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FEX v5 Change Log

28 July 2020 – v5.2.2.9748

  • Launch Speed
    • Improved first install launch speed.
    • Improved launch speed.
  • Triage Report – Sorted registry so that current appears first.
  • Triage MAC – Updated Triage report with additional artifacts.
  • Other minor updates and improvements.

21 July 2020 – v5.2.2.9736

  • APFS – Improvements based on new Apple documentation.
  • Case – Fixed error opening FEX-Triage case.
  • Classification – Drop down menu added for Gallery View CEM Classification:
    • Project Vic
    • Copine
    • SAP
    • SOD
  • Display View – Updated preview of DOCX files in display view tab.
  • Expand Compound – Fixed error expanding 7z.
  • Project Vic – Changed export date times from local to UTC.
  • Scripts – Improved forcing display windows to front of screen.

14 July 2020 – 5.2.2.9714

  • Artifacts – Added Browsers:
    • Safari Bookmarks
    • Safari Downloads
    • Safari Top Sites
  • Artifacts – Added MAC Operating System:
    • Mail BackupTOC
    • Recent iWork Numbers
    • Recent iWork Pages
    • Recent QuickTime
    • Recent TextEdit
    • Recent VLC
  • Custom Byte Carve – Quick Add Google Maps.
  • Display View – Updated DOCX display.
  • FEX-Imager changed to 64-bit to allow for Ex0, Lx01 conversion to E01 or L01.
  • Live Boot – Added button to Evidence module.
  • Reports – Fixed issue with blur on exported PDF.
  • Website Update – Check for Updates button now links with new download page.

29 June 2020 – 5.2.2.9680

  • Email – Improved MBOX support.

22 June 2020 – 5.2.2.9662

  • Bookmarks – Artifact bookmarking auto-creates bookmark folder.
  • Email – Improved MBOX support.
  • License Manager – Identifies locked dongle.
  • Live Boot – Select storage controller (Auto, IDE, SATA, BusLogic, LsiLogic, LsiLogicSAS).
  • Load Case – Improved load case time.
  • Preview – Button in Evidence module now default.
  • Registry – Improved Office MRU script.
  • Reports – Fixed AV in copy and paste of table row.
  • Reports – PDF resolution improved.
  • Reports – Updated report column sorting.
  • Reports – Updated sample templates.

11 June 2020 – 5.2.2.9632:

  • Email – Fixed error loading an old case with PST email.

06 June 2020 – 5.2.2.9622

  • Email – Improved export from property view.
  • PDF – Fixed issue with expanded PDF causing freeze.
  • Reports – Export PDF in high resolution.
  • Video – Added .ts video file type.

03 June 2020 – 5.2.2.9618

  • Artifacts – Improved search speed for Artifact files.
  • Artifacts – Added Chromium bookmarks and improved categorization.
  • Artifacts – Clear of 1601 blank Delphi date fields.
  • Evidence Processor – Changed button to Skip processing.
  • Gallery Cache – Improved gallery cache speed.
  • Metadata – Added metadata for HEIC files.
  • FEX-Imager – Speed improvements.
  • Recover File – Added drag and drop for case recovery files.
  • Remote – Improved network connection speed for remote devices.
  • Other minor updates and improvements.

7 May 2020 – 5.2.2.9526

  • Artifacts – Minor fixes and improvements.
  • ClamAV – Updates to improve speed. Removed default check for PUA.
  • FEX-Imager – Released FEX-Imager v2 (located in install folder).
  • Gallery View – Fixed cache thumbnail error on small cache graphics causing a freeze.
  • Email – Added Email module support for mbox mail.
  • Email – Added Email module support for EDB mail.
  • Email – Fixed issue with blank OST email subject displaying message page offset.

21 Apr 2020 – 5.2.2.9472

  • Bookmarks – Fixed issue re-bookmarking a bookmarked file.
  • Remote – Updated protocols (increase remote serve-let connection speed).
  • Other minor updates.

15 Apr 2020 – 5.2.2.9452

  • Btilocker Partitions – Now return isEncrypted status.
  • Progress – Fixed issue with progress bar staying on-top of other applications.
  • Project VIC2 – Import and Export support added.
  • VDI – Updated support for Virtual Desktop image format.

9 Apr 2020 – 5.2.2.9444

  • APFS – Updated drive decryption routine.
  • Artifacts – Script updates.
  • C4All – Add Cellebrite C4All export to FEX.
  • RAID6 – Added RAID 6 support.
  • Remote – Updated Add Remote network config.

31 Mar 2020 – 5.2.2.9420

  • Merge Files – Right click menu option added.
  • Setup – Improved setup for non-admin installs. Removed auto-launch.
  • Permissions – Added NTFS Permissions viewer.
  • Other minor script updates and improvements.

17 Mar 2020 – 5.1.2.9378

  • Live Boot – Fixed issue causing Live Boot to not launch.

13 Mar 2020 – 5.1.2.9372

  • Artifacts – Added Viber for PC v11.
  • File Vault – Fixed pwd check for AES-128 encrypted volumes converted to APFS.
  • Hex Data Inspector – New layout.
  • Merge Files – File System right-click menu option to merge data.
  • RamDisk Tools – Added FFmpeg.

