Sandboxie is now freeware!

[Arthur]

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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 one we are enthusiastic about, but that does not mean this was an easy decision to make. Sandboxie has never been a significant component of Sophos’ business, and we have been exploring options for its future for a while.

 

Frankly, the easiest and least costly decision for Sophos would have been to simply end of life Sandboxie. However, we love the technology too much to see it fade away. More importantly, we love the Sandboxie community too much to do that. The Sandboxie user base represents some of the most passionate, forward thinking, and knowledgeable members of the security community and we didn’t want to let you down.

 

After thoughtful consideration we decided that the best way to keep Sandboxie going was to give it back to its users – transitioning it to an open source tool. We will release more information about the open source project as we continue to work on the details.

 

Until the open source transition is completed we have decided to make all restricted features of Sandboxie completely free.

 

www.ghacks.net/2019/09/10/sandbox-program-sandboxie-is-now-freeware-soon-open-source

 

Sandboxie, a sandbox program for Microsoft's Windows operating system, has been turned into a free application. The latest version, Sandboxie 5.31.4 was released on 10 September 2019; it is the first version of Sandboxie that is available as freeware.

 

Sandboxie started out as a shareware program for Windows to run applications and files in a sandbox on the running system. Created by developer Ronen Tzur, it was picked up by Invincea before Invincea itself was acquired by security company Sophos.

 

Sophos did not change the Sandboxie license initially when it acquired the assets. Sophos announced the license change on the official Sophos Community blog today. The company revealed plans to make Sandboxie an open source tool eventually.

 

The new Sandboxie version that Sophos released today does not require an activation code and does not restrict access to features that were available to paid customers only previously. In other words: all features of the premium version of Sandboxie are available for free as of today.

 

The paid version of Sandboxie supported several features that the free version did not support. Most notable the ability to force programs to run in the sandbox and the ability to create and use multiple sandboxes on the system, and even to run the same program in multiple sandboxes.

 

Sandboxie cannot be downloaded directly from the official website; Sophos added a form to the download process that users need to fill out before the download is unlocked. The company promises that the information won't be used for marketing purposes.

Edited September 17, 2019 by Arthur

[Arthur]

The Sandboxie Windows sandbox isolation tool is now open-source!

 

Cybersecurity firm Sophos announced today that it has open-sourced the Sandboxie Windows sandbox-based isolation utility 15 years after it was released.

 

"We are thrilled to give the code to the community," Sophos Director of Product Marketing Seth Geftic said.

 

"The Sandboxie tool has been built on many years of highly-skilled developer work and is an example of how to integrate with Windows at a very low level,"

 

"The Sandboxie user base represents some of the most passionate, forward-thinking, and knowledgeable members of the security community, and we hope this announcement will spawn a fresh wave of ideas and use cases."

 

Sandboxie and its source code can now be downloaded from the official website available at sandboxie.com.

[MS2011]

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www.ghacks.net/2019/09/10/sandbox-program-sandboxie-is-now-freeware-soon-open-source

 

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[mavhc]

Good practice, if you're not developing it, let others do so.

[Arthur]

Good practice, if you're not developing it, let others do so.

Another huge benefit to having the source code is that you can change Sandboxie's name to something else which will help with malware analysis.

 

https://twitter.com/SwiftOnSecurity/status/1248728904858247169

 

[mavhc]

Seems like you should just give it a random name each time it runs, like malware does...