Re: Windows program for creating "quarantine" / "sandboxed" folders

chris_at_nospam.com
Date: 05/22/04 

Date: Sat, 22 May 2004 00:12:59 GMT

On Thu, 20 May 2004 01:07:12 GMT, Jason LaRue
<aqdqmqiqnq@iqnteluser.no-ip.info> wrote:

>chris@nospam.com wrote in news:i8sla0lcfbiu44civtb1g7p2ei54qhhvgm@4ax.com:
>
>> On 18 May 2004 17:28:50 -0700, huesodepez@yahoo.es (Holger Finke)
>> wrote:
>>
>>>Hello,
>>>I wonder if it is possible to define a folder (for example the folder
>>>that is used for downloads) as a quarantined zone, that is, to assure
>>>that any viruses or other malware cannot leave this folder and infect
>>>the system or other folders. (I understood that this principle is
>>>referred to as "sandbox", right?) Are there any software solutions
>>>accomplishing this under Windows XP?
>>>Many thanks in advance for your answer,
>>>Holger
>>
>>
>> This cannot be done under Windows. Now if you said under Linux, I'd
>> say look at the chroot command.
>
>Can something similar like this be done with user permissions
>under XP? The OP would have to switch to a user with very
>restricted permissions and then run anything downloaded-
>an imperfect solution at best, but something...

That is a recommended practice (ie don't run with higher privleges
than routinely needed). I'm not sure this suggestion meets the file
space sandboxing request without some serious changing of the
permissions on all the other files your trying to protect.

-Chris

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