Scanning inside Sandboxie

[herbc]

Hi folks , i have been reading and trying to figure this out myself with no luck .

When i download something into the sandbox from my sandboxed web browser i am trying to find a way to scan the download inside the sandbox to see if it's dangerous before i recover it .

Is this possible ?

It seems you have to recover it and then scan it but isn't that going to be too late or does it take clicking on the download and installing it to get infected ?

Thanks

[Sope]

Simply scan the Sandbox folder before recovering the files in question. I believe it's usually located on the root of your C drive by default (ie. C:\Sandbox).

[torres-no-tan-magnifico]

C:\Sandbox > default box > user > current > my documents > downloads > The file to be scanned- right click and scan
HTH

[bo.elam]

Originally Posted by herbc

It seems you have to recover it and then scan it but isn't that going to be too late or does it take clicking on the download and installing it to get infected ?

Hi Herb. as Sope and Torres said, to scan files inside the sandbox, you can do it by scanning the Sandbox folder located in C drive.

About the question above, as I understand it, if you download a piece of malware to your hard drive, for you to get infected, you have to execute it.

But....know this. If you execute a file, say by mistake, while its inside C>Sandbox, the file will run sandboxed automatically.

Another thing, Herb, most real time antiviruses scan files as they are created in your hard drive. So scanning a new download with your real time antivirus after the file has been created and placed in your hard drive, its probably not necessary.

If you haven't, you should read this link about Sandboxie and antiviruses.
http://www.sandboxie.com/index.php?FAQ_Virus

Bo

[herbc]

I got to be doing something wrong , when the blinking sandbox with the download is flashing on the screen asking to recover it where do i go from there.

Thanks , are you saying go into my C:/ folder outside the sandbox ?

[herbc]

Here is what i am seeing.

I am trying to attach files but having no success

[herbc]

OK , here is a screenshot

[bo.elam]

Originally Posted by herbc

I got to be doing something wrong , when the blinking sandbox with the download is flashing on the screen asking to recover it where do i go from there.

Thanks , are you saying go into my C:/ folder outside the sandbox ?

Navigate to C drive and scan the Sandbox folder. You really dont have to go inside the sandbox folder. And yes, the sandbox folder is in C drive, outside the sandbox.

Bo

[bo.elam]

Originally Posted by herbc

OK , here is a screenshot

Herb, in your picture which is a terrible picture, I cant see the details at all, its too small, I see two yellow folders. You should only have one yellow folder in there. What are the names on this folders?

Bo

[herbc]

Originally Posted by bo.elam

Herb, in your picture which is a terrible picture, I cant see the details at all, its too small, I see two yellow folders. You should only have one yellow folder in there. What are the names on this folders?

Bo

One is my admin account and one is my user account.