Release Notes

MetaDefender Kiosk 4.6.4.3584

14 November 2023

Major release with new features and enhancements

Features


Enhance Security with Anti-tamper Hardening Option

When enabling the feature from WebMC, default Windows input compounds will be blocked and cannot be exploited to escape KIOSK mode.

  • Notes: The shortcut to turn off KIOSK application is changed to ALT+S

Automatically unlock and process encrypted USBs with organization password

Organization-level alternative decryption security keys can be provided in management console and used as pre-configured password (max to 2 entries) to unlock encrypted USBs.

Simplified workflow

This new and minimal workflow is introduced to support plug-and-play media scanning with automatic decryption and result display (notes: when it is ON, the full workflows for Employee and Guest are disabled.)

Support files redaction, complete the workflows with Data Leak Prevention

Besides sanitizing infected files and detecting potential leak, KIOSK now is able to redact/substitute sensitive information and watermark files.

  • Notes: The new term for sanitized and redacted is now Remediated

Support rescan retrieved files from Vault

Previously KIOSK allows to rescan the retrieved files from a directory, now this feature is available for an integrated Vault.

Support HCI network volume

The new version of OMVA 2.0.8 comes with new KIOSK is compatible with Cluster Shared Volumes in HCI (Hyperconverged infrastructure)

Option to block access to an external media drive that is inserted pre-boot

When the "Enable boot protection" is checked, the OMVA application blocks access to any external removable media drives that are connected before the system boots up.

Option to hide the scan time estimation

When scanning large archives, the calculated estimation sometimes are inaccurate. This option is provided to avoid misleading.

Add KIOSK system information to the session history

This benefits the use cases where there exists more than one KIOSKs, by providing a way to determine on which KIOSK a scan was performed on and see it in the logs.

My OPSWAT integration

Preparation for product specific dashboard and reporting in a future My OPSWAT release.

Enhancements and fixes


For Hardened image

  • KIOSK is compatible with Windows Defender

  • KIOSK starts from service.

Improve the self-scan feature

It’s now possible to schedule self-scan on a certain weekday

Enhance the labeling of CD-ROM/DVD/BD-ROM in the scan result

Scan results and log now show the correct media type for CD/DVD and Blueray disc

Several defects have been addressed.


Known Issues and limitations.

Will be addressed in our next versions.

The power options in Start Menu sometimes disappear after closing KIOSK.


Sometimes, File Explorer will be triggered behind KIOSK Application.


KIOSK currently does not have the capability to retry entering the password for Kanguru Defender 3000.


Set Settings cannot apply Anti-tamper Hardening to all KIOSK instances.


Cannot trigger Self Scan by clicking SCAN NOW because Simplified workflow already starts a session.

Workaround solution: Admin can configure Schedule Self Scan and enable option Allow Self Scan to cancel any currently running scan to trigger Self Scan


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