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	Test new software safely with Sandboxie

DarrenTooCool

5-15-2007 5:17 PM

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DarrenTooCool says:

I almost let this LifeHacker article slip by me. Being a fan of GiveawayOfTheDay.com, a program like this will be extremely handy. Can't wait to give it a try.

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/c468d8c1-f662-4d60-b1d3-9ad4bbe50b94/8B4ACC84-2043-4979-8610-7B931A97B63B/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://lifehacker.com/software/featured-windows-download/safely-test-new-software-with-sandboxie-258255.php" href="http://lifehacker.com/software/featured-windows-download/safely-test-new-software-with-sandboxie-258255.php" style="font-size: 11px;">lifehacker.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://lifehacker.com/software/featured-windows-download/safely-test-new-software-with-sandboxie-258255.php"><H2><A title="Safely test new software with Sandboxie" href="http://lifehacker.com/software/featured-windows-download/safely-test-new-software-with-sandboxie-258255.php">Safely test new software with Sandboxie</A></H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://lifehacker.com/software/featured-windows-download/safely-test-new-software-with-sandboxie-258255.php"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/lifehacker.com/img/B46A1CFB-DF29-4EF4-8BEF-E7EB3494CBAB" alt="sandboxie.png" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://lifehacker.com/software/featured-windows-download/safely-test-new-software-with-sandboxie-258255.php"><P>Windows only: Freeware application Sandboxie provides a safe "sandbox" for you to test out new software without making any permanent changes to your system.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://lifehacker.com/software/featured-windows-download/safely-test-new-software-with-sandboxie-258255.php">Sandboxie is a lot like <A href="http://lifehacker.com/software/installation/hack-attack-safely-install-software-in-a-virtual-layer-162910.php">previously mentioned Altiris SVS</A>, but since I've started using Sandboxie I've become somewhat of a convert to its no-nonsense operation.  </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://lifehacker.com/software/featured-windows-download/safely-test-new-software-with-sandboxie-258255.php">  Both Sandboxie and Altiris SVS are great choices for testing out apps before you completely install and for browsing the internet with nearly complete safety, so if you haven't tried out virtualization as a testing bed, I'd recommend giving one of these a try</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://lifehacker.com/software/featured-windows-download/safely-test-new-software-with-sandboxie-258255.php"><P>
For 'sandboxing' I've been using DefenseWall for some time now - makes you feel much safer connecting to the internet: <A title="Linkification: http://www.softsphere.com" href="http://www.softsphere.com" class="linkification-ext">www.softsphere.com</A></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://lifehacker.com/software/featured-windows-download/safely-test-new-software-with-sandboxie-258255.php"><P>
there is an excellent article on sandboxes here
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