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Sandboxie runs your programs in an isolated space which prevents them from makin g permanent changes to other programs

and data in your computer. Sandboxie lets you browse the Web securely while keeping all your browser's functionality for active content. Sandboxie requires neither the disabling nor blocking of functions available to Web sites through the browser. Instead, Sandboxie isolates and quarantines the outcome of whatever the Web site may do to your computer, including the installation of unsolicited software. There is no trade-off of functionality for security: the Web site can use the fu ll range of active content tools, and if it uses these tools maliciously to install software or otherwise make changes in your computer, then these changes can be easily undone. Sandboxie has originally been designed to increase the security of browsing with Internet Explorer, however it is just as effective with any other browser, and i n fact, any other program. Sandboxie wraps a protection layer around the programs it supervises. It is this layer that intercepts and isolates any changes the progra ms make to the computer. And this layer is impartial to the specific program it wra ps. Sandboxie was designed as an application that will allow you isolates and quarantines website. When you browse the web, changes occur to your computer system. Most of the time these changes are harmless, like recording the addresses of web sites you have visited (and when), so the browser can help you complete a web address that you type in. Whether these changes are harmless or harmful, they do in fact happen t o your computer system. When you use Sandboxie to protect your browsing session, it catches all these changes just as the browser is about to apply them into your computer system. Sandboxie does record these changes on behalf of the browser, but it records the m in a special isolated folder, called the sandbox. The benefit of having a sandbox is that it ensures your ability to get rid of al l changes done by the browser, simply by deleting the sandbox folder. Another useful feature of Sandboxie is the ability to terminate all sandboxed programs at once. As some web sites tend to pop up three new browser windows for each one you close, you can have Sandboxie close all of them with a click of a button. Sandboxie and the Web Protecting your Freecell statistics using Sandboxie may be a good idea when a less qualified player comes along, but you will probably want to play most of

your games outside the sandbox. On the other hand, you may want to run your Web browser inside the sandbox most of the time. This way any incoming, unsolicited software (spyware, malware and the like) that you download, is trapped in the sandbox. Changes made to your list of Favorites or Bookmarks, hijacking of your preferred start page, new and unwanted icons on your desktop -- all these, and more, are trapped in and bound to the sandbox. Benefits of the Isolated Sandbox - Secure Web Browsing: Running your Web browser under the protection of Sandboxi e means that all malicious software downloaded by the browser is trapped in the sandbox and can be discarded trivially. - Enhanced Privacy: Browsing history, cookies, and cached temporary files collected while Web browsing stay in the sandbox and don't leak into Windows. - Secure E-mail: Viruses and other malicious software that might be hiding in your email can't break out of the sandbox and can't infect your real system. - Windows Stays Lean: Prevent wear-and-tear in Windows by installing software into an isolated sandbox.

What's new in Sandboxie v3.38? Translations: - Spanish translation contributed by Marton Larrosa. New Features: - Software Compatibility tool (in Configure menu) detects software on the computer and applies necessary configuration. - New "X" icon is displayed while deleting the contents of a sandbox. - Improved support for Windows 7 (Release Candidate build 7100 only). Fixes: - Freeze/lock-up in web browsers due to a problem in Immediate Recovery. - Color border option (in Sandbox Settings > Appearance) appears on secondary monitors in a multiple-monitor setup. - Minor problem on Windows Vista when deleting files in a Windows Explorer running under Sandboxie. - Support for keyboard navigation in Sandboxie Start Menu. - Resolved problem with Microsoft Office products freezing/locking-up when opening documents in a Forced Folder. - Some performance improvements due to optimized registry access. - Error SBIE2313 Could not execute SandboxieRpcSs.exe (267) caused by blocking access to some folders through Sandbox Settings > Resource Access > File Access > Blocked Access. Third-party software: - Improved compatibility with Online Armor.

- Improved compatibility with ZoneAlarm Internet Security Suite Version 8.

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