VirtualBox 4.3.28 Build 100309 Now Available For Download


Oracle has released VirtualBox 4.3.28 Build 100309 for Windows, Mac, Linux and Solaris. This version is a maintenance release of VirtualBox 4.3 which improve stability and fixes regressions.

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) version 2.

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:

Download VirtualBox 4.3.28 Build 100309
VirtualBox is available for download from VirtualBox Download Center. Download the files appropriate for you.

What's new in VirtualBox 4.3.28 Build 100309?
VirtualBox 4.3.28 Build 100309 contains the following updates:
  • VMM: fixed a Guru Meditation when rebooting certain guests (for example Solaris doing fast reboot) by fixing the implementation for INIT IPI
  • VMM: added some information for diagnosing rare VERR_VMX_INVALID_VMXON_PTR Guru Meditations (VT-x only)
  • GUI: HID LEDs sync: prevent synchronization if VM window has no focus (Windows and Mac OS X hosts only)
  • GUI: fixed drag and drop moving the cursor between guest screens on certain hosts
  • 3D: fixed a crash on restoring the VM state on X11 hosts (bug #12737)
  • 3D: fixed a crash on Linux guest shutdown (bug #12772)
  • VRDP: fixed incompatibility with rdesktop 1.8.3
  • VRDP: fixed listening for IPv6 on some systems (bug #14038)
  • Storage: don't crash if creating an asynchronous I/O context fails (e.g. when starting many VMs) and show a proper error message
  • Floppy: several fixes
  • Audio: improved the behavior of the volume control for the HD audio device emulation
  • USB: increase the number of supported drivers from 3 to 5 (Windows hosts only)
  • PS/2 keyboard: synchronize the LED state on VM restore (Windows and Mac OS X hosts only)
  • NAT Network: when running multiple NAT networks with multiple VMs, only stop the respective services when stopping VMs (bug #14090)
  • NAT: don't kill UDP bindings on ICMP errors (bug #13475)
  • NAT: bandwidth limit now works properly with NAT (bug #11485)
  • BIOS: fixed the returned size value of the VBE 2.0 PMI function 0Ah (4.2.0 regression; bug #14096)
  • Guest Control: fixed parameter quoting in Windows guests (bug #13157)
  • Webcam passthrough improvements for Linux (V4L2) hosts to support more webcam models
  • API: don't fail starting a VM with VBOX_E_INVALID_OBJECT_STATE under certain conditions (bug #13617)
  • API: be more verbose on VBOX_E_INVALID_OBJECT_STATE if a medium is attached to a running VM (bug #13560)
  • API: fixed a bug which could result in losing certain screen resize events with multi-monitor guests
  • rdesktop-vrdp: fixed path to the keymaps (bug #12066)
  • rdesktop-vrdp: switch to version 1.8.3
  • Windows hosts: more hardening fixes (e.g. bugs #14051, #14052)
  • Linux hosts: another fix for activated SMAP on Linux 3.19 and newer (Broadwell and later; bug #13961)
  • Linux hosts: Linux 4.1 compile fix (bug #14081)
  • Solaris hosts: fixed using of VNIC templates with Crossbow based bridged networking to be compatible with vanity interface names
  • Mac OS X hosts: fixed crash during VM termination under rare circumstances
  • Windows Additions/WDDM: improved video memory utilization and allow more/bigger guest screens with large resolutions (including HiDPI)
  • X11 Additions: prevent flickering when updating mouse cursor
  • Solaris Additions: fixed incorrect usage of 'prtconf' while installing Guest Additions (Solaris 10 only) 

For further information 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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