Rufus fans can try out the new version 4.12 BETA released on GitHub.
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The new version contains various fixes and improvements, such as an increased buffer size for copying ISO files and security patches. With the latest beta version, Rufus can perform MD5 hash verification on every boot.
See what's new in Rufus 4.12 beta:
- Filter out the new Bitdefender VHDs
- Filter disallowed characters in local account names
- Improve Microsoft Dev Drive detection (#2873courtesy of @MartinKuschnik)
- Improve the pre-formatting partition cleanup code
- Improve error reporting on ISO extraction issues
- Improve detection of drives with long hardware IDs (typically SSDs) (#2894)
- Improve conflicting process reporting
- Improve support for Nutanix (#2884) and umbrelOS ISOs
- Fix a TOCTOU vulnerability in Fido script execution (CVE-2026-2398, reported by @independent-arg)
- Fix replacement vulnerabilities for
diskcopy.dllandoscdimg.exe - Fix FFU image creation being erroneously invoked, when trying to save an ISO image (#2889)
- Fix saving of ISO images to paths that contain spaces (#2829)
- Update UEFI:NTFS and UEFI DBXs to latest
While most users prefer the official media creation tool, Rufus is a great option for installing Windows 11 on unsupported hardware or repairing the operating system and its quirks, such as:
- automatic drive encryption without any warning (happens to insiders so far) during the installation process
- hardware requirements or the need to use a Microsoft account during installation.
You can download Rufus 4.12 beta from the link below.
- Links: Rufus Home Page | Project Page @GitHub
v4.12_BETA/rufus-4.12_BETA.exe
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