MajorPrivacy 0.99.1 introduces several important enhancements focused on flexibility, compatibility, and safety. This release adds new options to configure the DLL injection mode, giving advanced users more control over how MajorPrivacy interacts with running processes. A dedicated Sandboxie-compatible high-level DLL injection mode has also been added to ensure seamless integration between both applications for users running them together.

To improve onboarding and prevent misconfiguration, a mandatory warning page has been introduced in the first-start wizard. Until this notice is acknowledged, the creation of driver rules remains disabled, ensuring users understand the potential impact of advanced system-level configurations before proceeding.

Additionally, this version brings two convenient new actions related to Windows Firewall management. Users can now automatically create a set of useful initial firewall rules optimized for MajorPrivacy’s allow-list mode of operation, as well as restore the default Windows Firewall rules when needed.

With version 0.99.1, MajorPrivacy continues to refine its balance between powerful control and safe defaults, making advanced system protection easier and more reliable for all users.

Download: https://github.com/xanasoft/MajorPrivacy/releases/tag/v0.99.1

Sandboxie-Plus 1.16.5 introduces a range of refinements and fixes aimed at improving both usability and stability across the board. One of the most notable improvements is the enhanced INI Editor, which now offers a much more capable “Edit INI Section” dialog, making configuration editing more intuitive and efficient. Custom box colors are now preserved even when changing the Box Type Preset, ensuring that user-defined visual customization remains consistent. The sandbox border settings have also been expanded with support for alpha transparency, giving users finer control over the appearance of sandbox indicators.

The context menu icons have been refreshed for a cleaner, more modern look, and the default toolbar configuration has been refined for better usability. Under the hood, the Win32 system call handling has seen an experimental improvement: when UseWin32kFilterTable=y is enabled, the driver will now make use of the KeServiceDescriptorTableFilter instead of KeServiceDescriptorTableShadow where appropriate, providing more accurate and secure filtering behavior.

This release also resolves several technical issues. The reliability of the BindAdapter feature has been improved when a VPN or bound adapter becomes disconnected. A long-standing issue involving registry handling was fixed where a WOW6432Node subkey could incorrectly become HKLMSOFTWAREWOW6432NodeWOW6432Node. Additionally, a security-related issue was addressed where programs started with their 8.3 filenames were not properly identified as forced or blocked programs.

Overall, version 1.16.5 refines the user experience, enhances customization and system integration, and delivers improved robustness in key areas of the Sandboxie-Plus platform.

For a full list of changes please review the change log.

Downloads: https://github.com/sandboxie-plus/Sandboxie/releases/tag/v1.16.5

This release brings a series of important fixes, improvements, and new features to enhance both stability and functionality across all supported platforms. Several critical bugs have been resolved, including an issue that caused the user interface to fail when restarting in maximum mode, and a problem that prevented hash database entries and enclave permissions from being set or applied correctly. Enclave scripts now update properly when changes are applied, and the process of adding new enclaves no longer produces errors. The installer has also been corrected to handle updates involving ksi.dll reliably, and a major memory leak in the graphical interface has been eliminated, improving long-term stability.

The visual presentation of terminated processes has been refined—these processes are now rendered in gray, similar to TaskExplorer, for better clarity. In addition, internal safeguards enforcing the integrity of user-mode components have been activated to strengthen security.

MajorPrivacy 0.99.0 also introduces several notable additions: full ARM64 support, a new driver option allowing users to run self-signed, custom-compiled MajorPrivacy user-mode components, and a comprehensive Diagnostics Information dialog accessible from the Help menu. Together, these updates mark a substantial step toward improved reliability, performance, and flexibility across architectures.

Download: https://github.com/xanasoft/MajorPrivacy/releases/tag/v0.99.0

Sandboxie-Plus 1.16.4 / Classic 5.71.4 has been released on October 2nd, 2025. This version introduces a new protection option that blocks non-administrative instances of the session leader, such as Sandman.exe or Sbiectrl.exe, from accessing encrypted box data. This safeguard is enabled by default, though it can be disabled by setting ProtectAdminOnly=n if required. In addition to this enhancement, the release resolves a critical issue where Sandboxie-Plus 1.16.3 failed to connect to the driver on Windows Preview Build 27943, as tracked in issue #5003. Stability has also been improved with a fix for crashes related to the latest Signal client. Furthermore, the internal checks in Thread_CheckObject_CommonEx have been strengthened to provide more robust handling of encrypted boxes. This update continues the project’s focus on reliability, compatibility with evolving Windows builds, and stronger data protection.

Download: https://github.com/sandboxie-plus/Sandboxie/releases/tag/v1.16.4

This release focuses on extending automation and scripting across rules and secure volumes, improving Windows 7 compatibility, and strengthening safety around secure-volume protection. The update introduces a suite of scripting features that bring program rules and secure enclaves under automated control, while also adding editing and diagnostics tools for scripts so administrators can write, highlight and inspect script activity without leaving the application. Notifications have been added to automated firewall events and a mechanism to automatically approve or reject rule changes, streamlining routine policy operations while keeping administrators informed.

Volume handling has received significant enhancements. A new volume configuration window is available whenever a secure volume is mounted, and administrators can now script actions on mount and dismount events. Secure enclaves can be stored directly on a volume; these volume-stored enclaves live in an mpsys file at the root of the volume and are editable only while that volume is mounted. Important to note: when an enclave is stored on a volume, any rules that reference that enclave are also persisted into that volume’s mpsys file, ensuring rules and enclave data remain colocated and portable with the volume.

