"Sandbox"... what and why

I am a brand-new avast/iyogi customer and just noticed “Always run in Sandbox” in one of my drop-down menus. I left it alone, but: what is the Sandbox and why & when should I use it?

Check out the avast Help Center link in the avastUI, Real-Time Shields, Process Virtualisation (Sandbox), Basic settings and Expert Settings for a full description and functions. Basically it allows for an application to be run in a safe area (Sandbox, virtualised) isolated from the real system.

See image extract of the Help File.

Thanks; I’m slowly getting the hang of the program :slight_smile: I saved the image for study at a later time. For now, though… gotta run

You’re welcome.

No need to worry about the image as it and all the information is available in the Help Center.