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Re: AutoSandbox Test Tool
« Reply #75 on: April 20, 2011, 11:01:00 PM »
And to also verify if sandbox is in fact sandboxing :P It'll do the job as i've written a guide in our language on how to read and use this tool. It would be nice though if avast! had some sort of automated self-diagnostics that would be triggered in certain intervals to make sure that everything is really working as it should.
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Re: AutoSandbox Test Tool
« Reply #76 on: April 20, 2011, 11:01:46 PM »
Before this thread was begun, I copied the program PureRa onto a flash drive. I double clicked it and up came AutoSandbox.

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Re: AutoSandbox Test Tool
« Reply #77 on: April 20, 2011, 11:31:01 PM »
The one and only purpose of the tool was to trigger the AutoSandbox prompt.

Yes, a little bit like an eicar test file for the auto-sandbox ;D
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Re: AutoSandbox Test Tool
« Reply #78 on: April 20, 2011, 11:34:53 PM »
The one and only purpose of the tool was to trigger the AutoSandbox prompt.

But if the sandbox is working the registry string should not be there when we click modify.

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Re: AutoSandbox Test Tool
« Reply #79 on: April 20, 2011, 11:39:44 PM »
The one and only purpose of the tool was to trigger the AutoSandbox prompt.

But if the sandbox is working the registry string should not be there when we click modify.

and guess what it's not, at least on my system...

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Re: AutoSandbox Test Tool
« Reply #80 on: April 20, 2011, 11:47:54 PM »
There were others that claimed it did. I will run the tool tonight.

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Re: AutoSandbox Test Tool
« Reply #81 on: April 21, 2011, 12:24:07 AM »
The one and only purpose of the tool was to trigger the AutoSandbox prompt.

But if the sandbox is working the registry string should not be there when we click modify.

and guess what it's not, at least on my system...

It wasn't created on my system either.
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Re: AutoSandbox Test Tool
« Reply #82 on: April 21, 2011, 01:19:44 AM »
The one and only purpose of the tool was to trigger the AutoSandbox prompt.

But if the sandbox is working the registry string should not be there when we click modify.

and guess what it's not, at least on my system...

It wasn't created on my system either.
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With UAC disabled, C:\autosandboxtest.txt is also created when I choose "Open normally".
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Re: AutoSandbox Test Tool
« Reply #83 on: April 21, 2011, 01:20:55 AM »
Can you be more specific, please?
What exactly was the path you started it from? What operating system?

Auto-sandbox doesn't trigger when I run the "AutoSandbox Test Tool" on my Desktop. (桌面; desktop in Chinese)
C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\桌面\autosandboxme.exe

But it works fine at C:\autosandboxme.exe

Windows XP SP3

What if you create the folder C:\桌面 (or something similar) and try to start it from there?
I mean, is it really because of the special characters, or is it rather the desktop itself, its name being actually unrelated?
Thanks.

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Re: AutoSandbox Test Tool
« Reply #84 on: April 21, 2011, 02:11:51 AM »
Works for me. A very good testing tool to prove that the sandbox does not allow a system change. I looked in C:............nothing. I looked in the registry nothing. All this after clicking modify. So proof that it work. Nice job Avast team.

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Re: AutoSandbox Test Tool
« Reply #85 on: April 21, 2011, 03:14:57 AM »
Can you be more specific, please?
What exactly was the path you started it from? What operating system?

Auto-sandbox doesn't trigger when I run the "AutoSandbox Test Tool" on my Desktop. (桌面; desktop in Chinese)
C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\桌面\autosandboxme.exe

But it works fine at C:\autosandboxme.exe

Windows XP SP3

What if you create the folder C:\桌面 (or something similar) and try to start it from there?
I mean, is it really because of the special characters, or is it rather the desktop itself, its name being actually unrelated?
Thanks.

The autosandbox works fine in my computer, win7HP 64 bit sp1, no matter the path containing Chinese characters or not. I even changed the test file name to Chinese, auto sandbox window still pops up.

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Re: AutoSandbox Test Tool
« Reply #86 on: April 21, 2011, 07:12:33 AM »
There were others that claimed it did. I will run the tool tonight.

You refer to my post?

I did not claim that: I wrote the file was not created, the Reg key was when run normally was chosen.
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Re: AutoSandbox Test Tool
« Reply #87 on: April 21, 2011, 07:17:46 AM »
OK, I'll repeat it once again ;)
This is an internal tool that wasn't really meant for public (which doesn't mean it's any secret, just that it was build rather quickly, without any attempts to make it bulletproof or user friendly). You asked for it, so you got it... but there wasn't any additional time spent on that.

Its main purpose was to trigger the autosandbox pop-up, that's all - nobody actually used to it verify sandbox functionality (OK, maybe once, but that's really all). Red-framed window --> OK, no red frame --> something's wrong.

And even though I didn't write it myself, I certainly wouldn't notice the problem with C: drive - as disabling UAC is the first thing I do on my computers, I really can't live with that.

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This little tool is handy just to quick-test the AutoSB. I did not know the fact that UAC prevents the writing of the file, that's what confused me.

As to the disabling of UAC - isn't that something that increases your security? I'm using Win 7, and it is set to low (or whatever the setting is called...) and I don't find it too disturbing.
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Re: AutoSandbox Test Tool
« Reply #88 on: April 21, 2011, 08:00:24 AM »
Can you be more specific, please?
What exactly was the path you started it from? What operating system?

Auto-sandbox doesn't trigger when I run the "AutoSandbox Test Tool" on my Desktop. (桌面; desktop in Chinese)
C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\桌面\autosandboxme.exe

But it works fine at C:\autosandboxme.exe

Windows XP SP3

What if you create the folder C:\桌面 (or something similar) and try to start it from there?
I mean, is it really because of the special characters, or is it rather the desktop itself, its name being actually unrelated?
Thanks.

shek,
Oops! My mistake, you are right. Thanks. It's no matter the path containing Chinese characters or not.

igor,
The issue that avast! Auto-sandbox doesn't trigger on my Desktop  is caused by the software "Fences".
Thank you for your help.
« Last Edit: April 21, 2011, 08:02:38 AM by kyokodash2 »

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Re: AutoSandbox Test Tool
« Reply #89 on: April 21, 2011, 08:50:02 AM »
Great tools
it work.
if we run it in AutoSB no change will happen.
runnig in normally mode then Behavior shield alert about registry change and stop him but file in C:\ will copy.