How to install apps in a sandbox

Creating a sandbox on your machine can be invaluable if you’re testing something you don’t quite trust. If you’re handed a USB stick you want to have a look at, or downloaded something you think might be suspicious, opening these up in a sandbox is the way to go to ensure your PC is protected.

A Sandbox is a virtual environment separate from the rest of your machine where you can install, open and use programs that you don’t entirely trust.

There are several good options for sandbox software includingBufferZone,SandboxieandSHADE Sandboxbeing some of the most famous. We’ll use Sandboxie in our guide, as it’s easy to use and free to download, and show you how to install applications in safety. If you’ve got security on your mind, you’re certainly going to want to get yourself aVPN. Have a look at ourtop VPN picks of 2018.

We’ve put together a quick guide for how to install applications and programs below, but it’s important to read the moredetailed user guideover at Sandboxie

How to install apps in Sandboxie

This method will install programs in a separate sandboxed folder, which will correspond to the real folder where itshouldhave been installed to, was it not installed in a sandbox.

Any changes that are made are self contained within the sandbox, so if they program does anything you don’t want it to, you can terminate the process and delete it, and it won’t have affected your machine.