Product Updates

Ensure that you are current on maintenance releases and using the most updated versions of SecureZIP® and PKZIP® products. Select from the updates below:

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SecureZIP® Enterprise Version 12 Maintenance Release 2

This maintenance release is available for all users of SecureZIP Enterprise for Windows 12.0 or 12.1 desktop under current maintenance. It provides the following enhancements and fixes:

This maintenance release requires a new license key from PKWARE. Your current v12.0 or v12.1 key will not work with this update. Contact PKWARE Customer Service or Technical Support to obtain a new key for this update.

Product Enhancements:

  • Set and distribute unlocked default settings using SecureZIP policy files
  • Improved policy manager interface for the display and configuration of policy settings
Product Fixes:
  • 7320 - Added PKSFX option settings tab to policy manager
  • 7386 - Corrected a problem that prevented changing the signing algorithm and locking it in the same step.
  • 7388 - Corrected inconsistent references to option defaults in Policy Manager Help.
  • 7398 - Corrected the tabbing order when setting policy certificates.
  • 7404 - Corrected a problem causing Outlook 2007 to temporarily freeze when a corrupt policy file is encountered.
  • 7405 - Corrected registry settings instructions in the policy manager Help on configuring policy on 64-bit systems.
  • 7458 - Corrected a problem when entering a license key that may result in a program crash of the policy manager.
  • 7486 - Corrected a problem with setting the “Encrypt files” option on the Security->Encryption settings tab.

SecureZIP Enterprise also includes the product enhancements and product fixes in SecureZIP for Windows V12 Maintenance Release 2 as noted below. Download both files as shown.

Name  Format Size 
SecureZIP® Enterprise Version 12 Maintenance Release 2 Policy Manger Module
 EXE 2.9MB 
SecureZIP® Enterprise Version 12 Maintenance Release 2 Desktop Client
  EXE 13.7MB


SecureZIP® for Windows Version 12 Maintenance Release 2

This maintenance release is available for all users of SecureZIP for Windows 12.0 or 12.1 desktop under current maintenance. It provides the following enhancements and fixes:

This maintenance release requires a new license key from PKWARE. Your current v12.0 or v12.1 key will not work with this update. Contact PKWARE Customer Service or Technical Support to obtain a new key for this update.

Product Enhancements:

  • The SecureZIP email integration feature now supports Outlook Express and Windows Mail
  • SecureZIP now includes a backup Wizard to assist in backing up digital certificates
  • SecureZIP will now extract .Z format files
  • A new configurable option provides greater control of whether messages appear when temporary files cannot be removed by SecureZIP
  • Workflow improvements for sharing ZIP files from network drives
Product Fixes:

  • 2854 - Improved language detection to avoid conditions when a wrong language may appear.
  • 5570 - Clarified Help documentation on support for Outlook.
  • 7025 - Corrected a problem with the Wizard not reporting that selected files are not available, such as if they are in use.
  • 7097 - Removed an unnecessary dialog message appearing when canceling a Save operation using SaveSecure.
  • 7107 - Corrected a problem using the “Delete Original files” option.
  • 7112 - Corrected a problem where SecureZIP does not run if the Windows Regional setting for “Display leading zeros” is not set.
  • 7113 - Corrected a problem when using SecureZIP to open encrypted email messages where the associated application for .EML file types opens by default to view the message instead of SecureZIP’s internal viewer.
  • 7216 - Performance enhancement when starting SecureZIP
  • 7225 - Corrected a display synchronization issue between SecureZIP Mail options and the SecureZIP Mail tooltray icon.
  • 7236 - Corrected a problem opening encrypted messages sent through Gmail.
  • 7302 - Corrected a problem dropping files from Windows Explorer onto a ZIP file under Windows Vista.
  • 7309 - Added a user notification when storing comments that will be converted for UTF-8 support.
  • 7329 - Performance enhancement when processing email attached files.
  • 7335 - Corrected a problem when forwarding messages having an encrypted message body where the message does not appear in the forwarded copy of the message.
  • 7359 - Corrected a problem with the UTF-8 being disabled when the Use 2.04g option is reset when restoring default options.
  • 7389 - Improved memory usage when using SecureZIP options configuration dialogs.
  • 7416 - Corrected a problem where an archive comment entered in English may display in the wrong language until the archive is closed and then reopened.
  • 7417 - Corrected a problem when updating a file in an archive using either Speed or Fast compression levels where the file is stored instead of being compressed.
  • 7454 - Corrected a problem signing using SHA256-512 that occurred only on Windows XP with Service Pack 3
  • 7467 - Corrected a problem selecting files when using “My Documents” mapped to a network drive.
Name  Format Size 
SecureZIP® for Windows Version 12 Maintenance Release 2
 EXE 13.7MB 


SecureZIP® Command Line for Windows Version 12 Maintenance Release 1

This maintenance release is available for all users of SecureZIP Command Line for Windows 12.0 desktop under current maintenance. It provides the following enhancements and fixes:

This maintenance release requires a new license key from PKWARE. Your current v8.x or earlier key will not work with this update. Contact PKWARE Customer Service or Technical Support to obtain a new key for this update.

