point, but I’d rather NOT have to buy Sandboxie AND Avast if I don’t need to.
[i]Note:
For avast! Internet Security 6.x and avast! Pro Antivirus 6.x the main settings of full Sandbox module will be applied also for the AutoSandbox, for example whether a downloaded files and other application options should be automatically deleted, or not, when the sandbox is closed.
In avast! Free Antivirus 6.x any downloaded files and application settings will be automatically deleted when the AutoSandbox is closed because this version doesn’t include full Sandbox module and its enhancements.[/i]
It would really have helped if Avast made that clear when I downloaded and started using the free trial version - I’ve lost several documents needlessly.
The free version doesn’t have a trial version. Since the program decides what should be run sandboxed,
you don’t have any options in the free version.
Full control of the sandbox is only available in the paid versions.