Can sandboxie protect against rootkits?

[TheSctt]

Also can it protect against a bios rootkit.

[pranaygtr]

The duo's BIOS hack isn't a bug you can catch by opening the wrong e-mail—it must be installed, either by someone with physical access to the system, or remotely by a person with root-level access.

[TheSctt]

Ok to get a bios rootkit you have to install it. Can it protect against a normal rootkit?

[pranaygtr]

I don't know, I don't use SBIE.

Not sure if DropMyRights affects it.

[jamescv7]

Sandboxie also prevents programs executing inside the sandbox from loading drivers directly. It also prevents programs from asking a central system component, known as the Service Control Manager, to load drivers on their behalf. In this way, drivers, and more importantly, rootkits, cannot be installed by a sandboxed program.

www.sandboxie.com/index.php?FrequentlyAskedQuestions

[TheSctt]

Thanks can be locked.

[Dieselman]

Locked.