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Virtual Box Maintenance Release 4.2.8
Oracle has released VirtualBox 4.2.8, a maintenance update for its open-source, cross-platform virtualisation tool that should improve stability and fix various regressions. Notable changes include a fix that caused guests to crash when using a huge amount of guest RAM on machines with Intel Virtualisation (VT-x) technology.
Aside from bug fixes, there is one minor performance tweak of note, which sees the time for merging snapshots reduced under certain conditions. Users can now also change VRDE settings for saved VMs under Settings.
Over 30 changes have been recorded in version 4.2.8 -- other notable bug fixes include a fix for the layout bug in the OS X version of VirtualBox’s Clone VM dialog box that caused the GUI to fail. Windows hosts will also find they are now able to use keyboard input when the Take Guest Screenshot dialog box is open.
An access violation error that caused occasional crashes on multi-monitor setups when users attempted to change resolutions has been resolved, while another that destroyed VDI images using the XFS file system when extended has also been fixed.

Performance issues with IPv6 networking over bridged adapters have been resolved through fixing a TCP pseudo header checksum computation, while a small memory leak affecting VBoxService.exe in the Guest Additions has also been closed.
Among the regressions fixed include one that caused VirtualBox 4.2.6 to hang when certain inaccessible VMs were present, and another that has affected X11 Additions since version 4.2.0, which prevented screen automatic resizing for guests using X.org 1.3 or earlier.
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VirtualBox binaries
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- VirtualBox platform packages. The binaries are released under the terms of the GPL version 2.
Please install the extension pack with the same version as your installed version of VirtualBox!
If you are using VirtualBox 4.1.24, please download the extension pack here.
If you are using VirtualBox 4.0.18, please download the extension pack here.
See the
changelog for what has changed.
You might want to compare the
to verify the integrity of downloaded packages.
The SHA256 checksums should be favored as the MD5 algorithm must be treated as insecure!
Note: After upgrading VirtualBox it is recommended to upgrade the guest additions as well.
User Manual
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You may also like to take a look at our
frequently asked questions list.
VirtualBox older builds
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This is the current development code, which is not necessarily stable.
After getting the sources in one of the ways listed above, you should have a look at the
build instructions.
Please also take a look at our
licensing FAQ, in particular regarding the use of the name VirtualBox.
Pre-built VirtualBox vm's
There are some pre-built vm's designed for developers and the curious over on the
Oracle Tech Network site.

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