Vistumbler Changelog

What's new in Vistumbler 10.8.2

May 4, 2023
  • Add support for 802.11ad/ax/be
  • Add support for wpa3/owe

New in Vistumbler 10.8.1 (May 3, 2023)

  • Add support for 802.11ad/ax/be
  • Add support for wpa3/owe

New in Vistumbler 10.7 (Feb 15, 2021)

  • Re-worked the GUI to work better on a smaller touch screen
  • Added wigle wifi 1.4 csv export
  • Add GPS logging feature
  • Fixed COM10+ support when using Kernel32
  • Fixes to Graphing

New in Vistumbler 10.6.5 (Jul 1, 2019)

  • Added portable mode
  • Update manufacturer updater
  • Enable other users gui
  • Changed locate api to order bssids by signal

New in Vistumbler 10.6.4 (Apr 19, 2018)

  • Vistumbler no longer requires administrator rights. It now prompts for elevation only if you are updating. Settings have been moved to the local profile.
  • Button Colors can now be specified for easier visibility
  • export and wifidb related fixes
  • Added updated script to update manufactures that no longer needs .net 3.5
  • Removed soundr so vistumbler no longer needs .net 3.5

New in Vistumbler 10.6 (Jun 15, 2015)

  • Added "Minimal GUI Mode". This feature is meant to increase performance while scanning by turing off the list and treeview.
  • Added features to automatically save and clear a list after a certain number of access points or after a certain amount of time
  • Updates to WifiDB intergration. New api for uploading, geonames lookup, and graphing
  • Added batch inserts when adding into the listview to try to increase performance. this is also now used when sorting lists

New in Vistumbler 10.5 (Mar 9, 2013)

  • Updated to use new git repository for updating purposes. This is the main reason for this update
  • Added filtered csv export

New in Vistumbler 10.4 (Mar 9, 2013)

  • Added RSSI, High Signal, High RSSI filters
  • Fixed Refresh Interface not removing old entry
  • Fixed update variable not found error
  • Updated German language file(Deutsch.ini) to new version by gAlAX-e
  • Changed DB number values to integers instead of text
  • Changed channel graph to use filters

New in Vistumbler 10.3 (Nov 1, 2012)

  • Default scan mode is now native wifi. native wifi now has bssid, channel, network type, rssi
  • Updated VS1 and detailed csv formats to include rssi
  • Added channel graphing

New in Vistumbler 10.11 (Nov 12, 2011)

  • Changes:
  • Will be added soon
  • Added color icon indicator of signal strength in listview
  • Added new style filtering. Multiple filters can now be saved now. Enable/Disable filters
  • Added detailed CSV export
  • Added Refresh Interface Option to the Interfaces menu
  • Added script to use phils manufmac.exe to create an updated Manufactures.mdb
  • Added wardrive-android DB3 import support
  • Added support for BlueNMEA as GPS source
  • Updated Import window to include more options
  • Updated Manufacturers
  • Updated Language Bulgarian.ini (by peter_ew)
  • Updated Language Czech.ini (by ps72)
  • Updated Language French.ini (by Lobotomise)
  • Updated Language Italiano.ini (by Mimmo 17)
  • Updated Installer
  • Reorganized Menu layouts
  • Removed old Vistumbler TXT export (replaced by CSV export)

New in Vistumbler 9.8 (May 31, 2010)

  • Added option to display kml signal map as a circle. Added option to show kml signal range with a circle.
  • Added color selection to Export KML options.
  • Added way to set wifidb locate refresh interval.
  • Added updated Native Wifi UDF
  • Added updated Italiano.ini by Mimmo 17
  • Changed how vistumbler picks the highest gps location (uses signal first then number of sats instead of the other way around)
  • Changed SVN urls.
  • Changed "Import Folder" so it supports VSZ files.
  • Fixed crash if no files exist when importing a folder.
  • Fixed error opening multiple VSZ files caused by not closing data.vs1 after importing it.
  • Made GUI Text in update.exe settable in language packs.
  • Moved WiFiDB Locate back into vistumbler. It seems to work better there. (So no trying to use it on a flakey connection)

New in Vistumbler 9.7 (May 31, 2010)

  • Changes
  • Added MDB recovery options. Vistumbler should now be able to have multiple copies open from the same folder.
  • Added "Auto Select Connected AP" feature.
  • Added "Auto WiFiDB GPS Locate" and "Locate in WifiDB" functions.
  • Updated graphing so graph dead time is time based and does not need zeros written into the history table for all dead aps.
  • Updated official WifiDB URL
  • Fixed issue in zip.au3 that cause visumbler to get a -1 error when opening a vs1 file
  • Fixed wrong date format in title bar. (In Japanese Version)
  • Fixed some characters not showing in the treeview. (In Japanese Version)

New in Vistumbler 9.4 (Jun 11, 2009)

  • Improved filtering. You can now filter multiple categories. Filtering by signal now works. Added support for filtering ranges.
  • Added buttons to browse for colors in the settings window.
  • Added "Kernel32" option for com interface.
  • Added feature to set how long to wait before marking an access point dead. This should help with certain adapters that keep going active/dead repeatedly.

New in Vistumbler 9.3 (Jun 11, 2009)

  • Added limited native wifi support based on a UDF by MattyD
  • "Auto Refresh Networks" now uses native wifi to refresh networks(in netsh mode and native wifi mode)
  • Added GPX(GPS eXchange Format) export support
  • changed wiki url

New in Vistumbler 9.2 (Mar 24, 2009)

  • Started to add filtering capability.
  • Extended VS1 format to include more GPS information.
  • Changed vistumbler to use a DB file for manufacturers, labels, and instruments. This was done so all these things don't need to be loaded in at startup.
  • Changed how language files are used so when a new version of a language is added it updates automatically.
  • Changed dates inside vistumbler so they should obey regional formats.
  • Changed file save default name back to local time in "yyyy-mm-dd hh-mm-ss" format.
  • Changed the way the treeview works. Treeview will now obey the filters that are set.
  • Change how information is added to the listview during file import and mdb recovery.
  • Fixed some APs having signal even though they are dead when loading from a file.
  • Close button should now cancel a file import.
  • Fixed (Options / Refreshing Networks) and (Options / Graph Dead Time) text not loading from language packs.
  • Fixed crash on guess netsh searchwords if nothing was returned.

New in Vistumbler 9.01 (Jan 20, 2009)

  • Vistumbler now uses a MDB file to store data instead of internal arrays
  • Restructured code to support the new MDB database.
  • Many internal changes to increase speed
  • Manufacturer and Labels list in settings gui now sort again
  • Fixed first and last times when importing files (they should now be correct) VS1/TXT files now use UTC time
  • Double clicking a AP in the list now deselects it
  • Added automatic updating / manual updating
  • Added help menu with links to website, wiki, and forum
  • Added Interface selection menu
  • Added GPS checksum checking
  • Moved AutoKML to its own exe so program running time isn't affected
  • Added Russian language pack by Vlad "Utter" StepanoFF
  • Added Polish language pack by Lordwader Added Japanese language by Thira
  • Added updated French language file by lobotomize
  • Added updated Italian language file by Mimmo 17
  • Updated Vistumbler file icon