Product Fixes:
  • 6561 - Fixed an incorrect display message appearing for a wrong or missing password with RAR archives.
  • 6941 - Corrected a problem where using the -translate option conflicts with the -ascii option.
Name  Format Size 
SecureZIP® Command Line Version 12 Maintenance Release 1  EXE 4.7MB 

Updates to older versions:

SecureZIP® Enterprise and SecureZIP Version 11 Maintenance Release 2

This maintenance release is available for all users of SecureZIP Enterprise and SecureZIP for Windows 11.0 desktop. It provides the following enhancements and fixes:

Product Enhancements:

  • FIPS 140 support has been added which ensures that SecureZIP will use FIPS 140 validated cryptographic modules for creating secure archives
  • Added support for stronger hashing algorithms; SHA 256, SHA 384 and SHA 512

Product Fixes:

  • 0102 - Clarified message reported when deleting a "Favorite" file entry.
  • 1984 - Corrected a problem when re-installing SecureZIP that caused the software to operate in evaluation mode.
  • 1996 - Corrected a problem using Favorites that resulted in files added to Favorites list being moved.
  • 1997 - Corrected a problem that could allow non-archive file types being added to Favorites list.
  • 5601 - Updated Help information on adding policy certificates
  • 5885 - Corrected a problem using the diskette Wipe feature if the "Split Size" setting was not set to "auto-detect".
  • 5886 - Improved formatting of comments having line separators.
  • 6215 - Corrected a problem of an incorrect date appearing in the file replacement confirmation dialog.
  • 6234 - Corrected a problem using context menu option to create a PKSFX(r) Self-Extracting ZIP file from an ISO or IMG file.
  • 6294 - Corrected a problem displaying the "Browse" and "Copy To" menus in the policy editor when running localized for Japan.
  • 6313 - Corrected a problem that may occur on Windows 2000 when displaying Windows info tip for a zero length ZIP file.


SecureZIP® Command Line Interface Maintenance Release 7

This maintenance release is available for all users of SecureZIP Command Line Interface version 8.4 for Windows desktop. It provides the following fixes:

  • 3276 - Corrected a problem with file names having trademark (TM) or copyright (c) symbols in the file name.
  • 3936 - Corrected a problem with embedded archive files in a ZIP file where interim archive file was deleted when extracting.
  • 4159 - Corrected a line wrapping problem when displaying machine information.
  • 5745 - Revised program Help documentation to correct size values identified for use with the -span option.
  • 5848 - Corrected a problem when re-installing the software which may result in an evaluation key being installed on a machine.
  • 5871 - Improved formatting of log reports.
  • 5947 - Resolved a problem where an additional prompt to enter a password may appear when encrypting using a contingency key.
  • 5948 - Corrected a problem with an abnormal program termination occurring when a corrupt policy file is used.
  • 6154 - Improved memory allocation processes.
  • 6217 - Corrected a problem when using the -optionchar command that prevented reading archives from stdin and writing archives to stdout


Please read these instructions before installing the maintenance release.

Name FormatSize 
SecureZIP® Enterprise Version 11 Maintenance Release 2
 EXE6.6MB 
SecureZIP® Version 11 Maintenance Release 2
 EXE11.1MB
SecureZIP® Command Line Interface Maintenance Release 7
 EXE4.9MB

 

Windows® Desktop Version 8.0 Maintenance Release 2

This maintenance release is available for all users of SecureZIP and PKZIP for Windows 8.0 desktop products. It provides the following enhancements and corrections:

SecureZIP

  • Improved integration with the VeriSign® CA root.
  • Fixed an isolated case where unsigned files could be inadvertently added to an archive regardless of policy settings.

PKZIP and SecureZIP

  • Corrects situations where non-ZIP archives, which do not support encryption, could be created regardless of policy settings.
  • Fixed rare cases where filename encrypted archives could not be extracted.

This release also includes enhancements from Maintenance Release 1:

PKZIP and SecureZIP
  • Access to the default user key in the registry.
  • Fixed certain situations where the Wizard .dll to failed to register.
  • Corrected some instances where email integration did not load.
  • Access to the VeriSign public directory server.


Please read these instructions before installing the maintenance release.

Windows® Desktop

  
Name FormatSize 
PKZIP® for Windows® 8.0 Maintenance Release 2  EXE8.3MB 
PKZIP for Windows CLI Add-On Maintenance Release 1 EXE5.8MB
SecureZIP for Windows 8.0 Maintenance Release 2 EXE8.35MB