Avast WEBforum

Consumer Products => Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security (legacy Pro Antivirus, Internet Security, Premier) => Topic started by: cooby on July 28, 2012, 10:53:13 PM

Title: Is autosandboxme.exe test applicable to Avast!version 7
Post by: cooby on July 28, 2012, 10:53:13 PM

I used vlk's test: http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=76650.0
on Windows XP-SP3 and free Avast! 7.0.1456

File system shield is high, Autosandbox set to Ask
It didn't ask, WHY???
But I got a tiny message - see inserted picture
It didn't install on C:\ and didn't go into the RUN key in registry but nothing got entered into the log.

Is the message what one would expect?
In v6 it all looked different.
Is the sandbox behavior changed from v6?

Edited- "insersted picture" is in Reply#3, I forgot to attach it

Title: Re: Is autosandboxme.exe test applicable to Avast!version 7
Post by: Lisandro on July 29, 2012, 01:16:15 AM

Because the file does not work in the latest version of the AutoSandbox. Just that.

Title: Re: Is autosandboxme.exe test applicable to Avast!version 7
Post by: cooby on July 29, 2012, 02:15:03 AM

Tech, it does do something ...
I forgot to attach annotated picture in my first post, so here it is, so it's working? it's not working? is Avast sandbox working? (so far it sandbox my firewall :( )

Title: Re: Is autosandboxme.exe test applicable to Avast!version 7
Post by: NON on July 29, 2012, 05:26:01 AM

For me autosandboxme.exe does not get sandboxed: no popups/alerts appears, C:\autosandboxme.txt is created.
Autosandbox itself is working, as running autosandboxme.exe from removable media triggers autosandbox.

Title: Re: Is autosandboxme.exe test applicable to Avast!version 7
Post by: Lisandro on July 29, 2012, 09:05:19 PM

Quote from: NON on July 29, 2012, 05:26:01 AM

For me autosandboxme.exe does not get sandboxed: no popups/alerts appears, C:\autosandboxme.txt is created.
Autosandbox itself is working, as running autosandboxme.exe from removable media triggers autosandbox.

+1

Title: Re: Is autosandboxme.exe test applicable to Avast!version 7
Post by: Para-Noid on July 30, 2012, 10:21:53 PM

I did as NON did and I did get the usual pop-up. From the flash drive not from the HDD. At least it "did" work.  :)

Title: Re: Is autosandboxme.exe test applicable to Avast!version 7
Post by: cooby on August 03, 2012, 05:53:19 AM

So the implication is that it checks only removeable media? Hard to believe, really. And picture in my post #3 does show some sort of a catch, just totally different behavior from v6 and different logging.
It's still not clear to me what Tech said, that it doesn't work in the latest version - the test file or the sandbox?

Title: Re: Is autosandboxme.exe test applicable to Avast!version 7
Post by: NON on August 03, 2012, 06:53:10 AM

Quote from: cooby on August 03, 2012, 05:53:19 AM

So the implication is that it checks only removeable media?

No, autosandbox checks not only removable media but also other things: you might be able to see it in the autosandbox.log file.
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\AVAST Software\Avast\log\autosandbox.log

Tech says test file is not working, not sandbox.

Title: Re: Is autosandboxme.exe test applicable to Avast!version 7
Post by: Para-Noid on August 03, 2012, 11:26:43 PM

Quote from: NON on August 03, 2012, 06:53:10 AM

Tech says test file is not working, not sandbox.

Oh... ???