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[updates]VirtualBox 5.2.8 is available for download - hanso - 28 February 18

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VirtualBox 5.2.8 is available for download

Attention of VirtualBox users. A new update is ready for you. Currently, VirtualBox 5.2.8. As always, there are various bug fixes.

In the following list of changes, they are listed once:

VMM: added support for FSGSBASE, PCID, INVPCID for guests
VMM: fixed the EMM386 problem with a bad page, suitable for the frame base (error # 10022)
Front: Linux: Prevent
switching the virtual window and automatically resizing to a small size after changing its size on the HiDPI screen
Front end: Linux: fixed seamless regression caused by wm_class functionality (errors
# 12534, # 17304)
Front: switches to download https
Front: Fixed crash when opening New master machine (forum topic 86592)
Audio: added support for highlighting recording sources in the PulseAudio mixer on
host when running multiple virtual machines
Audio: various fixes for the DirectSound backend
Video recording: Improved file search support and fixed playback of recorded files with
certain players (for example, Firefox)
Audio: various fixes for window guest settings
Audio: Various fixes for HDA emulation
Serial: fixed the problem when the serial port parameters in the emulation and the serial port of the host
out of sync (error # 17116)
Storage: fixed overwrite of some INQUIRY data for a DVD / CD drive connected to
AHCI controller
Storage: fixed processing of VMDK images created by Amazon EC2 VM export
Network: Fixed PXE load regression in e1000
Network: added a workaround for older guests who do not allow
master bus for Wi-Fi PCI device
3d: add an environment variable to customize 3D content in the main theme (see
Error # 13653)
Windows hosts: fixed unintelligible binding to the bridge driver NDIS5,
PPPOE failure (errors # 16407, # 17489)
Windows guests: Fixed incorrect function error when using public folders in certain applications
(error # 14118)
Linux users: support for Linux 4.15 (errors # 17311, # 17320, # 17282)
Linux users: fixed black screen when 3D is turned on (error # 17463, regression 5.2.6)
Linux users: suppress setuid and setgid in public folders

Downloading to the new version is not yet available on the website. On the VirtualBox server, you can download version 5.2.8.

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