Virtual Sandbox

[Unknown_User_848]

I'm wondering if there is any intention of sandboxie implementing virtual drive technology in it's lifetime?

There might be a reason that I would install a suspect program into a sandbox and need to use it over a period of time (e.g. not clear the sandbox after each use), and leave my PC at risk from prying eyes searching my computer to run it to the sandbox and get it infected.

If

[Unknown_User_807]

im not quite sure i fully understand your request, but if i do, i believe there's already a solution. im assuming you mean you want a sandbox that you can mount as a virtual drive where the contents dont get deleted?

Assuming you have Windows XP Pro (i dont know if its in the Home edition):

1) create a new sandbox [you need to register SBIE for this i beleive]
2) dont set it to auto-delete
3) in the command prompt for windows [windows key + r] type the following:

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subst Q: "C:\Documents and Settings\[*username*]\Application Data\[*sandbox name*]"

of course you need to replace [*username*] with the username your logged on with and [*sandbox name*] with the name of your newly created sandbox (also change the drive letter if needed). To unmount the virtual drive just type the following code into the command prompt [windows key + r]:

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subst Q: /D

Also you can simply save the aforementioned code as .bat files so that you can run them at any time without having to always type them in. This is the extent of my DOS knowledge and all i did to find this out was use Google, but this code did work for me. Note the quote marks around the file path due to the spaces. if theres a way to shorten this without spaces i'd like to know, but this works so if its what your after have fun. if not, sorry i couldnt help.

[SnDPhoenix]

Yeah, im not exactly sure what you mean either, but if your wanting to install a program into a sandbox and use that program over time without deleting the sandbox, then just make 2 sandboxes, first one could be used for your browsers and whatnot, and could be cleared after every "session" or you could leave it "full" and not delete anything, then the other sandbox could be used for installing your program into and keeping it there over time without deleting the sandbox. Now about the virtual drive, maybe something like....... TrueCrypt?

[wraithdu]

And you should be able to do

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subst Q: "%APPDATA%\[*sandbox name*]"

to shorten it nicely. Also it works to make your bat files portable to other users.

[Unknown_User_848]

I would like the sandbox to be a file in which houses a virtual MS filesystem, rendering the contents completely unreadable without Sandboxie, unlike the current situation where the sandbox is just a folder tucked away in Documents & Settings, which can be seen & accessed in Explorer without Sandboxie rendering it's protection impotent.

However, I'll look into truecrypt for now.

[wraithdu]

Yeah, you're looking for something like TrueCrypt. The only way to make the contents of your "filesystem" unreadable is to encrypt it, and that's what TC does. You could then look at keeping your sandbox inside the TC volume.