VeraCrypt version 1.25.9

Binaries for FreeBSD, Linux, macOS and Windows are available at Launchpad and Sourceforge.

Changes between 1.25.7 and 1.25.9 (19 February 2022) :

• All OSes:

  • Update translations (Chinese, Dutch, French, German, Turkish).

• Windows:

  • Make MSI installer compatible with system encryption (Issue #869).
  • Set minimum support for MSI installation to Windows 7.
  • Fix failure to create Traveler Disk when VeraCrypt is installed using MSI (Issue #886).
  • Don't cache the outer volume password when mounting with hidden volume protection if wrong hidden volume password was specified.
  • Reduce the size of EXE installers by almost 50% by using LZMA compression instead of DEFLATE.
  • Fix double-clicking mounted drive in VeraCrypt UI not working in some special Windows configurations (Issue #873).
  • Add registry key to fix BSOD during shutdown/reboot on some machines when using system encryption (Issue #871).
    • Under "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\veracrypt", create a REG_DWORD value named "VeraCryptEraseKeysShutdown".
    • Setting this registry value to 0 disables erasing system encryption keys which is the cause of BSOD during shutdown on some machines.

• Linux:

  • Fix hidden volume settings not correctly displayed when enabling hidden volume protection in mount options window.
  • Fix generic Linux installer overwriting /usr/sbin if it is a symlink (Issue #888).
  • Fix crash when building with _GLIBCXX_ASSERTIONS defined (Issue #896).
  • Enable building from source without AES-NI support (Issue #892).

• MacOSX:

  • Fix hidden volume settings not correctly displayed when enabling hidden volume protection in mount options window.