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Free FTP Client for Windows
WinSCP is an open source free FTP client for Windows.
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When to use FTP?
While FTP is still the most widespread transfer protocol used to transfer files from one host to another over the Internet, it was not designed to be a secure protocol and has many security weaknesses. So use FTP mainly if the server does not support any secure transfer alternative.
Why to use WinSCP as your FTP client?
Well, there are many reasons, but one of them is for sure that WinSCP supports a variety of transfer protocols, so you can use one tool for both secure and insecure file copying. Read more about the WinSCP supported protocols.
Further Reading
- How do I know if the connection is secure?
- How to connect to an FTP server?
- How to upload files to an FTP Server?
- How to synchronize files with an FTP Server?
- How to automate file transfers (or synchronization) to an FTP server?
- Other guides to using WinSCP