VAC and Sanboxie Program

[Yoshiko Tsushima [Suguri]]

So i have Sandboxie on my PC, and i see some other forums and this discussion about the account got VAC banned because Sanboxie program is installed on the system, about couple years ago.

Will i get VAC banned just because Sandboxie is installed and running in background, some games seems to trigger VAC bans because the Sandboxie is running, some says that it will not get banned just because letting the Sandboxie running in the background.

So it cause confusion, at least for me, for now i uninstalled Sandboxie due to unknown proof that the account will get VAC banned for having Sandboxie installed or not.

and i know i use Sandboxie just for browsing the web and testing programs on my PC.

Sorry if i'm wrong.

[Sphenix]

No

[Geenius]

Asuka Ninomiya の投稿を引用：

So i have Sandboxie on my PC, and i see some other forums and this discussion about the account got VAC banned because Sanboxie program is installed on the system, about couple years ago.

Will i get VAC banned just because Sandboxie is installed and running in background, some games seems to trigger VAC bans because the Sandboxie is running, some says that it will not get banned just because letting the Sandboxie running in the background.

So it cause confusion, at least for me, for now i uninstalled Sandboxie due to unknown proof that the account will get VAC banned for having Sandboxie installed or not.

and i know i use Sandboxie just for browsing the web and testing programs on my PC.

Sorry if i'm wrong.

its because Sandboxie and Timer resolution were used for injecting cheats. And yes most of cheaters use such programs

[Yoshiko Tsushima [Suguri]]

Gee - Prime - の投稿を引用：

Asuka Ninomiya の投稿を引用：

So i have Sandboxie on my PC, and i see some other forums and this discussion about the account got VAC banned because Sanboxie program is installed on the system, about couple years ago.

Will i get VAC banned just because Sandboxie is installed and running in background, some games seems to trigger VAC bans because the Sandboxie is running, some says that it will not get banned just because letting the Sandboxie running in the background.

So it cause confusion, at least for me, for now i uninstalled Sandboxie due to unknown proof that the account will get VAC banned for having Sandboxie installed or not.

and i know i use Sandboxie just for browsing the web and testing programs on my PC.

Sorry if i'm wrong.

its because Sandboxie and Timer resolution were used for injecting cheats. And yes most of cheaters use such programs

Oh okay,
so i think it's good that i uninstalled the software for now, for my safety i guess

Thanks anyways. but i still need more answers before i consider this discussion as solved.

[BossGalaga]

Asuka Ninomiya の投稿を引用：

So i have Sandboxie on my PC, and i see some other forums and this discussion about the account got VAC banned because Sanboxie program is installed on the system, about couple years ago.

Will i get VAC banned just because Sandboxie is installed and running in background, some games seems to trigger VAC bans because the Sandboxie is running, some says that it will not get banned just because letting the Sandboxie running in the background.

So it cause confusion, at least for me, for now i uninstalled Sandboxie due to unknown proof that the account will get VAC banned for having Sandboxie installed or not.

and i know i use Sandboxie just for browsing the web and testing programs on my PC.

Sorry if i'm wrong.

People will sit here and blame notepad.exe for their VAC bans. Sandboxie won't get you VAC banned. If you're using it, you may not be able to play on VAC secured servers and may be kicked, but not banned.

If you're using it to cheat, then yes, you may get banned.

You yourself said you had Sandboxie installed on your computer. I see no VAC ban so...one can logically assume that having Sandboxie installed on your computer doesn't magically get you VAC banned.

Some people claim they use Sandboxie for "security reasons." In 12+ years, I've never been "hacked" on Steam.

There are plenty of legit uses for virtualization software but what a lot of people use Sandboxie or similar programs for is to attempt to bypass the VAC system. Why in the name of good god in heaven, would you run a game on your PC through a virtualization process that sucks up more processing power? Doesn't make a lot of sense unless you're trying to do something malicious.

[Yoshiko Tsushima [Suguri]]

BossGalaga の投稿を引用：

Asuka Ninomiya の投稿を引用：

So i have Sandboxie on my PC, and i see some other forums and this discussion about the account got VAC banned because Sanboxie program is installed on the system, about couple years ago.

Will i get VAC banned just because Sandboxie is installed and running in background, some games seems to trigger VAC bans because the Sandboxie is running, some says that it will not get banned just because letting the Sandboxie running in the background.

So it cause confusion, at least for me, for now i uninstalled Sandboxie due to unknown proof that the account will get VAC banned for having Sandboxie installed or not.

and i know i use Sandboxie just for browsing the web and testing programs on my PC.

Sorry if i'm wrong.

People will sit here and blame notepad.exe for their VAC bans. Sandboxie won't get you VAC banned. If you're using it, you may not be able to play on VAC secured servers and may be kicked, but not banned.

If you're using it to cheat, then yes, you may get banned.

You yourself said you had Sandboxie installed on your computer. I see no VAC ban so...one can logically assume that having Sandboxie installed on your computer doesn't magically get you VAC banned.

Some people claim they use Sandboxie for "security reasons." In 12+ years, I've never been "hacked" on Steam.

There are plenty of legit uses for virtualization software but what a lot of people use Sandboxie or similar programs for is to attempt to bypass the VAC system. Why in the name of good god in heaven, would you run a game on your PC through a virtualization process that sucks up more processing power? Doesn't make a lot of sense unless you're trying to do something malicious.

Okay that's good answer for me i guess.
i used it because of being paranoid when using the web browser and installing/running unknown program, not to cheat it.

okay i think this solves it, just close this discussion.