X-Ways Forensics Dongle

As a genuinely licensed user of X-Ways Forensics, you are provided with a small sophisticated USB hardware device that unlocks the software that is required for execution of the software.

Our dongle has the following advantages:

• A dongle driver does not need to be installed. No reboot is required after attaching the dongle. Since X-Ways Forensics does not need to be installed either, that means you can run X-Ways Forensics directly on a live machine from media such as a CD or USB stick, without unnecessarily destroying data by overwriting free space on the subject drive, without unnecessary changes to the system registry, etc.

• The dongle does not act as a USB mass storage device, but as a human interface device (HID), just like a USB mouse. Like that, the dongle usually is not affected by USB port security locks enforced by administration.

• The software may be installed on several of your computers at the same time even if you only own a single license, for your convenience. Attaching the dongle renders an installation executable. A dongle can be quickly exchanged between different computers.

• Your license is represented by a physical object. It is easy to connect to your system. Install or simply execute X-Ways Forensics, plug in the dongle, and everything works.

• You can store textual information inside the dongle from within X-Ways Forensics. Use this to have notes always available when working with X-Ways Forensics or simply to personalize your dongle with your name and address. The dongle could thus be a good place to store some hints, best-practice procedures or the like you wish to keep handy when using X-Ways Forensics.

• The dongle helps us to protect against software piracy and consequently to keep prices reasonably low.

• It can be insured against loss or theft, free of charge.

Weight: approx. 7 g ~ 110 grains ~ 1/4 ounce per pc
Dimensions: 5.3 × 1.6 × 0.7 cm or 2.07 × 0.62 × 0.37 inches
Material value declared when mailing the dongle overseas: EUR 6

As a licensed user of X-Ways Forensics until further notice you have the option to run WinHex with the same full functionality as X-Ways Forensics, plus disk editing and data erasure ability, a special WinHex version that also requires the dongle.

There are 4 kinds of dongles:

• Regular dongles (color: green) represent 1 license each and allow 1 user to execute X-Ways Forensics on 1 computer at a time each.

• Dongles for X-Ways Imager (color: green) are similar

• Multi-user dongles (color: green) represent more than 1 license each and allow x users to execute X-Ways Forensics on 1 computer (e.g. terminal server) at  a time. If you are interested in a multi-user dongle when buying multiple licenses or if you would like to exchange regular dongles for a multi-user dongle, please contact us. 

• Network multi-user dongles (color: red) or in short network dongles also represent more than 1 license and can be found by the software on the network. Availability probably as of 2012, on request.

How many simultaneous users a dongle supports can be verified in X-Ways Forensics at Help | Dongle.

Please note that we will replace malfunctioning dongles (i.e. errors not related to a loose connection at the USB port) at no cost if sent back to us. Physically damaged dongles can usually be replaced for a nominal fee if sent back to us. Please note that we will replace a lost, misplaced or stolen dongle only (no exception) if it was insured, for a higher fee. If it was not insured, to receive another dongle you would need to purchase another license, and in that case we can 1) give you a discount on the purchase of another license and 2) apply the calculatory value of any outstanding update maintenance that was programmed into the lost dongle (and blacklist that dongle in future versions).