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Sandboxie: Sandbox-based isolation software for Windows NT-based OS's

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Re: Sandboxie: Sandbox-based isolation software for Windows NT-based OS's

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Post by WorldMaker »

currysausage wrote: post #28
gigel82 wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I like the Sandbox app / feature built into Win10/11 (very fast to boot). I wish it'd allow saving snapshots and being automated. I want to set one up with a full dev environment for example. Full HyperV VMs are significantly slower to boot and run.

Windows Sandbox is really great, I just wish it could coexist with VirtualBox.

VirtualBox keeps teasing proper Hyper-V support "any release now", but given how many releases have teased that and also Oracle's lack of incentive to actually make it happen (because they want you to buy their servers) who knows if/when it will ever happen. Ball is definitely in Oracle's court, though.

Re: Sandboxie: Sandbox-based isolation software for Windows NT-based OS's

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Post by brokenmachine »

MuffinFlavored wrote: post #8
iamevn wrote: post #2

I rarely feel the need for sandboxie but the times I do, I feel that I'd be better served by a full VM. Got burned once because I misjudged risk level and the thing I ran within sandboxie managed to grab my browser's saved passwords.

I just tried it for the first time and the app I didn't trust could tell it was being sandboxed/spoofed/debugged/etc.

Sounds like something an untrustworthy app would do.

Re: Sandboxie: Sandbox-based isolation software for Windows NT-based OS's

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Post by brokenmachine »

iamevn wrote: post #18
senectus1 wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

ouch. unexpected lesson to be learned here... Don't use browser password saving. I presume a third party app like bitwarden would have been better. though if the browser auto syncs and installs the extension your risk is a little higher.

I was already almost entirely migrated to keepassxc but had kept using the browser feature out of habit. Quickly disabled that and had a really fun few days changing absolutely everything's password.

How did you know that your passwords were stolen?

Re: Sandboxie: Sandbox-based isolation software for Windows NT-based OS's

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Post by iamevn »

brokenmachine wrote: post #33
iamevn wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I was already almost entirely migrated to keepassxc but had kept using the browser feature out of habit. Quickly disabled that and had a really fun few days changing absolutely everything's password.

How did you know that your passwords were stolen?

found a CSV file containing my passwords in the sandboxed appdata
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