Avast 5.0 Pro Sandbox Test

[The320kbpsMusic]

Dude I know the video is 2 years old but you don't know how to make a video seriously, keep in mind that the sandbox back then was new and quite simple, the Avast sandbox actually sandboxed all the viruses in the avat sandbox and kept them all seperate from your pc. The actually files is on your temp folder and doesnt automatically removes it unles you tell the program to do it, if you did make the right settings you would never have the viruses in the first place.

[GitanjaliSagar]

nice video nd i love avast

[PlummetRu]

Avast tech. support answer, part 2:

„avast! sandbox can be configured to allow the web browsers (only the web browsers) to save the downloaded files to your computer; with the real-time shields (Web and File System) stopped, user can download and run (outside the sandbox) any executable file (meaning it must be done intentionally - no process running inside avast! sandbox can adjust avast! settings automatically).“

[PlummetRu]

Hey.

I asked a question to Avast tech support about a „sandboxed“ program being able to run sub-processess outside the sandbox. I also have given them a link to this video. Here is the Avast tech. support answer in 2 parts:

„Basically the workaround shown in the video equals to disabling the real-time protection and running the file outside the sandbox manually - in other words, it proves that the computer with no real-time virus protection can be infected by a computer virus.“

[Deviledspam]

First of all under Sand Box advance settings/web browsers is a few areas to check or unchecked, it seems default is checked for the one. Automatically detect default locations for saved/downloaded files and save files to these locations outside of sandbox.

That shouldn't be default because that allows what you saw. If you are going to bitch about a program, make sure you have it fully in protection mode before you test it.

[The98knuklz]

there shouldn't be an excuse,if you sand boxed your sand-boxed,its like doing a test on a virtualized machine and the viruses leaking through to your actual machine.

[TheDougtechcrew]

Avast saved my laptop from conficker.

[Ironside451]

Dude avast saved me just a few moments ago!

fpsbannan

[lukaBGDN]

i have the full vresion and i tried almot all the list from that sites, i scaned my comp, and i have no malware

[TheBizad]

have valid license key from avast how can convert it to v5?

[TheDougtechcrew]

will this work in ie9

[TheDougtechcrew]

svhost is on the virueses that link with the conficker worm

[TheDougtechcrew]

lol if intenet explorer picks up threats then its serious.

[Pein93420]

Anti-MalWare (y)

[starz2kri]

Hello "warwagon" I know this may be a little late on my part, but I couldn't help but notice that the Internet Explorer did not appear to be virtualized at 4:10. When I run a virtualized process, the process is shown on that menu. Under the menu it showed the program and disk location of the program. Could this be a reason why you may not have been fully protected?

[lilwaltdh]

its avast, NOT A-VAST

[sm1tty5569]

still using xp? time to upgrade ;)

[BloodLineGaming]

@sm1tty5569 xp is the best OS in the world little guy. Windows 7 has many bugs, and vista is gay. MAC is gay too.

Xp is the most perfected operating system. No need to upgrade

[venichen1]

@BloodLineGaming XP is the best version of windows but nothing beats any Linux distro and Mac OS X.

[mutantx20]

what the hell?! when i installed avast 5 internet security it blocked my internet, can someone help please?

[manufan180295]

@mutantx20 it might be a little late replying but just in case you still have the problem. you have to uninstall your old antivirus because if you have 2 antiviruses working at once it blocks the internet

[mutantx20]

@manufan180295 i only have avast free installed :(

[TreborG2]

Your testing methodology is flawed. Some of those sites didn't come up, which means they could've been cleaned or cleared of their infection. Its also possible that from the reported time till you tested, the infection COULD'VE changed to something else. You find real world threats, you infect a server in your lab, you test against IT not the world ... once you've proven you can stop your local lab infections THEN you surf the net and compare for the consequences.

[dedonAX91]

yess

avast 5.0 can detect it

no need to worry

avast is PROFESSIONAL anti virus

i've use it about 4 years :D

[arminkosten]

Hello, do you need to pay for Workstation? and as Guest? How do you get VISTA, XP, Windows 7 Images? :-)

[roxdbox]

so what is the sandbox do????

what will happen when i run my firefox on sandbox mode????

[treebill]

@roxdbox you run the program in a "box" so it cant infect your system.

[hieldjiv]

@roxdbox

you cant get any viruses. ;)

[jammer476]

According to the developer of Sandboxie, 64 bit kernal is not sandboxable. That is hwy he does not offer it. May this was the problem???

[jrsX408]

SandBoxie Better! (:

[sarcastic22]

@jrsX408 yes I agree, because in one of my tests (not in video) it was useless. =)

[feliguitar]

Hey man, what's that toolbar you have on the top of the screen?

[warwagon]

That's part of Vmware workstation 7.0 when it the guest machine is full screen .The toolbar allows you to switch between the different VM's/

[UgaBuga96]

@warwagon what Vmware workstation does? let you infect you'r pc without really hearting it - like testing viruses or what?

[worldinacup]

that was a slow download... 1.27kb/sec

[gibsonbaud1]

You setup the sandbox to run INternet Explorer, not the exe's you downloaded... You should right click on the virus or trojan you are testing and select run in sandbox if you want to run an external exe.

[Coolmariodude]

hi have you heard of the trojan horse that avast cant dectect it is called cyber security protection center can the new avast 5.0 dectect it?

[darkmastachief]

this video was posted to the avast forum. but i like sandboxie better