virtual box vs Hyper-v for testing software?

[turkwois]

What are your go to's for testing downloaded software.  Do you have a favorite algorithm for vetting downloaded executables?

[Fuserdotcom]

For quick vetting, skip the VMs and just use Sandboxie. It’s way faster than spinning up VirtualBox or Hyper-V since it isolates the process directly on your OS.

[tiggs]

Doubling down on Sandboxie. There's also Any.run for more simple software if you don't want to set something up on your computer. It is A LOT more limited than Sandboxie without the pro subscription though. Firejail works pretty well on linux.

[nightloops]

i use virtual boxes to use linux, and its kinda hard to config it. just use sandboxie for that

[nexus42]

absolutely sandboxie is the go-to for testing software

[coderuby]

I use sandboxie personally. But if you don't want to install third-party software there is "Windows Sandbox". You need windows 10/11 pro or enterprise and need to enable it via "Windows Optional Features tool".

[busfahrer88]

or you can use proxmox if you have a server

[Uncombed1554]

Haha, Sandboxie here too.