Release Notes
MetaDefender Kiosk 4.6.4.3584 14 November 2023 | Major release with new features and enhancements |
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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 |
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| 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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