Rufus 3.18

• Fix DLL sideloading vulnerabilities (#1838, #1877)
• Fix ISO → ESP creation when running on Windows 11 (#1855)
• Fix an issue when detecting network connectivity when the DHCP service is disabled (#1801)
• Update FreeDOS to version 1.3
• Add bypass of Windows 11 restrictions for in-place upgrades
• Add Miracle Linux 8 to the list of Red Hat exceptions (#1866)
• Other internal fixes and improvements

Rufus 3.17 [BUGFIX RELEASE]

• Fix MBR not being properly cleared
• Fix commandline hogger not being deleted on exit
• Improve ReFS handling for platforms that support it
• Update UEFI:NTFS to latest and remove Secure Boot notice since this version is Secure Boot signed
• Update Grub4DOS to latest

Rufus 3.16

• Fix ISO mode support for Red Hat 8.2+ and derivatives [#1777]
• Fix BIOS boot support for Arch derivatives
• Fix removal of some boot entries for Ubuntu derivatives
• Fix log not being saved on exit
• Add Windows 11 "Extended" installation support (Disables TPM/Secure Boot/RAM requirements)
• Add UEFI Shell ISO downloads (retroactively applied through FIDO)
• Add support for Intel NUC card readers
• Improve Windows 11 support [#1779]
• Improve Windows version reporting
• Speed up clearing of MBR/GPT

Rufus 3.15

• Update GRUB to version 2.06
• Add support for .vtsi files (Ventoy Sparse Image, courtesy of @ventoy)
• Add workaround for openSUSE Live ISOs
• Move default app directory to %LocalAppData%\Rufus\ and always save a log there on exit
• Fix AppStore version of Rufus not being able to store downloaded files [#1744]
• Fix failure to open Syslinux/GRUB files when Rufus is located at the root of a drive [#1747, #1761]
• Prevent the creation of System Volume Information on ESPs written in DD mode
• Prevent drive letter assignation to the UEFI:NTFS partition [pbatard/uefi-ntfs#25]
• Prevent persistent partition creation errors due to size
• Enhance safety checks before running the Fido ISO download script
• Other internal fixes and improvements [#1727, etc]

Rufus 3.14

• Improve DD write speed (uncompressed images only)
• Improve checksum computation speed
• Improve network connectivity detection
• Only prompt for additional GRUB/Syslinux downloads when not writing in DD mode
• Fix potential "loss" of disk after writing Ubuntu 20.10 in DD mode
• Fix GRUB compatibility issue with Ubuntu 21.04
• Fix Rufus MBR not being selected by default for Windows ISOs
• Fix drag and drop being enabled during drive creation
• Add more "exceptions" for forced DD image writing

Rufus 3.13

• Add a cheat mode (Alt-M) to accept disk images without a Boot Marker
• Add marquee operation progress to the taskbar icon
• Add zeroing/image writing progress to the log
• Switch to using 0x55 and 0xAA instead of 0x00 and 0xFF for low pass badblock check
• Switch to using fake/manufacturer units when computing the default label
• Fix overnumerous write retries on error when writing a disk image
• Work around Windows' abysmal handling of removable drives that contain an ESP [#1637]
• Improve mounting/unmounting of volumes [#1640]
• Update UEFI:NTFS file system drivers to version 1.7
• Other internal fixes and improvements (VDS, error reporting, etc.)

Rufus 3.12

• Add optional SHA-512 digest algorithm (Alt-H)
• Add a cheat mode (Alt-+/-) to increase/decrease application priority
• Enable direct provision of install.wim/install.esd for Windows To Go
• Move Windows To Go ESP to the beginning of the drive, on systems that allow it
• Enforce a minimum volume size of 256 MB for ext2/ext3 partitions [#1576]
• Speed up the scanning of ISOs with lots of Rock Ridge deep directory entries [#1575]
• Fix detection of GRUB version and update embedded GRUB for Ubuntu 20.10 support [#1573, #1616]
• Fix user interface labels for accessibility [#1467]
• Work around a Windows bug where the wrong drive letter may be returned

Rufus 3.11

• Add Rock Ridge deep directory support [#1526]
• Add an option to write small ISOs to an ESP (GPT only)
• Add a cheat mode (Ctrl-SELECT) to extract content from an additional zip archive on top of the ISO
• Add a cheat mode (Alt-G) to disable Virtual Hard Disk listing
• Add a cheat mode (Alt-P) to toggle a GPT ESP to Basic Data (Windows 10 only)
• Fix improper x86 32-bit NTFS driver being used for UEFI:NTFS
• Improve UEFI:NTFS compatibility with older UEFI firmwares [#1213]
• Improve startup time by running the ISO download feature check in the background
• Remove Ubuntu's splash screen for persistent UEFI drives
• Enable ASLR for the Rufus executable

Rufus 3.10

• Improve support for Ubuntu 20.04 [#1499]
• Improve detection of FIXED drives with no mounted partitions
• Improve extfs formatting (courtesy of Marcos Mello) [#1516]
• Update UEFI:NTFS file system drivers to v1.5
• Fix progress not being updated when using the German localization
• Fix primary GPT being overwritten when adding the protective MBR message [#1507]
• Fix a regression with lousy security solutions that prevent the creation of an autorun.inf [#1496]
• Fix an assert during FreeDOS drive creation when the Windows system locale is set to UTF-8 [#1468]
• Fix invalid label errors when using a non-Western locale [#1506]

Rufus 3.9

• Add exFAT support when creating blank UEFI:NTFS drives [EXPERIMENTAL]
• Fix ext2/ext3 corruption for partitions larger than 4 GB [#1396]
• Fix early boot files not being usable on compressed NTFS partitions [#1381]
• Fix writing of compressed streams that don't end on sector boundary [#1422]
• Fix percent not being displayed on slow format
• Improve file preallocation and speed up ISO extraction (courtesy of Mattiwatti) [#1445]
• Improve ext2/ext3 formatting speed
• Improve protective MBR message for GPT partitioned drives
• Improve reporting of Syslinux/GRUB download errors
• Improve reporting of partition types and of Windows' version
• Report the usage of UDF symbolic links [#1446]
• Update embedded Syslinux to 6.04-pre1