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Windscribe 2.17.9 download

Windscribe encrypts your browsing activity, blocks ads, and unblocks entertainment content

This is an older version. The current version is 2.24.13. Windscribe 2.24.13 · Released:

Installer files 2.17.9

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64-bit EXE — — github.com VirusTotal
ARM64 EXE — — github.com VirusTotal

Link and SHA256 come from the Windows Package Manager community manifest. Compare the hash of the downloaded file before running it.

Release notes

Added
- Post-quantum server API integration.
- Advanced parameters for overriding the API, assets, and checkip domains used in wsnet.
Improved
- Icons on the favourites tab to be the country flag.
- Advanced parameter handling.
- wsnet to use bearer token in all server API calls.
- Audio library to reduce binary size.
- Locations list in CLI to show more information.
- Native window colours in accordance with OS theme.
- Filesystem organization/packaging per FHS on Linux.
- Highlight colours used in log viewer.
- Locations UI tweaks (highlight location under mouse, changed location icon).
- Text in macOS installer DMG is a bit blurry.
- Qt library dependency now served from vcpkg.
Fixed
- An issue where the account status bottom-bar widget was sometimes not displayed.
- Memory usage for flags. You should see a dramatic drop in app memory usage when it is launched.
- On certain screen scales the "Get more data" button is too large and overlaps the data counter.
- Unexpected scroll in the preferences screen when sending a debug log.
- Incorrect scroll position in preferences.
- Custom DNS preferences behaviour when user attempts to set Upstream 2 without first setting Upstream 1.
- Playing a sound may capture the audio device, preventing Windows from sleeping.
- Regression in the in-app updater on macOS for versions 2.17.2-2.17.4.
- Resize bar may be cut off when update banner is shown.
- Incorrect URL for the 'connection mode' help link in preferences.
- libcurl loading openssl.cnf from untrusted path.
- Potential crash when operating with empty port map.
- Some wsnet failover behaviour.
- Installer alert border on Windows and macOS.
- Missing tray icon on macOS.
- Missing xcb plugin on Linux.
- Missing window decorators for advanced parameter/log viewer screens in Wayland.
- Missing dependency for openSUSE.
- Rendering issues on X11 (non-wayland) environments.
- Last opened locations tab is not remembered.
- Alert window cut off when showing an update error.
- App no longer debug logging to the system debugger/stdout.
- Erroneous 'failed to set network category' error message from Windows helper.
- DNS may leak on Linux distros using resolvectl to determine the system DNS.
- wsnet not triggering failover on some invalid payloads.
- French translation of 'Release' update channel.
- Pings may be invalidated while connected.
- A crash in the audio dependencies when building on Windows.
- Rendering issues on X11 (non-wayland) environments.
- Potential DNS leak when using ctrld (custom DNS setting) on Linux.
Updated
- OpenVPN DCO driver to v1.3.3.
- ctrld to 1.4.6.

https://github.com/Windscribe/Desktop-App/releases/tag/v2.17.9

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