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Identity Finder Changelog

What's new in Identity Finder 9.1.4

Oct 12, 2016
  • Update to address an issue concerning machine name consistency during Discovery Team searching
  • Update to handle non-standard database table names
  • Updates to improve database error handling
  • Update to address an issue when handing invalid MBOX folders
  • Update to address an issue when deploying via AD Group Policy
  • Update to address an issue when previewing results in NTFS Alternate Data Streams
  • Update to improve handling of wild cards during Discovery Team searching

New in Identity Finder 9.1.3 (Jul 20, 2016)

  • Updates to address issues when searching and performing actions against remote locations
  • Update to address an issue with wild card expansion during Discovery Team searches
  • Updates to improve performance, results display, logging and address issues during Database searching
  • Updates to address issues with endpoint service operation and communication
  • Updates to address an improve reliability for auto-Shred and Shred via work for Cloud locations
  • Update to address an issue processing certain archive files
  • Updates to address several issues with application classification plug-ins
  • Update to address an issue when searching certain MBOX files
  • Updates to address an issue allowing a user to login to the endpoint UI as guest even when configured via policy to require login
  • Updates to improve the Gather Data diagnostic function
  • Updates to improve logging

New in Identity Finder 9.1.1 (Apr 28, 2016)

  • Updates to address issues when searching and performing actions against remote locations
  • Update to address an issue shredding Outlook messages
  • Updates to improve error handling and log messages and to add additional logging
  • Update to address an issue when searching MetaData in 0 byte image files
  • Updates to address issues with the Explorer and Outlook Classification add-ins
  • Update to address an issue with the function of the NomatchingCellsLimit setting
  • Update to address an issue causing an errant UI window during scheduled searches

New in Identity Finder 9.1 (Mar 31, 2016)

  • Added the ability to display column name in database search results on Console
  • Added ability to delete Search History databases from Console
  • Update to address an issue validating results when using Sensitive Data Definitions that include AnyFind types
  • Updates to improve Scrub action
  • Update to address issues with Profile import/export
  • Updates to provide timeout options for the Outlook E-Mail search:
  • Settings\Locations\Email\Microsoft\ErrorHandling\MaxLocationProcessTime
  • Settings\Locations\Email\Microsoft\ErrorHandling\MaxShutdownWaitTime
  • Updates to improve logging and error reporting:
  • Settings\Initialization\Configuration\ErrorReport\WindowHeader
  • Settings\Initialization\Configuration\ErrorReport\WindowBody
  • Settings\Initialization\Configuration\ErrorReport\AutoSaveOnClose
  • Settings\Locations\Files\LogLevel
  • Update to handle actions initiated via Console for unmanaged endpoints
  • Added ability to initiate Shred action from Console for SharePoint and Cloud storage locations
  • Added ability search within metadata for files stored in SharePoint
  • Added ability to search attachments to list items within SharePoint
  • Updates to implement additional file settings for SharePoint and Cloud Storage locations: Settings\Locations\CloudDiscovery\ErrorHandling\MaxLocationProcessTime
  • Added ability to Quarantine for Cloud Storage locations:
  • Settings\Actions\Quarantine\FolderLocation_Default_BoxSync
  • Settings\Actions\Quarantine\FolderLocation_Default_Dropbox
  • Update to ensure that classifications are always displayed in priority order
  • Updates to Classification Add-Ins for Explorer and Office to improve stability, accuracy and synchronization of data:
  • Settings\Actions\Classification\OfficeAddin\SaveOptionWord
  • Settings\Actions\Classification\OfficeAddin\SaveOptionWordLegacy
  • Update to disable sending of preview data for database results
  • Update remote connections to allow authentication to share names:
  • Settings\Locations\Remote\UseSharePathsInConnections
  • Update to address an issue when extracting from 7z files
  • Updates to address an issue reading certain XML files
  • Update to address an issue when using paths with forward slashes in the custom folder list

New in Identity Finder 9.0.1 (Jan 28, 2016)

