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Is there a sandbox feature in Firefox? And if not, If I run Oracle virtual box and go to a website through Internet Explorer or Firefox, And I protected against viruses and malware?

Does Firefox have sandbox features? No it doesn't.

What does Virtual Box have to do with Firefox?

To use as a " sandbox" option. Safe way to open questionable website.

Firefox has a private browsing mode, which disables cookie and history collection, but that won't exactly protect you against most malware. Maybe private browsing plus NoScript, but I'm no expert. I have to wonder why you'd want to visit any sort of website that's as "questionable" as that in the first place.

Question is somewhat academic and there are times when searching on Google that the only hit that I'm interested in is a "questionable" site.

Thanks for the posts.

No, Firefox is not sandboxed. (And no other browser really is either, even if they claim it is.) Running it in a VM is one way, but running it on an entirely separate machine is usually the most guaranteed way to keep any potential damage away from a system. Basically make a full disk backup of a spare computer to an image, then open this questionable site on that machine and if it does get wrecked, drop the drive in a dock/toaster and sanitize it, then restore the image.

I actually prefer a VirtualBox VM to a separate physical machine because by default, VirtualBox will put the virtual machine on a separate VLAN. Malware can steal any passwords sent in the plain* by or infect any exe downloaded in the plain by any machine on its VLAN using ARP spoofing. Plus, VirtualBox makes it easier to clone off a VM when you want to play with some suspicious software and then delete that VM when you are done poking at it.

* For instance, your dbb.net password. You don't use that anywhere else, right?

Thanks for the post Jeff250, that helps a bit.

And I don't use the same password for other sites....Lastpass is my friend.

Then you're a better person than I am!