Special notices
FortiClient (Windows) 7.4.4 GA hotfix 2
FortiClient (Windows) 7.4.4 GA hotfix 2 (7.4.4.1887.2.8348) was released on September 25, 2025 to address the following issue:
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Bug ID |
Description |
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| 1199087 | A crash may occur in the antivirus RTP service. The anti-ransomware service may fail to observe the scan inclusion list. |
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FortiClient (Windows) hotfixes are accumulated, which means hotfix 2 includes all fixes from hotfix 1. |
FortiClient (Windows) 7.4.4 GA hotfix 1
FortiClient (Windows) 7.4.4 GA hotfix 1 (7.4.4.1887.1.8297) was released on September 22, 2025 to address the following issue:
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Bug ID |
Description |
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| 1196704 | During a FortiClient EMS switch, the ZTNA certificate from the old EMS is not removed after switching to the new FortiClient EMS server. |
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This hotfix is available only to customers considering a switch between FortiClient EMS servers. If you need this hotfix, please collect the EMS serial numbers and contact Fortinet Support. |
No IKEv1 support for IPsec VPN
FortiClient (Windows) 7.4.4 no longer supports IKEv1 for IPsec VPN. Please migrate to using IKEv2 instead.
No IPv6 support for IPsec VPN
FortiClient (Windows) 7.4.4 does not support IPv6 for IPsec VPN due to dual VPN changes. Support may be added in future releases.
No new version of VPN-only agent
FortiClient (Windows) 7.4.4 does not include a new version of the free VPN-only agent as no feature updates were made to the free VPN-only agent between 7.4.3 and 7.4.4. Users can continue to use the FortiClient (Windows) 7.4.3 free VPN-only agent.
No support for concurrent third-party tunneling or proxy clients
Using third-party tunneling or proxy clients (including VPN, DNS, HTTP(s), SOCKS, ZTNA or PAC files) in parallel or nested combination with FortiClient's VPN, ZTNA or Web Filter is not recommended nor supported.
No support for ZTNA TCP forwarding on Windows WSL2
FortiClient (Windows) does not support ZTNA TCP forwarding on Windows WSL2. As a workaround, use WSL1 or install FortiClient Linux directly within the Ubuntu environment in WSL.
FortiGuard Web Filtering category v10 update
Fortinet has updated its web filtering categories to v10, which includes two new URL categories for AI chat and cryptocurrency websites. To use the new categories, customers must upgrade their Fortinet products to one of the versions below:
- FortiManager - Fixed in 6.0.12, 6.2.9, 6.4.7, 7.0.2, 7.2.0, 7.4.0.
- FortiOS - Fixed in 7.2.8 and 7.4.1.
- FortiClient - Fixed in Windows 7.2.3, macOS 7.2.3, Linux 7.2.3.
- FortiClient EMS - Fixed in 7.2.1.
- FortiMail - Fixed in 7.0.7, 7.2.5, 7.4.1.
- FortiProxy - Fixed in 7.4.1.
See the following CSB for more information to caveats on the usage in FortiManager and FortiOS: https://support.fortinet.com/Information/Bulletin.aspx