  • Introduced Sensitive Data Engine to enable searching of proprietary data, intellectual property and other business critical information through the use of logic operators and named custom types.
  • Added the ability to remotely search cloud storage accounts for Dropbox and Box
  • Added user-driven classification through Office, Acrobat and Windows Explorer add-ins
  • Added the ability to persistently classify image files
  • Added the ability to classify E-Mail messages via custom body text and SMTP headers
  • Added the ability to process automatic remediation (Shred, Quarantine and Custom Scripts) via Workflow rules
  • Implemented new methods to directly connect to and search databases (OLEDB still available)
  • Added the ability to search within file Metadata
  • Added the ability to reset user profile passwords from Console without losing stored information
  • Updates to the SharePoint search module to improve authentication, search performance, and compatibility
  • Updates to Sensitive Data Watcher to streamline communication with the console
  • Update to allow display of name rather than hash when hashes are used for Ignore
  • Update to add the name of the column containing the result to csv/html saved results file
  • Update to allow preventing of sleep during search
  • Update to allow lowering the I/O priority of the search
  • Update to allow hiding of Actions within the Endpoint UI
  • Update to hide Registry and Browser search buttons by default in the Endpoint UI
  • Updates for Plugins built with the Search API
  • Note: Old Plugins may need to be rebuilt with VS2015
  • Updates to Discovery Team searching to properly handle settings from console and ensure that subfolders are searched in all cases
  • Updates to address an issue causing a delay when restarting external modules
  • Update to address an issue searching IMAP email via Outlook 2013
  • Update to address an issue when using bare folder names and wildcards in the Custom Folder List
  • Update to address an issue when searching databases for items in dictionaries
  • Update to address an issue searching OneDrive on Win8.1
  • Update to address an issue when searching drives mapped via Xythos Drive
  • Update to prevent double searching of folders in specific instances
  • Update to Ignore by pattern to not ignore on partial matches
  • General updates to improve performance and stability
  • Updates to improve logging
  • Update to the MSIBuilder for additional installation options

New in Identity Finder 8.2 (Jan 7, 2016)

  • Update to address an issue with logging
  • Update to address an issue that could cause the same location to be searched twice
  • Updates to address an issue causing a delay when restarting external modules
  • Update to address an issue causing some discovery team searches to not search subfolders
  • Update to address an issue with Health Info AnyFind
  • Update to Ignore by pattern to not ignore on partial matches
  • Updates to Gather Data to improve efficiency
  • Update to allow export of database result column name in csv output

New in Identity Finder 8.1.0.1 (Jul 31, 2015)

  • Update to address an issue when checking remote previous results during system searches
  • Update to prevent search and state information from being communicated to Console for searches initiated by Sensitive Data Watcher
  • Update to ensure all configuration information is used for searches initiated by Sensitive Data Watcher

New in Identity Finder 8.1.0.0 (Jul 31, 2015)

  • Added the ability to specify an expiration time for scheduled tasks
  • Updates to classification to improve persistence and to support multiple classifications for all metadata types
  • Update to report auto-action and right-click action information to the console
  • Update to address an issue clearing temporary files during a database search
  • Update to include discovery search information in console dashboard information
  • Updates to icons and bitmaps and other user interface elements for consistency and in high DPI resolutions

New in Identity Finder 8.0.0.3 (Jul 31, 2015)

  • Update to address an issue with network searching

New in Identity Finder 8.0.0.1 (Jun 8, 2015)

  • Update to support persistent classification for PDF files
  • Updates to improve persistence for classification for all files
  • Update to improve logging when custom formatted dates exist in xlsx files
  • Updates to address several UI issues
  • Update to address an OCR licensing issue
  • Updates to improve temp file handling when searching databases
  • Update to add additional logging for SharePoint

New in Identity Finder 8.0.0.0 (Jun 8, 2015)

  • Added Sensitive Data Watcher to provide near-real time monitoring of files
  • Added automatic, dynamic classification for all location types
  • Added persistent classification for files including the ability to display icon overlays in Windows Explorer
  • Added the ability to manually classify files from within the client UI
  • Added the ability to search hosted and on-premise SharePoint installations
  • Added support for Discovery Teams to automatically distribute search load across multiple endpoints
  • Significant updates to Custom Type search types
  • Added the ability to name Keywords and Regular Expressions to better create search rules and track and report on results
  • Added support for large dictionaries
  • Added the ability to specify a required number of dictionaries as well as specific required dictionaries
  • Added the ability to search within File Names
  • Added the ability to search by File Hash
  • Added a Health Information AnyFind
  • Added the ability to send search progress status to the console
  • Updates to the Search API to provide additional reporting and other functionality on the console. This update requires changes to existing DLLs for use with v8.0
  • Update to extend the RunLowPriority setting to the external modules
  • Updates to AnyFind to improve accuracy and performance
  • Updates to the User Interface to improve usability and consistency across applications
  • Updates to ensure compatibility with new versions of cloud sync applications
  • Updates to address several issues when searching remote machines as local system when using alternate credentials
  • Updates to ensure that temporary files are properly deleted when external modules are terminated
  • Update to properly expand custom folder path wildcards
  • Update to address an issue during partial Scrub failure
  • Updates to address several issues and improve logging
  • Updates to address several issues with interprocess communication
  • Updates to address several issues with LiveMode
  • Update to address an issue when ignoring E-mail Attachments

