i agree old wise one the great wiseman gnosis
Thank you for the kind words!
Why did you click "disable forced programs"?
Good question. LOL It is a wreckless habit.
I have Sandboxie set to not disable anyway. The default is 10 seconds, but I have it set to 0 seconds. I am going to edit my original #1 post in this thread as to not get those new to Sandboxie in potential trouble or confuse them.
I have not designated any "forced programs" anyway. When I open my browser I don't click a Firefox icon, I click a Sandboxie icon that then causes Firefox to run sandboxed. In essence, I don't have Sandboxie set to force itself upon any given browser, folder or file that I may click to open at any given time, thus I have NO forced programs via the definition given by Sandboxie authors: You may designate some program names for automatic, or "forced", sandboxing. This means that if that program starts unsandboxed, then Sandboxie will automatically force that program to run in the sandbox. The most common use for the Forced Programs setting is to set the Web browser to automatically run sandboxed with out right-clicking and selecting "run sandboxed", or by clicking the Sanboxie icon which then gives you a sandboxed browser without Sandboxie having to "force" anything.
You may designate some program names for automatic, or forced, sandboxing. This means that if that PROGRAM STARTS UNSANDBOXED, then Sandboxie will automatically force that program to run in the sandbox. The most common use for the Forced Programs setting is to set the Web browser to automatically run sandboxed. Use this settings page to select the programs that will be forced to run in the sandbox. Use the Add By Name button to enter the program name, or the Add By File button to select the program file through folder navigation.
http://www.sandboxie.com/index.php?ProgramStartSettings#program
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So in light of your question, which is a very important one for other users with default settings, NO ONE should "disable forced programs" in a scenario such as this thread if they have manually entered programs into the open field in "sandbox settings" > "program start" > "forced folders/programs" for
forcing programs, which I personally never have done, nor need to do.
My BB did not flip out, so Sandboxie obviously contained it to where nothing could be corrupted.
One thing about ransomware: YOU ABSOLUTELY KNOW WHEN YOU ARE INFECTED WITH IT, which means it is too late.
Sandboxie rocks, what did you click?
Right clicked the Sandboxie taskbar icon and selected "terminate all programs". I could have simply closed my sandboxed browser and the same result would have followed since I have Sandboxie set to delete contents of the sandbox upon closing the sandboxed browser.
As far as what I clicked to get the ransomware FBI page in my face; it was a black pop-up window, but I don't recall what it said. Usually I do ALT F4 to knock stuff like that off to avoid clicking the "x" in the corner of the pop-up window, which will sometimes initiate malware activity.