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    I think you misunderstood how anti-virus software uses a sandbox and what you described is not a sandbox but a security vulnerability... Commented Jul 5, 2016 at 15:21
  • @billc.cn I didn't misunderstand anything. I explained what the concept of a sandbox is used for. (See a more popular one here cuckoosandbox.org). AV handles sandboxing however they handle it, but AV is not a Sandbox. It (AV) may contain sandboxing capabilities, but it is best to understand the differences between the two Commented Jul 5, 2016 at 15:46
  • Can you tell me more about "isolated environment" ? Is it a virtual machine? How does the sandbox prevent windows to execute the malicious .exe in his environment? Commented Jul 6, 2016 at 18:05
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    @DukeNukem again it depends on what your AV developed. They're all different. In the CUCKOO sandbox, things are executed in its own environment (operating system) Commented Jul 6, 2016 at 18:42
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    @DukeNukem it doesn't prevent Windows from executing anything. It executes it on purpose to provide you with a report of what it did when it was running Commented Jul 6, 2016 at 22:02