New in Identity Finder 7.5.0.3 (Jan 22, 2015)

  • Update to address an issue processing Exchange Server email in certain configurations
  • Update to address an issue with automatic saved results file extensions
  • Update to address an issue when processing error messages in the endpoint service

New in Identity Finder 7.5.0.2 (Jan 22, 2015)

  • Update to add save as csv and save as html to system and user background searches
  • Update to address an issue performing actions on E-Mail attachments
  • Update to address an issue with logging
  • Update to address an issue when using the profilepassword switch with tasks
  • Update to properly display database column information in the Preview Pane when using On-Disk Database mode for storing results

New in Identity Finder 7.5.0.1 (Jan 22, 2015)

  • Update to address an issue in 7.5 that caused custom folders set via policy to only be respected when the file locations is set to Custom

New in Identity Finder 7.5 (Jan 22, 2015)

  • Updates to the Exchange Search module
  • Improved mailbox enumeration
  • Added the ability to optionally search the Recoverable Items Folder/Dumpster
  • Settings\Locations\Email\ExchangeServer\IncludeDumpsterInExchangeSearch
  • Added the ability to optionally search the Online Archive
  • Settings\Locations\Email\ExchangeServer\IncludeOnlineArchiveInExchangeSearch
  • Update to add the ability to use an * in place of a folder name in the Custom Folder list (eg, c:\users\*\appdata)
  • Update to add the ability to include a bare folder name as an exclude in the Custom Folder list (eg, appdata with no path)
  • Update to the Database Search Module to add the abilty to skip or include specific tables or columns
  • Settings\Locations\Databases\SearchColumnNames
  • Settings\Locations\Databases\SearchColumnNamesIsExcludeList
  • Settings\Locations\Databases\SearchTableNames
  • Settings\Locations\Databases\SearchTableNamesIsExcludeList
  • Settings\Locations\Databases\ColumnMatchType
  • Settings\Locations\Databases\TableMatchType
  • Update to SSN AnyFind to reduce false positives due to zip+4 postal codes
  • Settings\Identities\SSN\AnyFind\USSN\EnableZipCodeTest
  • Update to allow the use of newlines in the Quarantine leave behind file by using %n%
  • Update to support results files > 4GB
  • Update to Endpoint Watcher to improve notification handling
  • Update to improve Check for Updates functionality
  • Update to address several issues with LiveMode/Displaying Previous Results
  • Update to address several issues when automatically saving on exit
  • Updates to the operation of several command line switches
  • Updates to improve and enhance the operation of scheduled tasks
  • Updates to address several issues and improve with logging
  • Updates to address an issue when automatically performing actions on exit

New in Identity Finder 7.1.0.1 (Jan 22, 2015)

  • Update to address an issue reading/writing the LiveMode database
  • Update to address an issue starting external applications
  • Update to address an issue when using Check for Updates
  • Update to address an issue displaying location icons when using LiveMode or AutoSave
  • Update to address an issue overwriting existing files when using LiveMode or AutoSave

New in Identity Finder 7.1 (Jan 22, 2015)

  • Update to add auto actions functionality for user background and system searches
  • Update to add auto save on exit functionality for user background and system searches
  • Update to add CheckPreviousResults functionality to user background and system searches
  • Updates to the Database Search module to allow searching of additional column types and multiple binary columns per table
  • Update to process Exchange Server search configuration supplied via console policy
  • Updates to AnyFind engine to improve matching in xml files and within quotation marks
  • Updates to SSN AnyFind to account for additional effects of SSN randomization
  • Updates to improve the user experience of the Endpoint Watcher notification dialog
  • Updates to improve performance of Exchange Server search module and improve compatibility with servers that implement throttling
  • Updates to preview for Exchange Server and Lotus Notes search results to handle special characters and reduce memory usage
  • Update to only process policy settings for the specific endpoint platform (and eliminate innocuous error messages from the log)
  • Update to ensure that user settings are not loaded when a profile password is not provided
  • Update to address an issue when searching malformed MBOX messages
  • Update to address an issue saving results as csv or html over an exiting file
  • Update to address an issue causing Outlook errors when performing auto actions on exit
  • Update to address several issues with inter-process communication
  • Update to address an issue replacing license files on unattended upgrade
  • Update to address several issues retrieving access control lists
  • Update to address an issue when Scrubbing Excel headers and footers

