Sandboxie Plus & Classic
This report presents the forensic synthetic code analysis of sandboxie-plus/Sandboxie, a C project with 18,894 GitHub stars. SynthScan v2.0 examined 880,188 lines of code across 1059 source files, recording 4989 pattern matches distributed across 9 syntactic categories. The overall adjusted score of 9.0 places this repository in the Low AI signal band.
The scanner applied 160+ deterministic lexical heuristics, multi-line block detectors, abstract syntax tree depth profilers, and a cross-file Jaccard similarity matrix to construct a statistically normalised synthetic code estimate. All matches are individually weighted by severity coefficient and contextual multiplier before summation, and the resulting headline score is temporally discounted to account for the repository's development history relative to the commercial emergence of large language model coding tooling (November 2022 onward).
This chart maps the temporal evolution of the adjusted synthetic code score across successive scan runs. An upward trajectory indicates ongoing incorporation of AI-generated code or expanding LLM-assisted scaffolding; a stable or declining trajectory may reflect active human refactoring, code removal, or the adoption of stricter authorship policies. The dashed secondary line (right axis) independently tracks total raw pattern hit count, which can diverge from the normalised score when codebase size changes significantly between scans.
Classifies detected patterns by their diagnostic confidence and structural impact. CRITICAL patterns (coefficient 10) represent definitive synthetic signatures — hallucinated imports, explicit LLM attribution metadata — virtually never produced by human authors. HIGH (5) indicates strong structural tells such as cross-file repetition or cross-linguistic idioms. MEDIUM (2) covers recognisable conversational padding and AI-specific vocabulary. LOW (1) captures subtle indicators like tautological comments and generic boilerplate that require density to carry independent signal.
This horizontal bar chart decomposes the repository's raw synthetic code score by top-level directory, allowing you to pinpoint precisely which modules or components carry the highest AI authorship density. Directories with disproportionately high scores relative to their size warrant targeted manual review: concentrated AI signatures often trace back to mass-generated configuration layers, auto-ported test suites, LLM-scaffolded boilerplate classes, or entire subsystems authored under heavy copilot assistance. Use this view to prioritise your human code-review effort.
The scanner identified 4989 distinct pattern matches across 9 syntactic categories. Each entry below represents a discrete location in the source code where the engine recorded a statistically significant AI authorship indicator. Expand any category row to inspect the individual file paths, line numbers, code snippets, and the lexical context (CODE, COMMENT, or STRING) in which each match was detected.
Reading the findings table: The Severity column indicates the diagnostic confidence level (CRITICAL / HIGH / MEDIUM / LOW). The Context column identifies whether the match occurred inside executable code, an inline comment, or a string literal — comment-context matches receive a ×1.5 weight because LLMs systematically over-annotate. The ⚡ bolt icon marks clustered matches: three or more patterns within a 10-line window, each receiving an additional ×1.5 density multiplier as dense clusters constitute far stronger evidence of synthetic authorship than isolated hits.
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MEDIUM⚡ | Sandboxie/msgs/Text-Farsi-1065.txt | 1729 | #---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM⚡ | Sandboxie/msgs/Text-Farsi-1065.txt | 1731 | #---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM⚡ | Sandboxie/msgs/Text-Farsi-1065.txt | 1741 | #---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM⚡ | Sandboxie/msgs/Text-Farsi-1065.txt | 1743 | #---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | Sandboxie/msgs/Text-Farsi-1065.txt | 1 | #---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | Sandboxie/msgs/Text-Farsi-1065.txt | 5 | #---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | Sandboxie/msgs/Text-Farsi-1065.txt | 83 | #---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | Sandboxie/msgs/Text-Farsi-1065.txt | 87 | #---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | Sandboxie/msgs/Text-Farsi-1065.txt | 101 | #---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | Sandboxie/msgs/Text-Farsi-1065.txt | 105 | #---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | Sandboxie/msgs/Text-Farsi-1065.txt | 179 | #---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | Sandboxie/msgs/Text-Farsi-1065.txt | 183 | #---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | Sandboxie/msgs/Text-Farsi-1065.txt | 241 | #---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | Sandboxie/msgs/Text-Farsi-1065.txt | 245 | #---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | Sandboxie/msgs/Text-Farsi-1065.txt | 295 | #---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | Sandboxie/msgs/Text-Farsi-1065.txt | 299 | #---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | Sandboxie/msgs/Text-Farsi-1065.txt | 358 | #---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | Sandboxie/msgs/Text-Farsi-1065.txt | 362 | #---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | Sandboxie/msgs/Text-Farsi-1065.txt | 456 | #---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | Sandboxie/msgs/Text-Farsi-1065.txt | 460 | #---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | Sandboxie/msgs/Text-Farsi-1065.txt | 594 | #---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | Sandboxie/msgs/Text-Farsi-1065.txt | 596 | #---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | Sandboxie/msgs/Text-Farsi-1065.txt | 662 | #---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | Sandboxie/msgs/Text-Farsi-1065.txt | 664 | #---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | Sandboxie/msgs/Text-Farsi-1065.txt | 694 | #---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | Sandboxie/msgs/Text-Farsi-1065.txt | 696 | #---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | Sandboxie/msgs/Text-Farsi-1065.txt | 910 | #---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | Sandboxie/msgs/Text-Farsi-1065.txt | 912 | #---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | Sandboxie/msgs/Text-Farsi-1065.txt | 1029 | #---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | Sandboxie/msgs/Text-Farsi-1065.txt | 1031 | #---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | Sandboxie/msgs/Text-Farsi-1065.txt | 1279 | #---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | Sandboxie/msgs/Text-Farsi-1065.txt | 1281 | #---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | Sandboxie/msgs/Text-Farsi-1065.txt | 1468 | #---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | Sandboxie/msgs/Text-Farsi-1065.txt | 1470 | #---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | Sandboxie/msgs/Text-Farsi-1065.txt | 1498 | #---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | Sandboxie/msgs/Text-Farsi-1065.txt | 1500 | #---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | Sandboxie/msgs/Text-Farsi-1065.txt | 1571 | #---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | Sandboxie/msgs/Text-Farsi-1065.txt | 1573 | #---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | Sandboxie/msgs/Text-Farsi-1065.txt | 1591 | #---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | Sandboxie/msgs/Text-Farsi-1065.txt | 1593 | #---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | Sandboxie/msgs/Text-Farsi-1065.txt | 1611 | #---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | Sandboxie/msgs/Text-Farsi-1065.txt | 1613 | #---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | Sandboxie/msgs/Text-Farsi-1065.txt | 1635 | #---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | Sandboxie/msgs/Text-Farsi-1065.txt | 1637 | #---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | Sandboxie/msgs/Text-Farsi-1065.txt | 1651 | #---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | Sandboxie/msgs/Text-Farsi-1065.txt | 1653 | #---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | Sandboxie/msgs/Text-Farsi-1065.txt | 1673 | #---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | Sandboxie/msgs/Text-Farsi-1065.txt | 1675 | #---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | Sandboxie/msgs/Text-Farsi-1065.txt | 1701 | #---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | Sandboxie/msgs/Text-Farsi-1065.txt | 1703 | #---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | Sandboxie/msgs/Text-Farsi-1065.txt | 1813 | #---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | Sandboxie/msgs/Text-Farsi-1065.txt | 1815 | #---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | Sandboxie/msgs/Text-Farsi-1065.txt | 1951 | #---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | Sandboxie/msgs/Text-Farsi-1065.txt | 1953 | #---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | Sandboxie/msgs/Text-Farsi-1065.txt | 2065 | #---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | Sandboxie/msgs/Text-Farsi-1065.txt | 2067 | #---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | Sandboxie/msgs/Text-Farsi-1065.txt | 2113 | #---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | Sandboxie/msgs/Text-Farsi-1065.txt | 2115 | #---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | Sandboxie/msgs/Text-Farsi-1065.txt | 2153 | #---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | Sandboxie/msgs/Text-Farsi-1065.txt | 2155 | #---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | COMMENT |
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| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOW | Sandboxie/SboxHostDll/stdafx.h | 21 | // | COMMENT |
| LOW | Sandboxie/SboxHostDll/resource.h | 21 | COMMENT | |
| LOW | Sandboxie/install/SbieSettings.ini | 1 | # Last updated v1.18.0 - ea87998 | COMMENT |
| LOW | Sandboxie/install/SbieSettings.ini | 21 | # - Open a new text file (using Notepad or similar text editor) | COMMENT |
| LOW | Sandboxie/install/SbieSettings.ini | 41 | ##################### | COMMENT |
| LOW | Sandboxie/install/SbieSettings.ini | 61 | ################### | COMMENT |
| LOW | Sandboxie/install/SbieSettings.ini | 81 | COMMENT | |
| LOW | Sandboxie/install/SbieSettings.ini | 121 | _DescriptionStyles=|bold|;|| | COMMENT |
| LOW | Sandboxie/install/SbieSettings.ini | 341 | COMMENT | |
| LOW | Sandboxie/install/SbieSettings.ini | 361 | # l = Logging | COMMENT |
| LOW | Sandboxie/install/SbieSettings.ini | 381 | # ] | COMMENT |
| LOW | Sandboxie/install/Templates.ini | 1 | # | COMMENT |
| LOW | Sandboxie/install/Templates.ini | 861 | # For HW accelerated media playback and media device access | COMMENT |
| LOW | Sandboxie/install/Templates.ini | 4201 | Tmpl.Title=#4296 | COMMENT |
| LOW | Sandboxie/install/Templates.ini | 4501 | ApproveWin32SysCall=GdiDdDDI* | COMMENT |
| LOW | Sandboxie/install/kmdutil/sbiedrv.c | 21 | #include "common/win32_ntddk.h" | COMMENT |
| LOW | Sandboxie/core/drv/log.c | 21 | //--------------------------------------------------------------------------- | COMMENT |
| LOW | Sandboxie/core/drv/thread.c | 21 | //--------------------------------------------------------------------------- | COMMENT |
| LOW | Sandboxie/core/drv/thread.c | 381 | // Thread_AdjustGrantedAccess | COMMENT |
| LOW | Sandboxie/core/drv/thread.c | 501 | // Thread_MyImpersonateClient | COMMENT |
| LOW | Sandboxie/core/drv/thread.c | 521 | // the conditions above will always be true because a sandboxed | COMMENT |
| LOW | Sandboxie/core/drv/thread.c | 661 | // | COMMENT |
| LOW | Sandboxie/core/drv/thread.c | 1261 | DesiredAccess = 0; | COMMENT |
| LOW | Sandboxie/core/drv/my_fltkernel.h | 21 | COMMENT | |
| LOW | Sandboxie/core/drv/my_fltkernel.h | 181 | // Notice that the fields in the following parameter structure must | COMMENT |
| LOW | Sandboxie/core/drv/my_fltkernel.h | 401 | // pointer is the user virtual address, so if the driver wishes to | COMMENT |
| LOW | Sandboxie/core/drv/my_fltkernel.h | 441 | // | COMMENT |
| LOW | Sandboxie/core/drv/my_fltkernel.h | 501 | // pointer is the user virtual address, so if the driver wishes to | COMMENT |
| LOW | Sandboxie/core/drv/my_fltkernel.h | 901 | struct { | COMMENT |
| LOW | Sandboxie/core/drv/my_fltkernel.h | 1001 | // | COMMENT |
| LOW | Sandboxie/core/drv/my_fltkernel.h | 1021 | // sized contexts are used. A size of zero is valid. If an empty pooltag | COMMENT |
| LOW | Sandboxie/core/drv/my_fltkernel.h | 1161 | FLT_REGISTRATION_FLAGS Flags; | COMMENT |
| LOW | Sandboxie/core/drv/my_fltkernel.h | 1181 | // | COMMENT |
| LOW | Sandboxie/core/drv/my_fltkernel.h | 1201 | // ERROR or WARNING status is returned, the filter is not detached. | COMMENT |
| LOW | Sandboxie/core/drv/my_fltkernel.h | 1241 | // | COMMENT |
| LOW | Sandboxie/core/drv/my_fltkernel.h | 1261 | // (PFILE_OBJECT) in addition to the parameters provided to | COMMENT |
| LOW | Sandboxie/core/drv/my_fltkernel.h | 1321 | // bits 16-23: Currently unused | COMMENT |
| LOW | Sandboxie/core/drv/my_fltkernel.h | 1341 | // Name query methods. | COMMENT |
| LOW | Sandboxie/core/drv/my_fltkernel.h | 1361 | // Only query the file system for the name, bypassing the Filter Manager's | COMMENT |