05 Mar 2020 – 5.1.2.9342

  • Load Case – Fixed error loading case created from folder containing Zone files.
  • APFS – Improved support for MacQuisition decrypted APFS volumes.
  • Other minor script updates and improvements.

24 February 2020 – 5.1.2.9324

  • Filters – Improved Read From File filter.
  • L01 – Improved detection of corrupt L01 or missing segments on add of evidence.
  • Scripts – Updates to File Name Search to handle large imported keyword lists.
  • Triage – Fixed error introduced in previous build causing Default + Triage to fail.

13 February 2020 – 5.1.2.9314

  • Bookmarks – Fixed sub-folder sort error.
  • Bookmarks – Added Artifacts as a default folder.
  • Display View – Updated multi-video view buttons.
  • File Name Search – Updated array size for large keyword lists.
  • HEX View – Fixed flicker on double click.
  • Index Search – Added additional data view tabs (Hex, Display, Filesystem Record).

5 February 2020 – 5.1.2.9306

  • Bookmarks – Non default folders get different icon.
  • Display – FFMPEG DLL update (fix OGG and WK3 freeze).
  • File Carve – Added USN Journal file type.
  • File Signature – Update to ESE file type to improve speed.
  • HEX – Update to HEX selection.
  • Keyword Search – Enabled multi select of keyword.txt import files.
  • Recover Folders – If Bad Cluster file recover set at 0 size.
  • Registry – Improved speed of ‘Send to Registry’.
  • Toolbar – Fixed minimize maximize error on toolbar.

29 January 2020 – 5.1.2.9288

  • CLI Hash min/max size fix.
  • Metadata To Columns – Added ‘Extract Recycle Bin’ for $I values.
  • Recycle Bin – Decode INFO2 in File Metadata tab (after signature).
  • Recycle Bin – Added Zimmerman RBCmd to 3rd Party Tools.
  • Other minor script updates.

24 January 2020 – 5.1.2.9270

  • Fixed exit error caused by Evidence Groups.
  • Metadata To Columns – Added LNK MAC Address.
  • Other minor script updates.

06 January 2020 – 5.1.2.9254

  • Cases – Options > Cases path now preserved as base cases folder.
  • Checked Items – Fixed issue with checks no clearing green squares.
  • Script – Additional export options added to Export Files by Type.
  • Script – Added CLI launcher to Scripts\Evidence\CLI_Launcher.pas.

20 December 2019 – 5.1.2.9226

  • Spanish – FEX GUI translation update.
  • Other – Minor updates.

17 December 2019 – 5.1.2.9222

  • APFS – Updated detection of encrypted partitions.
  • Project Vic – Fixed issue with some Project Vic files not being recognized.
  • Scripts – Fixed issue resizing script forms.

11 December 2019 – 5.1.2.9200

  • APFS – Fixed issue with encrypted partitions reporting unallocated space size.
  • Help – Updated Turkish v5 User Guide.
  • Reports – Fixed issue with Reports not reading some cached pictures.
  • Splash – Fixed issue with splash reporting an expiring license date.

5 December 2019 – 5.1.2.9180

  • Backup Case – Writes to both screen and log when logging is selected.
  • Cache Images – Update for Gallery and Video views.
  • Thumbs-cache – Update to decode of thumbs indexes.
  • Fixed remove folder error introduced in previous release.
  • Fixed error in date filter tool introduced in previous release.

20 November 2019 – 5.1.2.9148

  • Live Boot – Updates for APFS Live Boot support (file vault drives are not currently supported).
  • GUI Update – Windows themes added. Snap to monitor now supported.
  • Video Gallery – Significant speed increase in Video Gallery.
  • Video Gallery – Fixed corrupt video crashing gallery.

08 November 2019 – 5.1.2.9128

  • APFS – Added support for 128bit encryption keys.
  • Live Boot – Added support for APFS.
  • Registry – Improved speed of script buttons.
  • Tumbs.db – Fixed display of thumb image.
  • Video View – Fix crash caused by corrupt video.

29 October 2019 – 5.1.2.9090

  • APFS – Fix issue prompting for encryption password.
  • Filters – Added registry signature filter.
  • Filters – Updated Registry drop down filter.
  • L01 write – Increased L01 write segment size.
  • Triage – Improved triage speed.

22 October 2019 – 5.1.2.9072

  • APFS Encryption – Now handles multiple volume keys in the KeyBag.
  • Expand Compound – Fixed issue with signature analysis of children.
  • Scripts – Added script to count zero sectors.
  • 7Zip – Improved expansion function.

17 October 2019 – 5.1.2.9054

  • Categories View – Fixed error displaying categories.
  • Evidence – Recent Cases double click during case.
  • Evidence – Added case modified date to displayed information.
  • Evidence – Case names in bold font for recent cases.
  • L01 – Improved read speed.
  • Skin Tone drop down filter added (must run skin tone first).
  • ZMODO video file type added for signature and carving.

14 October 2019 – 5.1.2.9046

  • Evidence – Fixed issue with drag and drop of multiple evidence files.
  • German/Spanish – Fixed MBR translation error.
  • Spanish – Fixed triage report.
  • Other minor updates.

10 October 2019 – 5.1.2.9028 – Major Version Release
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