New in Identity Finder 7.0.0.9 (Jan 22, 2015)

  • Update to check for updates to use a new update indicator location
  • Updates to the Resources page to improve license display information

New in Identity Finder 7.0.0.8 (Jan 22, 2015)

  • Update to address an issue with the Explorer shell extension
  • Update to address a compatibility issue with Firefox v22+
  • Update to improve the display of license information

New in Identity Finder 7.0.0.7 (Jan 22, 2015)

  • Updates to the installer to clarify wording
  • Update to address an issue activating PHI Finder

New in Identity Finder 7.0.0.6 (Jan 22, 2015)

  • Added the ability to send result Previews to console
  • Console\previewLength
  • Console\previewMatchMax
  • Added the ability obtain Access Control Lists and send them to the console
  • Settings\Locations\Files\RetrieveFileACLDuringSearch
  • Added the ability to automatically detect and search Cloud storage locations
  • Settings\Locations\Files\FileLocations – added new option “Cloud Storage Folders”/5
  • Settings\Locations\Files\CloudTypeSearchOption
  • Added Endpoint Watcher service to watch for the insertion of removable drives and automatically searches (or prompts to search) them
  • Added Services Monitor service to restart other services if they become stopped
  • Implemented a new OCR module (2013 – requires .Net 4.0). Legacy OCR (no .Net requirement) is still available. The updated MSIBuilder provides installation options.
  • Settings\Locations\Files\OCR\Version
  • Added the ability to perform a background search as the user (no UI is displayed)
  • Updates to the Database Search module
  • Added the ability to search embedded and attached files and binary fields
  • Added ability to search only specific table name
  • Settings\Locations\Databases\SearchTableNames
  • Added additional log levels
  • Settings\Locations\Databases\LogLevel
  • Updates to Credit Card AnyFind
  • Added ability to search for Magnetic Stripe/Track Data
  • Settings\Identities\CCN\AnyFind\EnableTrack1Data
  • Settings\Identities\CCN\AnyFind\EnableTrack2Data
  • Added ability to require a CVV/CID number to be near a card number (removed from MultiFind)
  • Settings\Identities\CCN\AnyFind\EnableCVVCheck
  • Added ability to require an expiration date to be near a card number (removed from MultiFind)
  • Settings\Identities\CCN\AnyFind\EnableExpirationDateCheck
  • Added support for Maestro cards
  • Settings\Identities\CCN\AnyFind\EnableMaestro
  • Separated JCB and Enroute cards
  • Settings\Identities\CCN\AnyFind\EnableJCBEnroute (now JCB only)
  • Settings\Identities\CCN\AnyFind\EnableEnroute
  • Separated searching of legacy 13 digit Visa card numbers
  • Settings\Identities\CCN\AnyFind\EnableVisa13DigitCardNumbers
  • General improvements for performance and accuracy
  • Updates to the client UI to better organize existing features and accommodate new features
  • Updates to Bank Account AnyFind
  • Added ability to IBAN (Internation Bank Account Numbers)
  • Settings\Identities\BankAccount\AnyFind\EnableIBAN
  • Settings\Identities\BankAccount\AnyFind\IBANCaseSensitivity
  • Added ability to search for ABA Routing Numbers
  • Settings\Identities\BankAccount\AnyFind\EnableABARoutingNumbers
  • Added ability to search for SWIFT/BIC Codes
  • Settings\Identities\BankAccount\AnyFind\EnableSWIFTBICCodes
  • Settings\Identities\BankAccount\AnyFind\SWIFTBICCodeKeywordSetting
  • Separated out the ability to search for general bank account numbers (eg. savings/checking). This setting enables the Bank Account search from 6.x
  • Settings\Identities\BankAccount\AnyFind\EnableGeneralAccountNumbers
  • General improvements for performance and accuracy
  • Added client UI to accommodate new features
  • Update to require users to specify a reason when using the Ignore action
  • Settings\Actions\Ignore\RequireReason
  • Updates to improve and allow customization of which endpoint results are assigned to. This setting will only affect results for endpoints that are not already registered with the console.
  • Console\AlwaysUseSourceEndpoint
  • Update to allow searching of local Zimbra mail files under specific conditions (see setting explanation for detail)
  • Settings\Locations\Email\Microsoft\SearchDetachedZimbra
  • Added support for searching Office 365/Exchange based e-mail
  • Update to the “Search these file types” option to provide an “All but common binary”
  • Settings\Locations\Files\FileTypeSearchOption – Added option “All but common binary”/5
  • Settings\Locations\Files\FileExtensions\TextFreeBinaryFileExtensionExcludeList
  • Added setting to apply ssn negative keyword to only ussns
  • Settings\Identities\SSN\AnyFind\USSN\ApplyNegativeKeywordsToUSSNsOnly
