

You can use Sandbox to visit places on the Web you might normally not go, and run apps within a protected environment. You’ll need to be sure you haven’t downloaded any malware. There’s one exception: If you copy a downloaded file out of Sandbox and into your PC, it remains. If it is malware, it will remain trapped within the Sandbox virtual environment-and once you close the app window, everything disappears, permanently. Now you can open a suspicious entity within Sandbox. You’ve already learned not to mess with an app that might be malware-the same goes for a website. It’s essentially a barrier isolator for bad stuff that might harm your PC. Windows 10 Sandbox is a pristine, secured Windows installation that’s not linked to your account. Sandbox is somewhere in the middle: It’s a simplified, protected, virtual “Windows PC” that lives within your actual, physical PC. If you’re familiar with Windows 10 Pro, you’re aware that virtualization is one of the key differentiatiors-everything from a full-fledged Hyper-V virtual machine, to the more purpose-driven WDAG secure browser. Windows Sandbox stands out as a secure lockbox for testing new apps and sites-but only if you’re running Windows 10 Pro.

Windows Sandbox: A safe space for new apps
