Jack, are you talking about ASB or SB or are you mixing these two..??
The last replies were all related to the ASB.
Well,
For my story, I only have Avast 6 Free, so I mean the SB. (Regular Sandbox) Sorry for the confusion!
I can try to explain:
In Avast Free: Any program that Avast determines to be suspicious can run in the Sandbox. Users can select "Ask" (default), "Auto", or "Off." The program or file is isolated from the system/user so it cannot harm anything when in the sandbox. In the Free version, only files/programs deemed by Avast to be suspicious get flagged for the Sandbox.
In Avast Pro/Internet Security: (Paid Versions) I understand that you have the same prompts, but an added feature is that you can right-click in the content menu or in settings and manually choose to run ANY program or file in the Sandbox. I think you can also change Avast settings to sandbox everything you open, over-riding manual control. The "Open Everything" in sandbox may strain your computer RAM and other resources because of the amount of checking and security integration that Avast has to do. Some critics say that sandboxing everything is a little too paranoid, but its there in the paid versions of Avast if you want it.
I understand there is also a program called Sandboxie, that I think is free to try, and $30 to buy. It's like the paid version of Avast where anything any everything could run in a virtulized environment. I am happy with the free version of Avast and I also use WOT and Virus Total to help guide me away from suspicious sites and files.
Jack