How to Enable Sandbox Feature on Windows Defender

This updated guide examines How to Enable Sandbox Feature on Windows Defender and organizes the essential facts, background, and practical takeaways in clear American English.

Because antivirus software, anti-malware are highly privileged tools, are allowed to scan all corners of the computer for malicious code, so it is also an object easily targeted by attackers.

The antivirus software sandbox becomes necessary after the most powerful tools also suffer from vulnerabilities being exploited, causing the attacker to have full control over the victim computer, which Windows Defender has also encountered.

A software sandbox will separate it from other software and operating systems

That's why Microsoft added the ability to turn on Windows Defender in sandbox mode. Even if an attacker or a malicious application exploits a vulnerability in Defender, it will not affect other parts of the machine.

Google Project project researcher Zero Tavis Ormandy discovered and published many vulnerabilities last year that talked about the Windows Defender sandbox on Twitter that this is a 'game changer' feature.

How to sandbox Windows Defender Antivirus

Today, Windows Defender running on Windows 10 version 1703 (aka Creators Update) or newer has been supported with the sandbox feature, and is not enabled by default, but you must turn it on manually by following these steps:

• Open Start and type CMD or Command Prompt.
• Right-click on it and select Run as Administrator.
• Type setx / M MP_FORCE_USE_SANDBOX 1 and press Enter.
• Restart the computer.

Microsoft is gradually launching Preview in Windows Insider that supports the sandbox feature for Defender Antivirus. This feature will also be released soon to all users.

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