Oracle VM VirtualBox 4.0.12 Build 72916 is now available for download

VM VirtualBox is a powerful x86 and AMD64/Intel64 virtualization product for enterprise as well as home use. Not only is VM VirtualBox an extremely feature rich, high performance product for enterprise customers, it is also the only professional solution that is freely available as Open Source Software under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL).

As of version 4.0, VM VirtualBox introduces the Extension Pack mechanism which allows Oracle and 3rd parties to deliver additional functionality on top of the standard Open Source product.

Presently, VM VirtualBox runs on Windows, Linux, Macintosh and OpenSolaris hosts and supports a large number of guest operating systems including but not limited to Windows (NT 4.0, 2000, XP, Server 2003, Vista, Windows 7), DOS/Windows 3.x, Linux (2.4 and 2.6), Solaris and OpenSolaris, and OpenBSD.

Download VM VirtualBox 4.0.12 Build 72916
The links in this section correspond to files available for VM VirtualBox 4.0.12 Build 72916. Download the files appropriate for you.

What's new in VM VirtualBox 4.0.12 Build 72916
VM VirtualBox 4.0.12 Build 72916 is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or added:
  • Mac OS X hosts: Lion fixes.
  • Solaris hosts: fixed preemption issue with Solaris 11 hosts (builds 166 and above).
  • VBoxManage: more convenient configuration of storage controller attachments by automatically determining the port or device parameter when a storage controller has only one port or device per port (bug #9188).
  • Storage: fixed possible data corruption under certain circumstances whith VHD and Parallels images (bug #9150).
  • Storage: fixed access to CD/DVD images beyond 4GB when using the SATA controller (bug #8592).
  • Floppy: make it possible to unmount a host floppy disk (bug #6651).
  • Networking: fixed the problem with segmentation offloading when several VMs were transmitting at once.
  • 3D support: fixed GL_VERSION string for different locales (bug #8916).
  • Sources: fixed USB 2.0 support using extension packs for non-official builds.
  • Solaris Additions: fixed automounting of shared folders (bug #8014).

Source: Changelog for Oracle VM VirtualBox 4.0
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