Windows 64bit Sandboxing software alternatives

I realize this is an old post, but for the sake of those sill looking:

Actually it doenst really support 64 bit, this is from the Sandboxie home page-

"Full disclosure: The 64-bit edition of Sandboxie provides a reduced level of protection compared to the 32-bit edition of Sandboxie.

This shortcoming is the result of a new security feature introduced in 64-bit editions of Windows, called Kernel Patch Protection. This feature aims to protect the core of Windows (the kernel) by regularly performing self-checks to detect changes.

The problem is that a stock Windows kernel does not provide all the facilities necessary to implement a security solution such as Sandboxie. On 32-bit Windows, Sandboxie can dynamically enhance the Windows kernel to provide the missing functionality. This is not possible on 64-bit Windows, due to the Kernel Patch Protection feature.

It should be noted, however, that even with this disadvantage, the 64-bit edition of Sandboxie is still an adequate front line of defense against most types of malicious software.

Additionally, in order to compensate for this disadvantage, the 64-bit edition of Sandboxie enables the Drop Rights setting by default. This setting may need to be disabled before software can be installed into a sandbox."

So Basically, since you cant legally reverse engineer and recompile the windows kernel, virtualization and emulation are the only alternatives for a x64 windows environment. In Linux and Unix x64 this is not the case.


You could always use a VM to test software you're not sure you want to install.