- Created by Craig Wilson, last modified on Oct 03, 2022
Release History and Change Log
The following links will take you to the full release history and change logs for the current major version of HstEx®.
HstEx v5.0 to 5.8
- HstEx v5.8
- Change Log v5.8 — We are pleased to announce the release of HstEx® version 5.8, another milestone in our relentless pursuit of excellence in digital forensic solutions. This release is meticulously crafted to enhance your investigative capabilities, ensuring you extract crucial digital evidence with unparalleled precision and efficiency.
- HstEx v5.7
- Change Log v5.7 — We are pleased to announce the release of HstEx® Version 5.7. There have been a number of changes to the structure of supported SQLite tables, so we have adapted for the changes and improved our recovery. We have added support for the latest browsers, ensuring we have the most comprehensive support available for the recovery of browser evidence.
- HstEx v5.6
- Change Log v5.6 — We are pleased to announce the release of HstEx® Version 5.6. This update brings you new features and support, ensuring that you have the latest tools at your disposal for effective digital forensic analysis and browser data recovery.
- HstEx v5.5
- Change Log v5.5 — HstEx® Version 5.5 includes improved handling of Expert Witness image files as well as improved carving of SQLite database entries. We have also added support for the changes in the latest browsers and made a number of changes to improve the performance of our unique search and recovery routines. You will be pleased with the results as HstEx® is the most comprehensive carver for recovering browser evidence available today.
- HstEx v5.4
- Change Log v5.4 — HstEx® version 5.4 adds support for 96 new artefacts. We have made some improvements, under the hood, with regards to verifying recovered artefacts and improving the efficiency of the Intelli-Carve® engine.
- HstEx v5.3
- Change Log v5.3 — HstEx® version 5.3 adds support for 223 new artefacts. We have improved the recovery of entries from Chromium based Keyword Search Terms and Quota Manager.
- HstEx v5.2
- Change Log v5.2 — HstEx® version 5.2 adds further support for mobile and desktop browsers. With this release, we have added Dissenter, Maxthon, Mi and Mint Browsers. The full list of changes is provided below.
- HstEx v5.1
- Change Log v5.1 — HstEx® version 5.1 continues our quest to add further support for mobile browsers. This release adds four new browsers, namely 7 Star Browser, Naver Whale, Opera Mini and Opera Touch. We have also added additional support for existing browsers and added 53 new recovery profiles. The full list of changes can be found below. For further information, see Release Notes for HstEx® v5.1.
- HstEx v5.0
- Change Log v5.0 — Version 5 is a major release of HstEx® and adds new support for mobile and portable browsers. We have added 124 new recovery profiles in this release and added support for browsers such as Mozilla Firefox on Android, SalamWeb on various platforms and Samsung Internet Browser on Android. The user interface has been completely re-written and adds major improvements and new features in a number of key areas. We have improved the layout of the user interface, with the goal of improving productivity,
HstEx v4.0 to 4.12
- HstEx v4.12
- Change Log v4.12 — This release of HstEx® adds support for another two browsers, namely AVG Secure Browser and Min Browser. We have also added support for thirty-eight new versions of other browsers, as well as enhancing our support for Apple Safari.
- HstEx v4.11
- Change Log v4.11 — This release of HstEx® adds support for two browsers which have been designed for the security/privacy market, Avast Secure Browser and CCleaner Browser. We have also added support for seventy-four new versions of other browsers.
- HstEx v4.10
- Change Log v4.10 — This release of HstEx® adds support for Microsoft Edge (Chromium) and Opera GX browsers.
- HstEx v4.9
- Change Log v4.9 — This release of HstEx® adds support for Basilisk Browser, Epic Privacy Browser, Cốc Cốc Browser and QQ Browser. We have also improved support for many of the existing artefacts.
- HstEx v4.8
- Change Log v4.8 — This release of HstEx® adds support for a two new browsers and the processing of Logical Evidence files as a source.
- HstEx v4.7
- Change Log v4.7 — This release of HstEx® adds support for a number of new browsers and versions.
- HstEx v4.6
- Change Log v4.6 — This release of HstEx® adds support for two new browsers: Opera Neon and Brave. We have also added support for the recovery of Microsoft Internet Explorer/Edge Travel Log entries as well as the recovery of Recovery Stores, Tab Sessions and Roaming Tab Sessions. We can also recover Recovery Store/Tab Session files from InPrivate sessions along with images from web page previews/thumbnails.
- HstEx v4.5
- Change Log v4.5 — This release of HstEx® adds the ability to recover a number of new artefacts as well as increasing the performance of many of the recovery profiles.
- HstEx v4.4
- Change Log v4.4 — This release of HstEx® resolves some issues that may have been encountered during an extraction and adds support for the latest browsers.
- HstEx v4.3
- Change Log v4.3 — This version of HstEx® brings official support for installing on Microsoft Windows 10 as well as support for the new Microsoft Edge Legacy browser. We have also added support for recovering Microsoft Edge's new Reading List entries.
- HstEx v4.2
- Change Log v4.2 — HstEx® v4.2 brings support for a number of new browsers and artefacts including support for the changes made to the on disk structure of Google Chrome SQLite databases.
- HstEx v4.1
- Change Log v4.1 — HstEx® v4.1 brings support for a number of new browsers and artefacts including the changes made in Apple Safari v8. All of the SQLite recovery engines have been updated resulting in an increase in performance and accuracy.
- HstEx v4.0 — HstEx® v4 is an advanced, Windows-based, multi-threaded, forensic data recovery solution which has been designed to recover deleted browser history and cache data from a variety of source forensic evidence files as well as physical and logical devices.
- Change Log v4.0 — This section contains information relating to HstEx® version 4.0. This is the first public release of HstEx® v4.
HstEx v3.0 to 3.10
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