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vBulletin has released a security patch to improve the security of the vBulletin 4 MAPI for 4.1.12 Suite & Forum as the result of a recent internal security review. Although no exploits have been reported, we urge our customers to upgrade as soon as possible. The changes do not affect vBulletin 4.0.0 - 4.1.1. This patch has been issued for vBulletin 4.1.12. A separate set of patches have been issued for vBulletin 4.1.2 - 4.1.11. The MAPI security improvements have been added for vBulletin 3.x with the release of 3.x MAPI 1.4.3. To improve the security of your vBulletin 4 installation, please download the patch from the members area of vBulletin:Please Log In In addition to the security improvements, we've resolved the following...

vBulletin 4.1.12 is NOW AVAILABLE for download. The feedback thread for the 4.1.12 release is HERE for our licensed customers. vBulletin 4.1.12 is a maintenance release focused on improving performance and stablity. In addition, a no-cost solution for mobile smartphone applications has been added to vBulletin 4 Suite and Forum through our integration with Forum Runner, a leading mobile forum solutions provider. Updates to http://members.vbulletin.com allow you to easily manage your Forum Runner product directly from your vBulletin.com Members Area. The release contains: 8 user created hook requests, improvement requests, and feature requests. 28 issue fixes related to the CMS. 19 issue fixes with a severity of Major or higher. 14...

vBulletin 4.1.11 is NOW AVAILABLE for download. The feedback thread for the 4.1.11 release isHERE for our licensed customers. vBulletin 4.1.11 is a maintenance release focused on improving performance, resolving issues in the CMS, Mobile Style, and issues with high user impact. The release contains: 11 user created hook requests, improvement requests, and feature requests. 37 issue fixes related to the CMS. 31 issue fixes with a severity of Major or higher. 15 issue fixes for MAPI and Mobile Style. The Premium Mobile Style has been merged into 4.1.11 as part of the standard Mobile Style. A vBulletin Mobile Suite license is no longer required in order to download and install the Premium Mobile Style on forums running vBulletin...

We are pleased to announce the release of vBulletin 4.1.11 BETA 1. Beta releases are not recommended for Production/Live sites. While QA has tested most of the fixed issues in this release and completed substantial functional regression testing, additional instability may exist. While, vBulletin 4.1.11 BETA 1 is very close to what we will release as 4.1.11, it should not be used to upgrade your live sites. Please note: We do not provide support for Beta versions We do not recommend Beta software to be installed on production sites. We always recommend that you back up your database fully before attempting to install Beta software. Change log: A brief description of the changes in 4.1.11 can be found in the 4.1.11 Alpha release...

We are pleased to announce the release of vBulletin 4.1.11 BETA 1. Beta releases are not recommended for Production/Live sites. While QA has tested most of the fixed issues in this release and completed substantial functional regression testing, additional instability may exist. While, vBulletin 4.1.11 BETA 1 is very close to what we will release as 4.1.11, it should not be used to upgrade your live sites. Please note: We do not provide support for Beta versions We do not recommend Beta software to be installed on production sites. We always recommend that you back up your database fully before attempting to install Beta software. Change log: A brief description of the changes in 4.1.11 can be found in the 4.1.11 Alpha release...

We are pleased to announce the release of vBulletin 4.1.11 ALPHA 1. This is an early evaluation release of 4.1.11. While QA has tested most of the fixed issues in this release, additional code changes are in progress, and functional regression testing has not yet been completed. As such, vBulletin 4.1.11 ALPHA 1 should not be used to upgrade your live sites. What's New in vBulletin 4.1.11 Alpha 1? The largest change in 4.1.11 Alpha 1 is the conversion of the vBulletin Mobile Style to a master style, including changes to the mobile style install/upgrade script. Once 4.1.11 is released, customizations to the mobile style for your sites will not longer be overwritten on upgrade. For a complete list of the issues we've fixed in 4.1.11...

After extensive deliberation and an in-depth analysis of global browser trends, we have decided to drop support for both Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 and 7 with the release of vBulletin 4.2. Given their rapid decline in market share over the past year, Microsoft's recent decision to follow Chrome and Firefox with the implementation of silent updates, and the numerous hacks/kludges we've implemented in vB4 specifically for IE 6 & 7, we've concluded that continuing support will rapidly become untenable over the coming year. This has been a difficult decision for the vBulletin team. While we respect the needs of all of our customers, dropping support for IE 6 & 7 will allow us to improve user experience for the vast majority of license...