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    From Roberta@21:1/5 to All on Sun Nov 13 12:38:41 2022
    I was reading posts and saw discussion about Sandbox.

    What Sandbox is recommended for Win XP Pro 32 SP3 bit ?

    Links please.

    Thank you in advance.

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  • From JJ@21:1/5 to Roberta on Mon Nov 14 05:34:25 2022
    On Sun, 13 Nov 2022 12:38:41 -0800, Roberta wrote:
    I was reading posts and saw discussion about Sandbox.

    What Sandbox is recommended for Win XP Pro 32 SP3 bit ?

    Links please.

    Thank you in advance.

    Sandboxie.

    https://github.com/sandboxie-plus/Sandboxie/releases/tag/v5.40

    Use the XP version.

    Newer versions no longer support XP.

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  • From Harlan@simulated_addy.com@21:1/5 to All on Sun Nov 13 18:01:24 2022
    On Sun, 13 Nov 2022 12:38:41 -0800, Roberta <[email protected]>
    wrote:


    I was reading posts and saw discussion about Sandbox.

    What Sandbox is recommended for Win XP Pro 32 SP3 bit ?

    Links please.

    Thank you in advance.

    You could use something a heck of a lot simpler than Sandboxie.

    http://www.toolwiz.com/lead/toolwiz_time_freeze.php

    Simple as it comes. Been using for some time with XP and Windows 7
    with no problems. Don't have any anti virus program on my machine.
    Time Freeze dumps everything - good or bad - after a reboot.

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  • From [email protected]@21:1/5 to All on Sun Nov 13 19:27:17 2022
    On Sun, 13 Nov 2022 12:38:41 -0800, Roberta <[email protected]>
    wrote:


    I was reading posts and saw discussion about Sandbox.

    What Sandbox is recommended for Win XP Pro 32 SP3 bit ?

    Links please.

    Thank you in advance.

    http://www.toolwiz.com/lead/toolwiz_time_freeze.php

    or

    https://sandboxie-plus.com/

    I use Time Freeze.

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  • From Paul@21:1/5 to All on Sun Nov 13 23:16:10 2022
    On 11/13/2022 5:34 PM, JJ wrote:
    On Sun, 13 Nov 2022 12:38:41 -0800, Roberta wrote:
    I was reading posts and saw discussion about Sandbox.

    What Sandbox is recommended for Win XP Pro 32 SP3 bit ?

    Links please.

    Thank you in advance.

    Sandboxie.

    https://github.com/sandboxie-plus/Sandboxie/releases/tag/v5.40

    Use the XP version.

    Newer versions no longer support XP.


    The rich history of the product is here.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandboxie_Plus

    I get the impression Sandboxie was used to run a single
    application in a "box". Whereas Sandboxie_Plus switches
    this to sandboxing the entire OS.

    The ability to use the thing then, may be just a bit
    simpler with the Windows XP version.

    Any time you use sandboxes or Internet Cafe ("C: freezers") software,
    you *must* understand the technical limitations, before using one.
    Imagine running a malware in there, and something happens and your
    main C: drive is ruined. You're using an unsupported OS, with
    an unsupported version of a security product. (A sandbox is still
    a security product, because it "promises some kind of security"
    if you use it.) It helps to have a backup of your system,
    in case of an emergency developing.

    Note that, the github site kinda sucks, because with an older
    browser, you get a "spinning wheel", instead of a list
    of downloads. I could not tell you right off hand, which
    browser will not present the spinning wheel. Maybe Waterfox Classic ?

    https://github.com/sandboxie-plus/Sandboxie/releases/tag/v5.40

    # What the spinning wheel hides, on a crappy browser

    Note: For Windows XP, use SandboxieInstall32_xp.exe

    Assets 6

    SandboxieInstall32.exe 2.23 MB Apr 9, 2020
    SandboxieInstall32_xp.exe 2.23 MB Apr 9, 2020 <=== WinXP link
    SandboxieInstall64.exe 2.79 MB Apr 9, 2020
    xp_src_patch.zip 44.3 KB Apr 9, 2020
    Source code (zip) Apr 9, 2020 (small download)
    Source code (tar.gz) Apr 9, 2020 (small download)

    You might be able to try some other tool (wget, curl, aria2c)
    to access the URL. These things may not be stored on the
    server as "blobs", especially the source code is likely
    pulled from the tree as individual files dynamically and then they make
    a ZIP out of it. I would try this with "wget" or similar.
    It might just work.

    https://github.com/sandboxie-plus/Sandboxie/releases/download/v5.40/SandboxieInstall32_xp.exe

    If you don't have a wget, you can pull one out of here.

    https://download.wsusoffline.net/wsusoffline119.zip <=== this is a win7 version

    wsusoffline119.zip
    wsusoffline
    bin
    wget.exe
    Size: 4,425,048 bytes (4321 KiB)
    SHA256: 1908C52CC8B3F573C719451874B0CCE62C89D965D733F403FC0E8F67480434FD

    Then you can try:

    cd /d C:\path\to\downloaded\wgetexe\
    wget https://github.com/sandboxie-plus/Sandboxie/releases/download/v5.40/SandboxieInstall32_xp.exe

    Paul

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  • From Harlan@simulated_addy.com@21:1/5 to All on Sun Nov 13 23:33:59 2022
    On Sun, 13 Nov 2022 23:16:10 -0500, Paul <[email protected]d>
    wrote:

    On 11/13/2022 5:34 PM, JJ wrote:
    On Sun, 13 Nov 2022 12:38:41 -0800, Roberta wrote:
    I was reading posts and saw discussion about Sandbox.

    What Sandbox is recommended for Win XP Pro 32 SP3 bit ?

    Links please.

    Thank you in advance.

    Sandboxie.

    https://github.com/sandboxie-plus/Sandboxie/releases/tag/v5.40

    Use the XP version.

    Newer versions no longer support XP.

    Del

    Use Time Freeze. It can be set to simply protect the entire C: drive
    each time XP boots. You can exclude some programs from it's
    protection, but I believe that should never be done.

    http://www.toolwiz.com/lead/toolwiz_time_freeze.php


    Any time you use sandboxes or Internet Cafe ("C: freezers") software,
    you *must* understand the technical limitations, before using one.
    Imagine running a malware in there, and something happens and your
    main C: drive is ruined.

    Why would someone worry about having malware on their computer if
    there never has been such a problem? It's silly to alway think the
    worst and end up screwing yourself being over protective. It it ain't
    broke, don't fix it.

    <You're using an unsupported OS, with
    an unsupported version of a security product.

    An "usupported" OS does not mean one is unprotected. It depends on a
    lot more than just the OS to get infected.

    As for "unsupported" security products go, how how about TrueCrypt
    7.1a, or PGP versions like 6.5.8 ckt which has never had the slightest
    hint of being broken?

    (A sandbox is still a security product, because it "promises some
    kind of security")

    if you use it.) It helps to have a backup of your system,
    in case of an emergency developing.

    One should always have their C: drive imaged or backed up - no matter
    what programs or OS they are using.

    Deleted a long list of more tekkie nonsense one doesn't need.

    These tekkies are never happy until they download enough "Security"
    crap that finally causes some problem or other. They then post endless
    threads trying to solve it.

    Get Time Freeze. All you have to do is install it, set it to boot
    with Windows, and you're protected. THAT'S ALL YOU NEED.

    Paul

    Enough is enough of this constant adding more and more security crap
    to a computer. Most users don't know what the hell most of it does
    anway, and many screw them selves up fooling around with these
    programs.

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