| LOW | Sandboxie/core/drv/my_fltkernel.h | 1381 | // | COMMENT |
| LOW | Sandboxie/core/drv/my_fltkernel.h | 1401 | // STATUS_REPARSE was returned. | COMMENT |
| LOW | Sandboxie/core/drv/my_fltkernel.h | 1421 | // | COMMENT |
| LOW | Sandboxie/core/drv/my_fltkernel.h | 1441 | // The name format that this FLT_FILE_NAME_INFORMATION structure | COMMENT |
| LOW | Sandboxie/core/drv/my_fltkernel.h | 1461 | // [Stream name] = ":stream1" | COMMENT |
| LOW | Sandboxie/core/drv/my_fltkernel.h | 1481 | COMMENT | |
| LOW | Sandboxie/core/drv/gui_xp.c | 21 | //--------------------------------------------------------------------------- | COMMENT |
| LOW | Sandboxie/core/drv/gui_xp.c | 161 | //--------------------------------------------------------------------------- | COMMENT |
| LOW | Sandboxie/core/drv/gui_xp.c | 221 | LONG SkipIndexes[32]; | COMMENT |
| LOW | Sandboxie/core/drv/gui_xp.c | 481 | UNHOOK_SERVICE(NtUserSetWinEventHook); | COMMENT |
| LOW | Sandboxie/core/drv/gui_xp.c | 621 | // of a 4K page that has no following page | COMMENT |
| LOW | Sandboxie/core/drv/gui_xp.c | 1061 | // | COMMENT |
| LOW | Sandboxie/core/drv/gui_xp.c | 1241 | COMMENT | |
| LOW | Sandboxie/core/drv/session.c | 21 | //--------------------------------------------------------------------------- | COMMENT |
| LOW | Sandboxie/core/drv/session.c | 761 | //--------------------------------------------------------------------------- | COMMENT |
| LOW | Sandboxie/core/drv/session.c | 1021 | Session_MonitorPutEx(log_type | MONITOR_USER, strings, lengths, (HANDLE)args->log_pid.val, (HANDLE)args->log_tid.val | COMMENT |
| LOW | Sandboxie/core/drv/dyn_data.c | 21 | COMMENT | |
| LOW | Sandboxie/core/drv/dyn_data.c | 41 | COMMENT | |
| LOW | Sandboxie/core/drv/dyn_data.c | 1001 | COMMENT | |
| LOW | Sandboxie/core/drv/conf_expand.c | 21 | COMMENT | |
| LOW | Sandboxie/core/drv/gui.c | 21 | //--------------------------------------------------------------------------- | COMMENT |
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| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HIGH | Sandboxie/core/drv/process_util.c | 675 | // add the value as requested | COMMENT |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOW | Sandboxie/core/svc/sbieiniserver.cpp | 1758 | // The purpose of this function is to provide a simple machine bound obfuscation | COMMENT |
| LOW | Sandboxie/core/dll/file_pipe.c | 1501 | // hence we need to check if the hooking is not yet done and just return | COMMENT |
| LOW | Sandboxie/core/dll/file.c | 3781 | // we need to check if the true path exists | COMMENT |
| LOW | SandboxiePlus/SandMan/Helpers/IniHighlighter.cpp | 1110 | //// Step 1: Replace with placeholders | COMMENT |
| LOW | SandboxiePlus/SandMan/Helpers/IniHighlighter.cpp | 1125 | //// Step 2: Replace placeholders with HTML | COMMENT |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MEDIUM | Sandboxie/core/drv/verify.h | 28 | grace_period: 1, // the certificate is expired and or outdated but we keep it valid for 1 extra month to | CODE |
| MEDIUM | …oxiePlus/QtSingleApp/doc/html/qtsingleapplication.html | 86 | <p>The <a href="qtsingleapplication.html#messageReceived">messageReceived</a>() signal will be emitted when the running | CODE |
| MEDIUM | SandboxiePlus/SandMan/Windows/EditorSettingsWindow.cpp | 249 | // Enable last section stretch to utilize available space | COMMENT |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MEDIUM | .github/workflows/hash.yml | 22 | GITHUB_API_VERSION: "2026-03-10" # Define the GitHub API version as a variable | CODE |
| MEDIUM | .github/workflows/hash.yml | 52 | mkdir -p assets # Create a directory for downloaded assets | CODE |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOW | SandboxiePlus/SandMan/Helpers/IniHighlighter.cpp | 1110 | //// Step 1: Replace with placeholders | COMMENT |
| LOW | SandboxiePlus/SandMan/Helpers/IniHighlighter.cpp | 1125 | //// Step 2: Replace placeholders with HTML | COMMENT |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOW | .github/workflows/hash.yml | 79 | # Check if any assets were downloaded (excluding the hash file) | COMMENT |
| LOW | .github/workflows/hash.yml | 122 | # Check if an existing hash file asset is present | COMMENT |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOW | Sandboxie/core/drv/syscall_open.c | 542 | // if we are not allowed to open this process, try the next one, don't forget to close this handle! | COMMENT |