Phish Alert Button (PAB) Updates
Below are the release notes for the Phish Alert Button. The most recent version is at the top. If you're using an older version and are experiencing issues, we recommend upgrading to the latest version.
| Release Date |
Version |
Notes |
| 04/14/2021 |
1.4.63 |
- Updated version to allow Outlook PAB to be installed without network connection or using a network incapable account to install. If installed or uninstalled without a network connection, Outlook PAB will not be able to increment or decrement the installed devices count.
- With the updated version when an email is sent out by the PAB will only have one attachment EML file representative of the suspicious email and the email content will not contain inline images.
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| 08/24/2020 |
1.4.58 |
- Updated version to support Outlook 2010 and newer. We have also removed .NET4.0 as being a requirement for our installation process.
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| 05/18/2020 |
1.4.48 |
- Includes a security update.
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| 05/18/2020 |
1.4.42 |
- Updated version to support the new email forwarding feature. If no forwarding email addresses are set in the PAB configurations but want copies of emails to be sent to KnowBe4, the KnowBe4 email address is used as a To - recipient.
- Updated version has changed the source.eml file to phish_alert_sp2_2.0.0.0.eml for Microsoft 365 PAB users. We will be using this naming convention from now on as it allows PhishER to identify PAB emails and provide better support.
- Includes minor bug fixes in the installer for the icon appearing pixelated and to fix a bug where the PAB icon does not show up or work as expected. It also fixes a bug to correct a problem during remote installation via LANDESK.
- Updates the EV certificate which will now expire in 2 years.
- Updated version improves overall user experience and better integration with Microsoft Outlook.
- Updated version improved to use the 64bit version of a support library when it is installed into a system running 64bit-Microsoft Outlook on 64bit Windows.
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| 04/21/2020 |
N/A |
- Includes minor bug fixes and process improvements to support PAB on Windows 10 machines.
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| 05/07/2019 |
1.3.98 |
- Updated version to support future PAB feature.
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| 11/09/2018 |
1.2.45 |
- Fixes Hash Error message on some versions of Outlook.
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| 10/25/2018 |
1.2.36 |
- Fixes uncommon error with signature enforcement.
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| 08/16/2018 |
1.2.30 |
- Fixes an issue when TLS 1.0/1.1 is disabled.
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| 08/02/2018 |
1.2.29 |
- Fixes an issue with the PAB appearing twice in the drop-down in Outlook 2010.
- Fixes log files for users of the PAB. Log files will be located in:
C:\Users<username>\AppData\Roaming\KnowBe4\Phish Alert
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| 03/13/2018 |
1.1.17 |
- Fixes an error - ADX Loader - Error code: 0x80131022.
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| 01/17/2018 |
1.1.16 |
- Fixes a "Failed to parse response" error as well as an uncommon error where the PAB is unclickable.
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| 09/29/2017 |
1.1.11 |
- Fixes issue of Outlook Ribbon disappearing.
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| 02/03/2017 |
1.1.9 |
- Minor release to bring a few of the libraries we use up to the current versions.
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| 11/07/2016 |
1.1.7 |
- Includes a bug fix to support scaled fonts. This is for high-resolution devices like the Microsoft Surface that do scaling of fonts.
- Adds support for a debug log.
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| 10/20/2016 |
1.1.6 |
- A couple of the PAB DLLs have been signed, so there are no more security warnings in really tight security environments.
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Updates to the Exchange PAB are delivered automatically. Your version number will not change (Version 1.0.0.0).
Microsoft 365 PAB Updates
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| Release Date |
Version |
Notes |
| 09/15/2020 |
N/A |
- Fixes issue with Centralized Deployment.
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| 11/09/2018 |
N/A |
- Fixes issue with Centralized Deployment.
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Updates to the Microsoft 365 (formerly Office 365) PAB are delivered automatically. Your version number will not change (Version 2.0.0.0).
| Release Date |
Notes |
| 12/01/2020 |
- Fixed a bug that would display the hover over prompt when the cursor is over the "Labels" button.
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| 09/09/2020 |
- Updated the Google Suite PAB to send a copy of the reported email as a BBC when copying both the US and EU KnowBe4 email addresses.
- Updated the Google Suite PAB to support showing the full body of the original email instead of sending the original email as an attachment when an email is forwarded.
- Updated the Google Suite PAB to change the source attachment name in order for the email to be targeted by PhishER.
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| 12/10/2019 |
- We have added the ability to set the length of time the messages users see when they report an email using Google PAB. You can change the response duration from your Account Settings page under the Phish Alert section. For more information about the Phish Alert Button and its features, please see this article on our Knowledge Base.
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| 10/07/2019 |
- Fixes the bug that caused the loading of the GPAB icon to constantly load.
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| 09/10/2019 |
- Updated the Google Suite PAB to remove unwanted URLs and domains from the manifest file and to stop GPAB from running when it is not configured in the domain.
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| 09/04/2019 |
- Updated the Google Suite PAB to support the new dynamic confirmation and thank you message features found on the Account Settings page.
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Updates to the Chrome PAB are delivered automatically.
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