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<blockquote data-quote="Andy Ful" data-source="post: 822011" data-attributes="member: 32260">Although [USER=80647]Veloce[/USER] is right about Sandboxie&#039;s technology and compatibility issues, the answer is not as simple as it seems. Sandboxie relies not only on sandboxing, but can also restrict the sandbox with anti-exe features, blocking read/write access to disks or folders, etc. Furthermore, no one bothers bypassing Sandboxie because it is rarely used in Enterprises.So, the attack surface in the Sandboxie sandbox can be much smaller than in sandboxes based on Hyper-V technology.In the Home environment, the properly restricted Sandboxie sandbox will be probably as safe as Windows Sandbox or Application Guard for Edge. But anyway, the compatibility issues on Windows 10 can put Sandboxie at disadvantage.Edit.Windows Sandbox allows installing drivers (if the reboot is not required). Sandboxie denies installing drivers by default (but there is a way to allow driver installation).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Andy Ful, post: 822011, member: 32260"] [B]Although [USER=80647]Veloce[/USER] is right about Sandboxie's technology and compatibility issues, the answer is not as simple as it seems. [/B] Sandboxie relies not only on sandboxing, but can also restrict the sandbox with anti-exe features, blocking read/write access to disks or folders, etc. Furthermore, no one bothers bypassing Sandboxie because it is rarely used in Enterprises. So, the attack surface in the Sandboxie sandbox can be much smaller than in sandboxes based on Hyper-V technology. [B]In the Home environment[/B], the properly restricted Sandboxie sandbox will be probably as safe as Windows Sandbox or Application Guard for Edge. But anyway, the compatibility issues on Windows 10 can put Sandboxie at disadvantage. Edit. Windows Sandbox allows installing drivers (if the reboot is not required). Sandboxie denies installing drivers by default (but there is a way to allow driver installation). [/QUOTE]

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