Interesting article about Microsoft Windows built-in anti-malware tool, Windows Defender, has become the very first antivirus software to have the ability to run inside a sandbox environment. Sandboxing is a process that runs an application in a safe environment isolated from the rest of the operating system and applications on a computer. So that if a sandboxed application gets compromised, the technique prevents its damage from spreading outside the closed area.\u00a0According to Microsoft, implementing sandboxing in Windows Defender was a challenge for its engineers because the process had the potential to cause performance degradation and required a number of fundamental changes.<\/p>\n
How to Turn On Sandbox Feature in Windows Defender Antivirus:
\nFor now, Windows Defender running on Windows 10, version 1703 or later, support the sandbox feature, which is not enabled by default, but you can turn the feature on by running following command on your system:
\nOpen Start and Search for “CMD” or “Command Prompt”
\nRight Click on it and select “Run as administrator.”
\nType: “setx \/M MP_FORCE_USE_SANDBOX 1” and then press ENTER
\nThen restart your computer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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