Remote Engine

Pro Tip

Keep your MetaDefender Sandbox standalone instance up to date for the latest features. See the release notes for more information.

Known issues

Issue

Solution



v2.4.0

Release date: 07/31/2025

New Features and Improvements

What's New 🎉

  • Load Balancing / Failover: Implemented Round Robin load balancing and failover to ensure even traffic distribution and high availability during node failures.

v2.3.0

Release date: 06/05/2025

New Features and Improvements

  • Scan Execution Profiles: Users can now select from predefined scan profiles or create custom profiles, enabling a more streamlined and flexible scanning experience tailored to specific needs.

  • YARA result triggering: Sandbox scans can now be automatically initiated based on curated rules embedded within the Adaptive Sandbox’s YARA engine, allowing for intelligent, rule-driven threat escalation. YARA Trigger

  • Enhanced file type support: The file type selector has been updated to more accurately reflect the full range of formats supported by the Adaptive Sandbox engine, improving usability and clarity.

  • Result updated with scan preferences: Selected scan settings are now displayed in the Result tab, making it easier to troubleshoot and understand how each scan was configured and executed.

v2.2.0

Release date: 12/02/2024

New Features and Improvements

  • Threat Indicator details: Report is extended with Threat Indicators details, providing better and easier assessment of the file.


  • Updated IOC details: Improved IOC details UI


  • Dependency handling: Visual C++ Redistributable is no longer required, making it easier to install and update the engine on the fly.

v2.1.0

Release date: 12/02/2024

New Features and Improvements

  • Min-Max Analysis timeout changed: Minimum and Maximum Analysis Timeout changed to 60-86400, for better handling of Large Files.

  • .Dll files are signed: Windows .Dll files are now signed for better security

  • Enhanced Archive handling: Archive File handling improved to reduce Scan times.

  • Deep CDR Triggers options added: New Deep CDR Trigger option is added to Workflow configs for a more granular setup option.

  • Improved Error Handling: More Errors messages are available for easier problem solving.

Deep CDR Triggers

v2.0.1 - Windows

Release date: 09/27/2024

New Features and Improvements

  • Fixed dependency check for Visual Studio Redistributable on Windows

v2.0.0

Release date: 07/23/2024

Backward compatibility

Sandbox standalone version 2.0.0 is not backward compatible with older engine versions

New Features and Improvements

  • Ensured support for Ubuntu 22.04

  • Added verdict to IOCs on the UI

  • Sandbox standalone version 2.0.0 compatibility

v1.7.0

Release date: 04/26/2024

New Features and Improvements

  • Improved error reporting

  • Added HTTP redirection support


Improved error reporting

v1.6.0

Release date: 01/29/2024

New Features and Improvements

  • Improved engine performance and stability

v1.5.0

Release date: 11/06/2023

New Features and Improvements

  • New IOC types for Crypto wallets

Crypto Wallets

Known issues

  • Crypto Wallet IOCs will not be displayed on the UI until a new Filescan Standalone version is released

v1.3.3

Release date: 07/07/2023

New Features and Improvements

  • Fixed global config “reset to defaults” feature

v1.3.2

Release date: 06/14/2023

New Features and Improvements

  • Updated logging for MetaDefender Core support package

v1.3.1

Release date: 06/05/2023

New Features and Improvements

  • Fixed global config reset to default values feature

  • Fixed report generation for files including Email IOCs

v1.3.0

Release date: 05/26/2023

New Features and Improvements

  • YARA matches displayed on MDCore UI


v1.2.0

Release date: 05/17/2023

New Features and Improvements

  • Scan results are extended with the list of IOCs

  • Private scanning option added, enabled by default

  • Reputation lookup support added and enabled by default

  • Reputation lookup verdict improvements


v1.1.0

Release date: 05/08/2023

New Features and Improvements

  • Improved Microsoft Office file handling

  • Security and performance improvements

v1.0.0

Release date: 04/06/2023

New Features and Improvements

  • First versions of Embedded and Remote engines for MetaDefender Core customers