Find the desired product help

Run Browsers Inside Sandbox


This page explains how to run your Internet browser inside the sandbox. Surfing the Internet with a sandboxed browser is the same as normal, with the benefit that any malicious files you inadvertently download cannot do damage your real computer. You can also create a desktop shortcut to run the browser inside the sandbox on future occasions. The following image shows how a 'virtual' shortcut will appear on your desktop:




Comodo Antivirus for Servers allows you to run a browser in the sandbox:

Starting a browser from the desktop widget


The CAVS Desktop Widget displays shortcut icons of the browsers installed in your computer.





  • To start a browser inside the sandbox, click on the browser shortcut icon.





Starting a browser from the Sandbox Tasks interface

  1. Click the 'Tasks' arrow on the home screen to open the main Tasks menu

  2. Click 'Sandbox Tasks' and click 'Run Virtual' from the 'Sandbox Tasks' interface

    The 'Run Virtual' dialog will be displayed.





  1. To run a browser inside the sandbox, click 'Choose and Run', navigate to the installation location of the browser and select the .exe file of the browser. If you wish to create a desktop shortcut to run the browser in the sandbox in future, then select 'Create a virtual desktop shortcut'.

The browser will run with a green border indicating that it is sandboxed.