Downloads

Windows

Safe Exam Browser SEB 1.8.2 for Windows XP and Windows 7 (including SP 1)
MD5: e8854476f15b152e8d52669c0f70104d

Main features:

• Bugfix: Reloading / Refreshing the current page in the browser window by pressing the F5 key did not work. Now it is possible, provided that the F5 key is admitted. The new default setting for the F5 key is therefore "enabled".
• Easens configuration for the teacher. It is now possible to do the configuration in a new GUI editor called SebWindowsConfig.exe using mouse clicks, without directly editing the initialisation files SebStarter.ini and MsgHook.ini.
• The file format of these ini files has been simplified and is now better human-readable.
• In addition to the full version of SEB (installation via .msi file), a classic portable version can be built (copying of a zip file without installation), which has less functionality.
• Bugfix: Clicking on the SEB icon of the user's desktop in some cases launched the SEB installer rather than the actual SEB application. Now the SEB installer creates a shortcut to the SEB application on the common desktop. Thus the SEB icon and shortcut are visible to all users, and clicking on this icon launches the SEB application as intended.
• Bugfix: When finishing, SEB restored the default registry values for Task Manager etc. (on the blue Windows Security Screen). Now, SEB instead restores the previous registry values (= the values before SEB was started).

Safe Exam Browser SEB 1.4.1 for Windows XP and Windows 7
MD5: e59bca855fa131e1e24dde5ca5ee91c5

Last version without Windows Service with XULRunner as browser component. Fixes a bug regarding the logfile (SEB startup problem when LOGFILE=0 and logfile could not be created due to lack of write permission).

Safe Exam Browser SEB 1.3.4 for Windows XP and Windows 7
MD5: 189693f38c3cee8d23905175e533ea3d

Last version without Windows Service with Portable Firefox as browser component. Fixes a bug regarding the logfile (SEB startup problem when LOGFILE=0 and logfile could not be created due to lack of write permission).

Mac OS X

Safe Exam Browser SEB 1.5.1 for Mac OS X 10.6 and 10.7
SHA1: 587b9fc123d9ac49fa00d3669a82e5b5965e829f
MD5: 596b5f6324c66e57a8fab2aee0758116

Main features:

• SEB can open additional browser windows now.
• New browser preferences pane where the policy for opening hyperlinks in a new browser window can be set: Block those links generally, open in same window or open in new window. Separate settings are available for normal links and links in JavaScript/plug-ins.
• In addition SEB can optionally ignore links requesting to open in a new window which direct to a different host than the one of the current page.
• Improved integrity of the SEB environment by elevating all SEB windows (including the background covering windows) on a higher window level than regular windows and enhanced suppression of other applications opening alert windows, requesting to become active and switching to foreground.
• SEB now blocks the systems screen shot function (in OS X 10.7 Lion), preventing users to save pictures of the browser windows.
• New option to enable or disable browsing back/forward (with cmd + cursor right/left keys). This can prevent users to browse back out of an exam to an unprotected start page.
• New options to enable/disable plug-ins, Java, JavaScript and pop-up windows.
• The clipboard is now cleared when SEB starts and before it quits. But the content of the clipboard (if it's a text string) is saved before SEB clears it, and by pressing a new link button in general preferences pane you can paste that saved string to the Start URL field.
• Added option to prevent full screen invoked by Flash (usually used in Flash video players) when third party applications are allowed. When switching to third party applications is disabled, Flash fullscreen mode is deactivated generally now for security reasons.
• New option in advanced preferences pane to download a PDF file and open it in a third party application instead of viewing it inline.
• Added an option to choose the name and path of a file to be uploaded automatically: If users download a file, edit it in a third party application and save it with the same name at the same path, pressing the "chose file" button in the browser window doesn't present a file requester, instead the file is automatically chosen.
• It is possible to generate a pre-configured copy of SEB by writing the settings into the application bundle. Then this copy of SEB can be copied to all exam computers without having to distribute a separate preferences file.
• VM detector refuses to start up SEB on a virtual machine.
• In the Advanced preferences pane it can be chosen if SEB should allow down- and uploading files and if downloaded files should be opened automatically. This is useful when running additional applications during an exam in an managed OS X user account.
• SEB MacOSX allows to run additional applications during an exam in an account managed by OS X parental controls
• SEB MacOSX is localized in English, German and French.
• SEB is OS X code signed, so changes of the binary are prevented and the identity of its publisher can be verified.
• Context menu (activated by right mouse click) is also disabled in plugin web content.
• Display and system idle sleep is switched off while SEB is running.
• Normal shutdown and restart invoked by keyboard or other applications is canceled.
• Sleep mode invoked by keyboard is delayed to hinder possible tricking with fast user switching.