Sandboxie Going Free, Latest 5.31.4 Released

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Major Sandboxie News: Sandboxie is now a free tool with plans to transition it to an open source tool - Sandboxie Forum (Read Only) - Sandboxie (Read Only) - Sophos Community

Sophos is excited to announce that we are making Sandboxie a free tool, with plans to transition it to an open source tool. This new evolution of Sandboxie is

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Download latest SBIE version 5.31.4 here

Thanks and credit to bjm_ for posting this interesting news on "the other forum." Source

Edit: typo

 

[Burrito]

Is it too late for Sandboxie?

Has its time passed?

 

[Chuck57]

And if development has stopped, what happens with the next Win 10 update that will undoubtedly break Sandboxie? Sandboxie was a great product, and I loved it, but Win 10 with its upgrades that always seemed to break SB on my laptop has made me look elsewhere.

 

[plat]

For me, most likely, can't speak for anyone else of course. In retrospect, this move to free, open source might serve as a passive advertising medium for Sophos. You might wonder if the free Sandboxie is going to have any pop ups or nags to "upgrade" to Sophos stuff. Remains to be seen.

 

[EndangeredPootis]

Too bad the process to download is too intrusive, atleast it works by simply putting in random info.

 

[bribon77]

Well, I think it's good news and it seems that it has all the features of the previous paid version.
Thanks for sharing.

 

[dinosaur07]

I don't know if this is a real good news thinking a bit on the necessary support for its continuous development.

 

[Local Host]

I don't know if this is a real good news thinking a bit on the necessary support for its continuos development.

Sandboxie hasn't worked correctly on Windows 10 for years now, not to mention the bugs and exploits that also haven't been fixed.

The software was pretty much dead, if you take a quick look at their community (with tons of unsolved issues).

 

[Azure]

And if development has stopped, what happens with the next Windows 10 update that will undoubtedly break Sandboxie? Sandboxie was a great product, and I loved it, but Windows 10 with its upgrades that always seemed to break SB on my laptop has made me look elsewhere.

Hope that when it goes open-source someone that really likes sandboxie will be willing to keep updating it.

 

[bribon77]

Gentlemen I have installed it, and for the moment it works well, I only use it for the browser I have no experience with other functions because I have always had it free.

 

[dinosaur07]

I am also using it now as freeware although i was a licensed user for this very good software IMO. Currently i`m using it for isolating applications and works good here also.

 

[show-Zi]

For me, most likely, can't speak for anyone else of course. In retrospect, this move to free, open source might serve as a passive advertising medium for Sophos. You might wonder if the free Sandboxie is going to have any pop ups or nags to "upgrade" to Sophos stuff. Remains to be seen.

When downloading, Sophos now asks you to enter your email address. I am prepared to receive the Sophos advertisement.
I'm planning to use it for a while, but I feel that the role of this software is coming to an end as Windows has implemented the sandbox.

 

[Chuck57]

I think Sandboxie will be good, as I said, on below Win 10 machines for a long time. On Windows 10 computers, based on past upgrades, it will work until the next upgrade is forced on us - a few months(?).

 

[bribon77]

I think Sandboxie will be good, as I said, on below Windows 10 machines for a long time. On Windows 10 computers, based on past upgrades, it will work until the next upgrade is forced on us - a few months(?).

We will have to wait.

 

[kjdemuth]

Unfortunatly it sounds like this might be the end of Sandboxie. I'm sure Sophos is hoping that someone will continue to develop it since it's going to be open source. I hope someone does since Sandboxie is still a viable software choice for keeping nasties off your system.

 

[oldschool]

When downloading, Sophos now asks you to enter your email address. I am prepared to receive the Sophos advertisement.
I'm planning to use it for a while, but I feel that the role of this software is coming to an end as Windows has implemented the sandbox.

I think your assessment is correct. I don't see it being developed sufficiently as open-source out the blue. It will take dedicated support to keep up with Windows feature updates in the long run. Will these developers magically appear for what is truly a niche product? I for one wouldn't hold my breath.

 

[AtlBo]

Get it while it's free!

 

[Deletedmessiah]

When downloading, Sophos now asks you to enter your email address. I am prepared to receive the Sophos advertisement.
I'm planning to use it for a while, but I feel that the role of this software is coming to an end as Windows has implemented the sandbox.

Just use some fake email you made up in mind, no need to use real email

 

[shmu26]

Hope that when it goes open-source someone that really likes sandboxie will be willing to keep updating it.

Yeah, it will hopefully follow the model of small linux distros, where you have a few dedicated and talented volunteers who devote their free time to keeping their baby afloat. It might even turn out to be better this way than the half-hearted development of Sandboxie in recent years, after it was purchased by Invincia. It all depends on the community support. There are plenty of people who want to see SBIE succeed, the question is how many of them are ready and capable of doing it. If you can code, and you are a True Believer in SBIE, this is the opportunity for you.

I love SBIE as a toy but I don't see it as an essential security tool. It was important for the era in which it was invented, when browsers were vulnerable to certain kinds of attacks. Modern browsers are not so vulnerable nowadays to the kind of attacks that SBIE is good for.

 

[oldschool]

It was important for the era in which it was invented, when browsers were vulnerable to certain kinds of attacks. Modern browsers are not so vulnerable nowadays to the kind of attacks that SBIE is good for.

This I agree with. I just don't see the talent stepping up for it now.