Stop Keyloggers In Sandboxie

From TSG Library of Knowledge

Sandboxie is a great program to protect you against any form of malware since you can run a program in a sandboxed environment like your browser or email client and if you pick up any malware all you have to do is empty the sandbox to get rid of the malware,

But sandboxie can't detect if you pick up a keylogger while you're browsing so it's a good measure to empty your sandbox before logging into any sites like bank sites, credit card sites, and such,

But there's a way to have it so that only certain programs that you specify can run in sandboxie so that even if you did pick up a keylogger it wouldn't be able to run,

There's 2 ways to do it the older way is by manually editing the Sandboxie.ini file, But in newer versions it can be done in Sandboxie Control.

New/Sandboxie Control

1. Click the sandboxie icon in your system tray to open the sandboxie control.
2. Right-click the sandbox you want to edit and then click Sandbox Settings.
3. In the menu on the left go to Restrictions > Start/Run Access.
4. Then either click the button Add By Name and type the names of the only executables you want to run in that sandbox, Or click Add By File and browse to the only executables you want to run in that sandbox.
5. Click OK

Now only the executables you specified will be able to run in the sandbox.

Old/Manual editing of Sandboxie.ini

1. Click The Sandboxie Icon In Your System Tray To Open The Sandboxie Control.
2. Then Click The Drop Down Menu Configure.
3. In The Drop Down Menu Click Edit Configuration.
4. Under Global Settings Add

ProcessGroup=<restricted>,Start.exe,SandboxieDcomLaunch.exe,SandboxieRpcSs.exe

Add Any Extra Programs You Want To Run In Sandboxie For Example firefox.exe For The Web Browser Firefox, Separate Each Executable Name With A Comma ",".

5. And Under Defaultbox Settings Or Whatever Else You Changed The Name Of Your Sandbox To Or/And Any Other Sandbox(es) You Made Add

ClosedFilePath=!<restricted>,* ClosedIpcPath=!<restricted>,*

You Only Have To Use One Of The Two But Using Both Is Fine Too.

6. Click The Drop Down Menu File.

7. In The Drop Down Menu Click Save.

8. Then Just Close Notepad Or Whatever Text Editor You Used.

Now only the executables you specified will be able to run in the sandbox.