Under the hood and in the UI, several changes improve usability and compatibility. Configuration options have been reorganized: the maintenance menu has been refined and config-related items moved into the options menu for clearer separation of duties. The product now ships on Qt 6.8.3 with Windows 7 compatibility patches, and the driver has been adapted to run on Windows 7. When MajorPrivacy creates its program data folder at C:ProgramDataXanasoftMajorPrivacy, that folder is now readable by non-administrators to avoid unnecessary access problems. Wildcard rules that start without a drive letter, mount point or device path are no longer permitted; this restriction is deliberate and required to provide a hardened secure-volume protection model. The release also enables mounting secure volumes to a folder path and simplifies the HashDB view for easier inspection.

Stability fixes round out this release. Several crashes were addressed, including crashes when opening the hash database and when opening the process security ingress monitor (issues #87 and #88), and a Win7 crash has been resolved (issue #67). Log cleanup behaviour has been corrected and access notification messages now reliably include file information (issue #90). Overall, 0.98.5 delivers stronger automation, clearer volume management, improved backwards compatibility and a number of important reliability fixes.

Download: https://github.com/xanasoft/MajorPrivacy/releases/tag/v0.98.5

This build updates the insider to the latest final 1.16.3 with windows 7 support.
It adds ad own custom shell SbieShell.exe for the alternative desktops.

Download: https://github.com/DavidXanatos/Sandboxie-Next/releases/tag/Sep-08-2025 (for great patreons and above tiers only)

This release focuses on improved compatibility and stability across modern and legacy Windows builds while polishing the user experience in dark mode and on high-DPI systems. We updated our GitHub build action to use Qt 6.9.2 and at the same time switched the product to Qt 6.8.3 with Windows 7 compatibility patches; driver imports were reworked so that binaries built with Visual Studio 2022 can still load correctly on Windows 7. We also validated compatibility with Windows build 27934 and refreshed DynData to reflect those changes.

Several reported issues have been addressed to restore expected behavior for users. The missing tray menu introduced in 1.16.2 has been fixed, and the UAC prompt layout now displays correctly at higher DPI on the secure desktop; Arabic users will find the UAC prompt dialog respects RTL layout. The dark mode help popup that previously showed a light background in 1.16.1 has been corrected. Network options can now be persisted correctly during editing, the installer will remove obsolete files from older 1.16.x installations during cleanup, and the problem that prevented the “restart as admin” window from appearing has been resolved.

Download: https://github.com/sandboxie-plus/Sandboxie/releases

Based on the work for Sandboxie Plus to make it working on windows 7 I have now also resolved the issues with MajorPrivacy's driver and build it with a Qt patched for W7 use. The next build of MajorPrivacy 0.98.5 will work on windows 7 64-bit.

Build 0.98.5 of Major Privacy now allows to script not only access rules but also program rules and enclaves. The script can log output to the built in log. The scripts are executed by the agent during a callback from the kernel. When the agent is not available the default rule action will be performed, so the rule should be set to most restrictive and the script used to implement advanced custom exceptions.

MajorPrivacy’s latest release focuses squarely on reliability, recoverability and responsiveness while adding a number of usability improvements and important security refinements. The Kernel Isolator driver now includes robust failsafe logic so that a configuration error can no longer easily leave a system unusable: the driver detects when Windows was started in Safe Mode and will refrain from enforcing rules so the system can be recovered, it counts unsuccessful boot attempts and will automatically load the last known good rule set after three failed boots, and after five failed boots it will refuse to load any rule set at all. These measures are intended to make misconfigurations much easier to recover from without manual driver intervention.

On the user interface side we added several features to make inspection and interaction faster and less error prone. Most views now include a Hold & Refresh button, there is an option to flatten the program view, and a new program-item-missing event helps detect and respond to removed or moved binaries. The traffic view now provides a menu action to block domains in the DNS filter or to block programs directly in the firewall. You can choose to hide default Windows firewall rules and to hide default Windows libraries in the module load view, and we restored missing first-start wizard pages while adding more UI configuration options. An online updater has been added to simplify future updates, and there is a new option to prevent the system from entering hibernation when protected secure volumes are mounted.

Under the hood the GUI is now multithreaded, which significantly improves responsiveness and reduces UI stalls, and we improved the image-checking mechanism and the status page. The user-controlled Code Integrity verification mechanism has been redesigned: user-trusted hashes and certificates are now stored in the registry alongside the protected configuration instead of in C:ProgramDataXanasoftMajorPrivacysig_db files. Important caution: the new code does not automatically import old signatures, so you will need to re-authorize your files after upgrading. We also improved log cleanup handling and UI performance around execution records.

This release fixes a number of stability and correctness issues: the BSOD related to remote file systems has been resolved; the translation list not being populated is fixed; accepting firewall rule changes from the summary page now works reliably; the hardlinked program running outside the enclave issue (#49) is addressed; an open handle resource leak was closed; a bug in the thread pool was fixed; many minor UI glitches were corrected; repeated Exec notifications caused by UPX-compressed files (#76) no longer occur; image signature verification and host name update issues were repaired; cases where image protection was incorrectly applied to non-protected processes were fixed; and the notification window bug was resolved.

Please note the signature storage change when you upgrade: because trusted signatures and certificates are now kept in the registry, you must re-authorize any files you previously trusted from the old sig_db files.

Download: https://github.com/xanasoft/MajorPrivacy/releases/tag/v0.98.4