Major Privacy v0.98.1 BETA

The 0.98.1 release of MajorPrivacy introduces significant enhancements and a number of critical fixes aimed at improving usability, localization, and system integration. A major new feature is the introduction of full translation support, allowing the application interface and tweaks to be localized into multiple languages. Initial translations include AI-assisted German and Polish versions, a community-contributed Turkish translation, and Simplified Chinese. Users interested in contributing translations or adding new languages are encouraged to participate via the forum.

This version also improves compatibility and deployment by bundling the Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable with the installer, which is required for the ImDisk user interface.

Several important bugs have been resolved. The installer now correctly removes the driver during uninstallation. Tweak definitions have been cleaned up for better consistency. A number of networking issues were addressed, including failures related to network shares and incorrect handling of mapped drive letters. It is now required to use full UNC paths for defining rules involving shared resources. Additionally, configuration persistence issues on system shutdown have been fixed, as well as problems affecting protected folder visibility and rule precedence involving enclave conditions.

Finally, the underlying driver code has been refactored, laying the groundwork for better maintainability and future enhancements.

Download: https://github.com/xanasoft/MajorPrivacy/releases/tag/v0.98.1

Release v1.16.0 / 5.71.0 (Pre-Release)

This release introduces several important improvements to Sandboxie-Plus, further enhancing compatibility, usability, and control for advanced users. A new option has been added to copy the Hardware ID directly from the support page for convenience. More significantly, a powerful new feature allows administrators to automatically redirect all files marked with "Mark of the Web" into a specified sandbox using the MarkOfTheWebBox=BoxName setting. Wildcard support has also been introduced for forced process rules, and a new option now allows for the creation of virtual sandboxes that do not require persistence in the main configuration file.

The Trace Log page now properly adapts text scaling in the 'Type' dropdown, ensuring clarity on high-DPI displays. Several system object types, such as EventPair, KeyedEvent, and Timer, have received improved virtualization and filtering support. A new UAC handling option (UseSandboxieUAC=y) enables Sandboxie’s own prompt, which includes the ability to simulate administrator rights without actually elevating privileges.

Under the hood, the DNS Filter logic has been refactored to address issues where domains that did not resolve could bypass filtering—this resolves potential security leaks and improves consistency. Support for compiler security features like /GS and /CETCOMPAT has been expanded to more components, and INI configuration handling has been modernized to allow importing sandbox configurations from external files and support for virtual config sections within the driver.

Finally, a number of bugs have been resolved, including a persistent taskbar issue in Firefox when entering fullscreen mode, glitches in content deletion UI, unexpected Sandboxie Plus shutdowns, and context menu execution behavior on Windows 11. Display issues and inconsistencies in the Move Sandbox menu have also been addressed, offering a more stable and refined user experience overall.

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

Download: https://github.com/sandboxie-plus/Sandboxie/releases/tag/v1.16.0

Major Privacy v0.98.0 Released

This update marks a major step forward in functionality, security, and usability for MajorPrivacy. With version 0.98.0, we're introducing an installer to simplify setup and deployment. Core security enhancements include token integrity level elevation for enclave processes, significantly improving User Interface Privilege Isolation (UIPI), and new driver unload protection to guard against tampering. Secure desktop prompting has been implemented, requiring explicit user approval before Core components can be shut down, reinforcing trusted control over critical operations.

The AccessTree now includes a convenient "Copy Path" feature, and the tweak management interface has been upgraded with the ability to approve or restore tweaks directly within the view. A range of new privacy and security tweaks are now available, including resource access restrictions, execution control, and finely tuned firewall rule adjustments.

In terms of usability improvements, the tweaks view has been refined, and tweak status is now persistently saved to disk, ensuring settings survive reboots or restarts. We’ve also resolved a critical stability issue that could cause a BSOD when the agent crashed during process startup inside an enclave.

This release lays important groundwork for the upcoming 1.0 milestone by tightening system integrity and enhancing user control without compromising performance or clarity.

Download: https://github.com/xanasoft/MajorPrivacy/releases/tag/v0.98.0

Sandboxie-Plus v1.15.12 Released & New Insider Build

Sandboxie Plus version 1.15.12 / 5.70.12 introduces a range of enhancements, fixes, and usability improvements. This release adds Indonesian language support to the Plus UI, a new template for the WeType Input Method Editor (IME), and support for proxy configuration using host names instead of raw IPs by resolving them at WSA_Startup. Sandboxie can now bind to network adapters rather than specific IP addresses, providing more flexibility in networking setups. Additionally, support for the %ProgramFiles(x86)% environment variable has been introduced, along with a new TemplateDefaultFolders entry to define standard paths in privacy-enhanced boxes.

Several changes improve usability and performance. The "Move Sandbox" list sorting behavior has been refined, and personal details like name and hardware ID in the Support tab are now hidden by default. An experimental alternative proxy relay implementation has also been added, shifting from socket modification to relay threads.

Numerous issues have been addressed. These include the BoxAlias not appearing in the "run in box" dialog, UI inconsistencies after using Ctrl+F, and persistent high I/O usage by SbieCtrl.exe and SandMan.exe. Registry access functions were hardened with additional checks, and problems with Tencent TIM, MSI installer behavior, and oversized Sandboxie.ini files have been resolved. Other fixes address UI glitches, translation inconsistencies, drag-and-drop issues, and crashes related to SbieDll.dll. Compatibility problems with PingInfoView and a loop condition in CollectProducts() have also been fixed.

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

Download: https://github.com/sandboxie-plus/Sandboxie/releases/tag/v1.15.12

May Insider Download (for great patreons and above only): https://github.com/DavidXanatos/Sandboxie-Next/releases/tag/May-01-2025

Major Privacy v0.97.2 BETA

This release of MajorPrivacy introduces several powerful new features and important improvements. A DNS filter server has been added, enabling more granular control over DNS traffic. Users can now define Windows Firewall rule templates with wildcard-enabled paths, significantly streamlining rule creation. The ingress view includes a new operation filter, and program items in the UI now display memory usage for log and trace data, with a total memory usage indicator for services. We've also introduced trace presets per process and added an option to enable debugging of processes running in enclaves. For easier navigation, a new "expand/collapse all" button has been added to the program tree.

Path rule handling has been reworked with a more flexible mechanism supporting DOS-style patterns, with plans for a future rule import system. The firewall popup now ignores incoming connection attempts to avoid unnecessary prompts. Internally, the project structure, framework, and variant implementation have been refactored and cleaned up, resulting in a more stable and maintainable codebase. Log and trace data are now managed using dedicated memory pools per program, improving performance and reliability.

This version also resolves a deadlock issue during program list cleanup and a crash that could occur when stopping the service while the UI remained open.

Download: https://github.com/xanasoft/MajorPrivacy/releases/tag/v0.97.2

Sandboxie-Plus Insider Build April 04 2025

A new Sandboxie-Plus Insider build based on 1.15.11 is available for Great Patreon's and above: https://github.com/DavidXanatos/Sandboxie-Next/releases/tag/April-04-2025 as well as to all holders of DEVELOPER type supporter certificates.

Exclusive Insider Features

The Insider builds introduce several powerful enhancements designed to improve security, usability, and customization in Sandboxie-Plus:

  • Isolated Desktops – Run applications in their own fully isolated Windows desktop environment, separate from the default user desktop.

  • Isolated Clipboard – Each sandbox can have its own independent clipboard, fully isolated from the host system, with options for read-only or write-only integration.

  • Portable Sandboxes – Use sandboxes configured in independent .ini files, enabling fully self-contained and portable sandbox setups.