Sandboxie to the rescue?

[cdnbcguy]

Sandboxie is a program that lets you run software in isolation on a Windows box.

Could it improve Bitcoin security? I went to the Sandboxie forum and asked them. Here's the thread.

http://www.sandboxie.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=10794

[Oldminer]

Installed the app and tried running it 3 times - each time it crashed (Win 7 64 bit)

I think the concept of sandboxie is a good one but it obviously still needs some work.

[Vandroiy]

I'm not a fan of security by obscurity.

There's one thing I know: if I were to be malicious and have system rights on your PC, there is no way you can execute a Bitcoin trade without me taking everything from every wallet privkey involved.

Of course, you can try to make it look & feel different by using VMs, weird encryption, blah etc. But in the end, the hacker has your RAM, your keyboard input, your UIs, your network interfaces... no matter how you open and/or decrypt, he can do the same.

Unless, of course, all your software except Bitcoin runs in your sandbox from the moment you installed the system. That works.

[Jaime Frontero]

I'm not a fan of security by obscurity.

There's one thing I know: if I were to be malicious and have system rights on your PC, there is no way you can execute a Bitcoin trade without me taking everything from every wallet privkey involved.

Of course, you can try to make it look & feel different by using VMs, weird encryption, blah etc. But in the end, the hacker has your RAM, your keyboard input, your UIs, your network interfaces... no matter how you open and/or decrypt, he can do the same.

Unless, of course, all your software except Bitcoin runs in your sandbox from the moment you installed the system. That works.

i've been looking into qubes.  have you taken a look at it?

http://qubes-os.org/Home.html

[syb3ria]

Installed the app and tried running it 3 times - each time it crashed (Win 7 64 bit)

The problem is in your TV. I myself use sandboxie on windows 7 x64 and windows xp x32 and it works like a charm.

Unless, of course, all your software except Bitcoin runs in your sandbox from the moment you installed the system. That works.

The paid version do that by default