Software Update: FileZilla 3.7.4 RC1

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A new beta version of the open source FTP client FileZilla has been released. FileZilla is small, simple and yet complete. The program is popular due to its low system resource load. However, a common complaint is that passwords are stored unencrypted on the computer. FileZilla is available for Windows, Linux, and OS X, and can be downloaded from this page be downloaded in different versions. Be careful of other sources as there are modified versions floating around the internet that contain malware. The changelog for this release looks like this:

New features:

  • Added Corsican and Kabyle translations
  • SFTP now supports the hmac-sha2-256 algorithm

Bug fixes and minor changes:

  • MSW: Show local timestamps for old files using the correct daylight saving time (DST) offset.
  • Fix loading of transfer queue if starting FileZilla while another instance is in the process of shutting down
  • Fix interaction between site-specific bookmarks and multiple tabs
  • Don’t resume uploads when there’s zero octets left to transfer
  • Improve symbolic link detection when using MLSD
  • If processing a queue with files queued on multiple servers and not storing passwords, the password was not always asked prior to switching servers
  • Use the correct name element when importing sites
  • MSW: Show actual Windows version in about dialog regardless of app-compat settings

Version number 3.7.4 RC1
Release status beta
Operating systems Windows 7, Linux, Windows XP, macOS, Windows Vista, Windows 8
Website FileZilla
Download https://filezilla-project.org/download.php?show_all=1&beta=1
File size

5.74MB

License type GPL
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