VirtualBox 4.3.2 Build 90405 Now Available for Download

Oracle has released version 4.3.2 Build 90405 of VirtualBox. This is a maintenance release of VirtualBox 4.3 which contains several stability improvements and performance fixes.

Overview
Oracle VM VirtualBox (aka VirtualBox) is a powerful x86 and AMD64/Intel64 virtualization product for enterprise as well as home use. Not only is 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 4.3, 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, 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, 7, Windows 8/8.1), DOS/Windows 3.x, Linux (2.4 and 2.6), Solaris and OpenSolaris, and OpenBSD.

What's new in VirtualBox 4.3?
VirtualBox 4.3 introduces a virtual multi-touch user interface, supports the input device features, of the latest platforms such as Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 R2 and Mac OS X 10.9 in a virtual environment. More information about VirtualBox 4.3 available here:

Windows 8.1 Virtual Machine

Download VirtualBox 4.3.2 Build 90405
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What's new in VirtualBox 4.3.2 Build 90405?
The following major new features were added:
  • VMM: fixed restoring of the auxiliary TSC MSR in VT-x that caused host BSODs on Windows 8.1 hosts and unpredictable behavior on other hosts (bug #12237).
  • VMM: provide fake values for a couple of MSRs to make more guests happy on certain hosts.
  • VMM: fixed detection of VT-x on certain machines where the BIOS would not set the VMX LOCK feature bit, which affected the VM settings in the GUI.
  • VMM: fixed TPR threshold which caused BSODs on Windows XP guests that use the I/O APIC (VT-x only; bug #12227).
  • VMM: fixed PATM saved state incompatibility for software virtualized VMs (bug #12222).
  • VMM: don't fail if AMD-V isn't available if the VM is configured to use software virtualization .
  • Windows Additions/3D: fix Google Earth plugin rendering.
  • Windows Additions/WDDM: autoresize fixes.

Full details about changes that are in this version of VirtualBox are available in the Changelog for VirtualBox 4.3

Reference:
Oracle's Virtualization Blog

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