SbieCtrl.exe
Sandboxie by SANDBOXIE L.T.D (Signed)
Overview
There are 7 versions of sbiectrl.exe in the wild, the latest version being 3.76. sbiectrl.exe is run as a standard windows process with the logged in user's account privileges. The process displays a GUI (graphical user interface) which allows the user to interact with it as well as displays a notification icon in the taskbar. By adding a startup entry to the run registry key, the file will be executed when the user logs into Windows. The average file size is about 600.91 KB. The file is a digitally signed and issued to SANDBOXIE L.T.D by GlobalSign nv-sa. The programs Sandboxie 3.74 (64-bit), Sandboxie 3.76 (64-bit) and Sandboxie 3.74 (32-bit) have been observed as installing specific variations of sbiectrl.exe. During the process's lifecycle, the typical CPU resource utilization is about 0.0045% including both foreground and background operations, the average private memory consumption is about 4.37 MB with the maximum memory reaching around 9.4 MB. Addionally, typically read and write I/O disk operations is about 399 Bytes per minute for reads and 0 Bytes per minute for writes.
What is sbiectrl.exe?
Sandboxie is a proprietary sandbox-based isolation program developed by Ronen Tzur, for 32- and 64-bit Windows NT-based operating systems. It creates a sandbox-like isolated operating environment in which applications can be run or installed without permanently modifying the local or mapped drive. An isolated virtual environment allows controlled testing of untrusted programs and web surfing.
About sbiectrl.exe (from SANDBOXIE L.T.D)
“Sandboxie runs your programs in an isolated space which prevents them from making permanent changes to other programs and data in your computer. Running your Web browser under the protection of Sandbo”
Details |
File name: | sbiectrl.exe |
Publisher: | SANDBOXIE L.T.D |
Product name: | Sandboxie |
Description: | Sandboxie Control |
Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\sandboxie\sbiectrl.exe |
Certificate |
Issued to: | SANDBOXIE L.T.D |
Authority (CA): | GlobalSign nv-sa |
Expiration date: | Monday, February 4, 2013 |
Programs installed in
(Note, the programs listed below are for all versions of Sandboxie.)
“Sandboxie runs your programs in an isolated space which prevents them from making permanent changes to other programs and data in your computer. Running your Web browser under the protection of Sandb...”
“Sandboxie runs your programs in an isolated space which prevents them from making permanent changes to other programs and data in your computer. Running your Web browser under the protection of Sandb...”
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Behaviors
(Note, the behaviors below are for all versions of sbiectrl.exe, select a unique version for details.)
Startup files (user) run
Runs under the registry key 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'
- 'SandboxieControl' → "C:\Program Files\Sandboxie\SbieCtrl.exe"
All file variations of sbiectrl.exe
Distribution by Windows OS
OS version | distribution |
Windows 7 Home Premium |
35.71% |
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Windows 8 Pro with Media Center |
21.43% |
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Windows 7 Ultimate |
14.29% |
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Windows Vista Home Premium |
14.29% |
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Windows Vista Ultimate |
7.14% |
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Windows 8 Pro |
7.14% |
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Distribution by country
United States installs about 76.92% of Sandboxie.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
PC Manufacturer | distribution |
Sony |
25.00% |
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Toshiba |
25.00% |
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ASUS |
12.50% |
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MSI |
12.50% |
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Dell |
12.50% |
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Samsung |
6.25% |
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Hewlett-Packard |
6.25% |
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