- Jan 7, 2011
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Sandboxie Giveaway
It is a pleasure for us to announce our own software license giveaway. Ronen Tzur, the creator of Sandboxie, was kind enough to offer us 10 one year licenses for use at home to give away.
How does Sandboxie work?
Sandboxie creates an isolated environment within your system. Everything that happens inside this isolated environment doesn't affect your files and registry. You can run your everyday applications inside this environment and if something bad happens (possibly malware related) you can rest assured that it won't affect your system. Simply close the sandboxed program and delete the content of the sandbox.
What Sandboxie can do for you?
What differentiates Sandboxie from other similar applications?
What Sandboxie doesn't do?
Sandboxie is just one layer of protection. It doesn't replace an antivirus, a backup program or a firewall (although you can customize it so that only certain applications running within a sandbox are allowed to access the Internet). Sandboxie can't protect you if your system is already infected.
Free vs. paid
Sandboxie also has a free version. Compared to it, the paid version adds the following functionality:
The Giveaway starts on 09 May 2011 and ends on 23 May 2011. We will give away 6 licenses to our forum members and 4 licenses on Twitter.
1. To participate in our forum giveaway:
2. To participate in the Twitter giveaway:
If you want to increase your chances you can use both our forum and Twitter.
Please only enter the giveaway if you don't already have a Sandboxie license.
Good Luck!
It is a pleasure for us to announce our own software license giveaway. Ronen Tzur, the creator of Sandboxie, was kind enough to offer us 10 one year licenses for use at home to give away.
How does Sandboxie work?
Sandboxie creates an isolated environment within your system. Everything that happens inside this isolated environment doesn't affect your files and registry. You can run your everyday applications inside this environment and if something bad happens (possibly malware related) you can rest assured that it won't affect your system. Simply close the sandboxed program and delete the content of the sandbox.
What Sandboxie can do for you?
- Secure web browsing. This is Sandboxie's first use. The Internet can be a dangerous place, simply by browsing to a bad website you can get infected. Clicking a link can get you there. By running your browser inside Sandboxie you don't have to be afraid of malware when clicking links.
- Secure e-mail. Malware spreads through e-mail as well. The e-mail might even come from someone you know and look legitimate. You can get infected by clicking a link inside this e-mail or by opening an attachment. Many companies fell victim to this kind of attacks (called spear-phishing). A recent example is the RSA SecurID breach.
- Ensuring your privacy. Deleting the sandbox means deleting every file that the program you had running as sandboxed created. Browsing history, cookies, cached temporary files gathered during your browsing sessions are gone if you choose to.
What differentiates Sandboxie from other similar applications?
- First of all, Sandboxie is one of the first of its kind. It exists since 2004 and it is permanently improving. Therefore, it is a mature product and compatibility with known software is really good.
- It is extremely flexible, offering a large degree of customization. When you sandbox your everyday applications you don't want to lose everything due to virtualization. For example you might stumble upon a good site while using your browser and you need to bookmark it. Sandboxie can allow direct access to your bookmarks without diminishing the protection. You can create multiple sandboxes, every one with a different configuration.
What Sandboxie doesn't do?
Sandboxie is just one layer of protection. It doesn't replace an antivirus, a backup program or a firewall (although you can customize it so that only certain applications running within a sandbox are allowed to access the Internet). Sandboxie can't protect you if your system is already infected.
Free vs. paid
Sandboxie also has a free version. Compared to it, the paid version adds the following functionality:
- Removes the nag screen that initially appears after you have used Sandboxie for more than 30 days;
- Enables the Forced Programs and Forced Folders features;
- Allows you to run programs in more than one sandbox at the same time;
- See Register Sandboxie page for more information.
The Giveaway starts on 09 May 2011 and ends on 23 May 2011. We will give away 6 licenses to our forum members and 4 licenses on Twitter.
1. To participate in our forum giveaway:
- You have to be a registered member on our forum and have at least 3 posts by the end of the giveaway period.
- You have to make a post inside this thread and answer the following question:
- You are allowed to participate with one post and one account.
- Having multiple accounts on our forum is against our rules and will disqualify you;
- Posting multiple times inside the thread is not allowed. If you want to discuss or ask questions about this Giveaway use the Sandboxie Giveaway Discussion thread.
- On the last day of the Giveaway the winners will be chosen randomly inside out Chat Room. The time will be announced (probably 6 PM GMT) and any member can assist if he/she wants too.
2. To participate in the Twitter giveaway:
- On the first day of the Giveaway we will tweet a message about it using our @malwaretipscom Twitter account.
- Re-tweet this message to participate. >>>> http://twitter.com/?status=MalwareTips%2Ecom%20Giveaway%3A%20Sandboxie%20-%20http%3A%2F%2Fmalwaretips%2Ecom%2Fshowthread%2Ephp%3Ftid%3D1836#!/malwaretipscom/status/67676133621121024
- On the last day of our giveaway we will choose the winners randomly.
If you want to increase your chances you can use both our forum and Twitter.
Please only enter the giveaway if you don't already have a Sandboxie license.
Good Luck!
