Avast sandbox downloaded files

Sandbox is available for Workstations only, not Servers.

Sandbox lets you run applications in a safe virtual environment, isolated from the rest of your device's system. This feature is useful when you want to run suspicious or untrusted applications without risk.

1. Click Configuration > Policies > AvastAntivirus.
2. Click the name of a policy.
3. Click the Workstation Settings tab.
4. Click the Active Protection tab.
5. In the Tools section, move the slider to enable Sandbox.
6. Click ApplyChanges.

Configuring Avast Business Antivirus Policies: Configuring the Location of Sandbox Storage

Sandbox is available for Workstations only, not Servers.

Sandbox storage is a file space completely isolated from the rest of your system and other Sandboxes.

When you run an application in Sandbox, all necessary files are always copied to Sandbox storage where they can be modified as needed without affecting the original files. Any new files created during virtualization are also saved to Sandbox storage.

By default, Sandbox storage is created in the same drive as the original file. If there is insufficient space on the pre-selected drive or you encounter disk performance issues, you may need to select a different drive or browse for another location.

1. Click Configuration > Policies > AvastAntivirus.
2. Click the name of a policy.
3. Click the Workstation Settings tab.
4. Click the Active Protection tab.
5. Click the Customize link in the Sandbox section.
6. Click the Sandbox Storage tab.
7. Select a drive by doing one of the following:
   • Click the The same drive as the modified file check box.
   • Click the drive check box, then select a drive from the drop box.
8. Click ApplyChanges.

Configuring Avast Business Antivirus Policies: Configuring Sandbox Web Browser Options

Sandbox is available for Workstations only, not Servers.

Enabling the Save trusted downloaded files setting saves files downloaded while browsing the web inside the virtualized window onto your device. This only applies to download processes which are identified as safe. If you clear this box, downloaded files are deleted when you close the Sandboxed browser.

Enabling exclusions options excludes your personalized data in web browsers from being deleted when you close Sandbox. Enable each box according to your preferences, or enable All settings and components to exclude all listed components plus browser extensions and add-ons.

In the Maintenance section, you can manage storage settings.

Enabling Cache web browser files (Sandbox will not be automatically deleted) saves only the virtualized files for web browsers, improving the browser's performance in Sandbox.

Enabling Automatically cleanup Sandbox storage lets you specify how often cached contents are deleted.

1. Click Configuration > Policies > AvastAntivirus.
2. Click the name of a policy.
3. Click the Workstation Settings tab.
4. Click the Active Protection tab.
5. Click the Customize link in the Sandbox section.
6. Click the Web Browsers tab.
7. To save trusted downloaded files outside the Sandbox location, click the Save trusted downloaded files outside the sandbox check box.
8. To choose settings and components that will not be virtualized when the web browser runs in the Sandbox, check any of the following check box:
   • All settings and components (extensions, add-ons,etc.)
   • Bookmarks
   • History
   • Cookies

   Excluded settings and components are not deleted when you end the session.

9. To save virtualized web browser files, click the Cachewebbrowserfiles (Sandbox will not be automatically deleted) check box.
10. To clean up Sandbox storage on a recurring basis, with the Cache web browser files (Sandbox will not be automatically deleted) check box enabled, click the Automaticallycleanup sandbox storage check box, then do one of the following:
    • Click the Onceevery check box and type the number of days between cleanups.
    • Click the Once every check box and select a day of the week.
    • Click the Every first check box and select a day of the week.

    If you click the Every first check box, the Sandbox is cleaned up the first of the month, on the first occurrence of the day that you choose in the box. So, if you chose Tuesday in that box, the Sandbox storage is cleaned up the first Tuesday of every month.

11. Click ApplyChanges.

Configuring Avast Business Antivirus Policies: Setting Which Applications Are Virtualized in Sandbox

Sandbox is available for Workstations only, not Servers.