Windows-Sandbox Alternatives

Windows-Sandbox reviews and mentions

• Deno in 2023
  8 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 5 Feb 2024

  Windows has a lot of things in this department. https://github.com/microsoft/Windows-Sandbox-Utilities sounds similar to what you describe, but there are also finer-grained APIs: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/secauthz/app...

• Ask HN: For those using Stable Diffusion locally, how do you filter fishy repos?
  6 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 31 Aug 2022

  You could use the Windows Sandbox to prevent them from accessing anything sensitive on your computer. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/security/threat-pro...

• what are the differences between vmware free and virtual box?
  1 project | /r/Piracy | 9 Aug 2022
• Got infected with Ransomware and both SSD's are totally encrypted
  1 project | /r/techsupport | 19 Jul 2022
• Is there a torrent website with no malware?
  1 project | /r/torrents | 11 Jul 2022

  If you're unsure about a program's security (and you have 10 Pro), run it in Sandbox mode. Otherwise, download VMWare Workstation and create a virtual machine.

• What Is Qubes OS?
  4 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 9 Jul 2022

  https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/security/threat-pro...

• LPT: when taking tests requiring a monitoring software on your personal device, download a virtual machine (ex.OracleVM) and set up windows on it.
  1 project | /r/LifeProTips | 6 Jul 2022

  Windows Sandbox is literally made for this, is lighter, integrated into the OS and free.

• Fake "Geek Squad" auto-renewal refund email scam (no "kindly"!!)
  1 project | /r/Scams | 6 Jul 2022

  He directed me to start a browser, which I did inside Windows Sandbox (a new lightweight container-based VM-ish on Windows). He asked me to go to "9190.org" in the browser, enter the invoice number. That downloads a "ScreenShareClientRefund.exe" which he instructed me to start. At that point I told him "Nice try, scammer! That would have fooled a lot of people." He hung up - no drama.

• Trojan when downloading RDR1 from Internet Archive
  1 project | /r/PCRedDead | 5 Jul 2022

  Windows Sandbox is a feature of Windows 10+. If you use older or can't use it for some reason, get VirtualBox and make a VM without any network access.

• What Antivirus Program should I use?
  1 project | /r/antivirus | 21 Jun 2022

  Do you think he is confusing the partial sandboxing of Windows Defender with Windows Sandbox? If so, why?

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