  • Added the ability to edit Regular Expressions and Custom Keywords that are already in the list by single clicking on them (similar to editing folders in the Custom Folder List)
  • Updates to AnyFind to improve searching of Personal Addresses
  • Update to allow use of custom dictionaries from the console
  • Update to digitally sign the application installer
  • Update to track hostname and notify console when it changes
  • Added the ability skip files with the Offline “O” file attribute
  • Settings\Locations\Files\SkipOfflineFiles
  • Update to provide a single executable installer – IdentityFinderSetup.exe – which contains all available components and can be customized with an updated MSIBuilder
  • Updated MSIBuilder to support new services, new OCR module, allow renaming of services and additional improvements (http://www.identityfinder.com/kb/195244)
  • Update to implement Search History for Access database files
  • Update to add Cancel to the dialog displayed when an action is selected to be performed on the checked rows rather than the selected row
  • Update to send additional platform information to the console
  • Updates to Gather Data to obtain additional logging and diagnostic information and address several issues
  • Added a total search time log entry
  • Updates to improve compatibility on Windows 8 to improve
  • Searching of Previous Versions(Shadow Files) when using UAC
  • Shredding web browser data
  • User interface artifacts
  • Update to address an issue searching remote machine via scheduled task as local system account
  • Update to address an issue at end of line when using the AllowTrailingPunctuation setting
  • Update to improve performance of environment variable expansion from Global Ignore Lists
  • Updates to the Web Search module to improve speed, memory handling and hostname matching for multiple cases
  • Update to clean up residual temporary files on application start as well as better temp file handling during search
  • Update to improve Scrub for Excel 2007+ files
  • Updates to the PDF parser to improve performance and stability
  • Updates to logging to show original rather than temp paths in various locations, correct/improve/remove various messages, ensure all messages are written
  • Updates to address several issues with Live Mode and disable Live Mode for system searches (to be restore in a future update after architecture changes)
  • Update to address an issue with autorecover on On-Disk database mode
  • Update to Exchange Search Module to improve handling of COM errors
  • Update to address an issue searching pre-Office 2007 files embedded within an Office 2007+ file
  • Update to address an issue searching Access Databases via OLEDB when using stop searching after a specified number of results
  • Update to address an issue ignoring results with single quotes in their name
  • Update to address an issue shredding file via right-click with an equal sign in their name
  • Update to address an issue in the endpoint service when executing scheduled tasks that could cause tasks to fail
  • Update to address an issue when importing/exporting user profiles
  • Update to address an issue previewing zip results in specific long folder paths
  • Update to address an issue previewing Access database results for data in columns of type DBTYPE_BYREF or DBTYPE_WSTR
  • Updates to endpoint service to ensure log files are properly sent to console when configured to be sent
  • Update to address an issue when tasks are scheduled to run – for example – on the “2nd Friday of each month”
  • Update to address an issue when testing Office 2007+ files for encryption
  • Update to ensure that DBF files and files inside archives respect the Max File Size setting
  • Update to address an issue where trailing punctuation was shown in SSN results

New in Identity Finder 3.7 (Aug 18, 2009)

  • Improvements to the Installer
  • Improvements to Check for Updates

New in Identity Finder 3.7.0 (Jun 15, 2009)

  • Improvements to the Installer
  • Improvements to Check for Updates

New in Identity Finder 3.6.0 (Mar 9, 2009)

  • Added ability to make network connections inline rather than at start of search
  • Added ability to exclude folder paths from remote machine searches
  • Improved results filtering
  • Updates to improve user experience for systems that use non-default DPI settings
  • Improved handling of custom folders when using Startup Wizard
  • Minor UI and messaging updates

New in Identity Finder 3.5.1 (Dec 26, 2008)

  • Update the functionality of the configuration (ini) file to enable the use of the IncludeList and IgnoreList sections
  • Update to allow network searches when /pifpassword is provided
  • Update to ensure that a radio button for quarantine dialog is always selected
  • Additional updates and fixed to feature to follow/ignore Windows Junctions (Symbolic Links)