Download WinSCP 4.3.4

A new stable version of WinSCP has been released. Released under an open source license, this program can securely copy files between two computers. The program supports ftp, secure ftp and the older scpprotocol. WinSCP is not only available as a standalone program, but also as plugin for the file managers FAR and Altap Salamander. The following changes and improvements have been made in this release:

Changes in version 4.3.4:

• SSH core upgraded to PuTTY 0.61. It brings the following changes:
  • When WinSCP fails to get a response from Pageant, it logs the fact.
  • Bug fix: Workaround for some servers blithely responding to winadj@putty.projects.tartarus.org with SSH_MSG_CHANNEL_SUCCESS despite probably having no idea what it means. winadj-success
  • Bug fix: Pageant authentication was not working. 703
• The command list -a is stopped being used when returned listing is empty. 693
• Using HTTP/1.1 when checking for application updates.
• Bug fix: Unwanted auto-completion in comboboxes when resizing the window.
• Bug fix: Arguments (passwords in particular) passed to PuTTY were not escaped correctly. 692
• Bug fix: Special permissions were not preserved correctly in configuration. 695
• Bug fix: Another invalid timezone shifting of file timestamps with FTP protocol. 696
• Bug fix: Failure when connection closes with FTP protocol. 698
• Bug fix: WinSCP was hanging when FTP directory listing connection was closed without response to LIST command. 699
• Bug fix: Slow startup when there are disconnected network drives. 702
• Bug fix: Notification balloon was displayed after finishing of every queue task. 705
• Bug fix: No fallback to IPv4 with SSH. 707

WinSCP screenshot, click on the image for a larger version.