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I need to run a win32 executable which I do not trust. Is there any free online service which could do it for me?

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Why does it have to be online? Don't you just need A solution? – Ivo Flipse♦ Feb 8 '10 at 17:46
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I try out all of my experimental software in a virtual machine before installing to my workstation.

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You could install something like Sandboxie.

I don't know of any online equivalent - I'm not sure it's even possible.

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Any website that provides a "upload an exe and I run it for you!" service really isn't going to last very long :P

Your best bet is with a virtual machine (CT's answer), but a sandbox environment (ChrisF's answer) is also likely to be sufficient.

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To be fair, VMs in server farms aren't exactly rare :P – Phoshi Jan 6 '10 at 14:18
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See my question about this same topic.

http://superuser.com/questions/83561/safely-view-websites-that-may-be-harmful

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