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posted by Fnord666 on Thursday December 20 2018, @07:11PM   Printer-friendly
from the you-say-sandbox-I-say-litterbox dept.

Submitted via IRC for SoyCow1984

Source: https://www.theverge.com/2018/12/19/18147991/microsoft-windows-sandbox-security-safety-isolation-standalone-apps

Microsoft is trying to address the fear of running an unknown .exe on your PC. While some power users set up virtual machines to check unknown apps, Microsoft has developed a simple way for anyone running Windows 10 to launch apps in an isolated desktop environment. Windows Sandbox is a new feature coming to Windows 10 next year that creates a temporary desktop environment to isolate a particular app to that sandbox.

It's designed to be secure and disposable, so once you've finished running the app in this mode the entire sandbox will be deleted. You don't need to set up a virtual machine, but it will require virtualization capabilities enabled in the BIOS. Microsoft is making Windows Sandbox available as part of Windows 10 Pro or Windows 10 Enterprise, and it's clearly aimed at businesses primarily or power users.

Technical details: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/Windows-Kernel-Internals/Windows-Sandbox/ba-p/301849

See also: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2018/12/windows-sandbox-marries-vm-isolation-to-container-efficiency-to-safely-run-dodgy-apps/


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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday December 20 2018, @08:22PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday December 20 2018, @08:22PM (#776955)

    Can I force user to run internet explorer, outlook, excel, word and pretty much every Microsoft technology in this sandbox? They are where all the viruses come from.

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  • (Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Friday December 21 2018, @11:05AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday December 21 2018, @11:05AM (#777163)

    No, They are no longer executables.