Justing wondering is Sandboxie recommended for the free version of Avast?
The FREE version of avast includes AUTO-Sandbox in version 8.x, which was replaced by DEEPSCAN in version 2014. However, the FREE version of avast does not offer you “on-demand” sandboxing of individual programs. If you wish to sandbox individual programs of your choice, when you wish, you can use Sandboxie to do that.
Sandboxing creates a virtual environment, which can be used for testing programs, and which, via closing/emptying the sandbox, can be simply “tossed-away” when the testing is done. You can similarly “cast off” a virus/malware, should any make their way past your protection programs. It offers a highly effective level of security, over and above your anti-virus program.
Avast and Sandboxie are compatible in most cases. A recent exception is Firefox 27 & 28: If you find that FF won’t open in Sandboxie 4.0.8 (the current “stable” version), you may need to advance to 4.0.9 BETA, which has fixed the problem for most impacted avast users.
I can confirm that I never experienced any inconvenience working sandboxie next to avast.
Also malzilla browser and avast form a good pair. And code in malzilla is checked by the avast! web shield.
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I know they replaced Sandbox with Deepscan, anyway I might try Sandboxie.
I use the free version of Sandboxie, and can attest that it contained a drive-by attack within the browser in use. The actual computer and browser was unaffected after the attack, and avast! did alert and block 576 times in the 30 or so seconds it took to close the browser (it froze) and later disconnect from the Internet.
Three different Trojans were detected coming in, and none remained after emptying the sandbox. Here, Sandboxie and avast! worked hand-in-hand to deflect and contain the attack, and the Trojans never got installed. It was the XP system that got hit, and it was clean afterwards.
Suggest setting Sandboxie to automatically delete all contents of the sandbox when the program in use is closed; one never knows when this sort of attack may happen. 'Twas some time ago, and only once so far, but it will happen again, but when it does, I’m ready. Setting the automatic deletion of the sandbox after the sandboxed session is over is an important part of that preparation.