[Windows] 4.8.0 Released

Surfshark 4.8.0, 2023-02-13

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* Enjoy the Surfshark Antivirus features with new educational tips available on the Antivirus main screen.

* Login faster by using your Microsoft account.

* Experience smoother surfing with a few minor bug fixes & improvements.

Changelog link

https://downloads.surfshark.com/windows/stable/meta/windows-changelog.txt

Download link ( allways Latest )

https://downloads.surfshark.com/windows/latest/SurfsharkSetup.exe

Archive.org link for 4.8.0

https://web.archive.org/web/20230214141342/https://downloads.surfshark.com/windows/latest/SurfsharkSetup.exe

Would someone explain why I would want to link Surfshark to my Microsoft account in any manner?

I attemt to link NOTHING to Microsoft or Google that I absolutely don’t have to. I’ve even gone to other sources in order to avoid linking accounts.

The new V4.80 creates a minimized tab at the bottom of the desktop that you can no longer close. I’m back to V4.72. PC win 11 version.

Hello, I am using SurfShark in China, I updated from 4.5 to 4.8. When I go into settings I can’t switch back to the VPN tab, I need to click another like antivirus first. the app stopped connecting after a while, so I uninstalled it and installed 4.80, but I could not activate it via code, it said no connection to the server possible. I unstalled and installed 4.50 again. no problems there.

Please add an option in the Surfshark App to check for updates. Sometimes I’m not getting notifications of updates and the only way to find out if an update is available is to check the changelog file I’ve bookmarked. Since there is no mention of the version number when downloading the app.

is live chat still available? I can’t seem to contact via Live Chat anymore, and I’ve been having trouble connecting in China

You dont want to , its a less private feature for the super lazy.

Also as side note , google / microsoft dont care at all if they falsely ban you for anything their support is also ridiculously bad so dont connect services to these accounts obviously so you wouldnt be able to login anymore.

You wouldn’t. It’s insane, stupid, and dangerous.

Man, I am sooo tired of SurfShark’s relentless forced updates. Nothing ever improves… it’s just stays the same or gets worse.

Seems like a bug, did you reinstall via hibit uninstaller? Works fine for me.

Try the feedback post at top or the ideas channel in discord.

Scroll here down and click chat with us
https://support.surfshark.com/hc/en-us

Enter “human”. To skip the shoddy chat bot.

I have now tried again to reinstall V4.80, but after the restart there is always a Surfshark tab bar on the bottom left of the desktop that cannot be closed. This is the 1st update that causes problems, all previous ones work fine. Back to 4.72.

I’m having the same issue in this update only. A tiny Surfshark Window appears in the bottom left after it starts, rather than being completely minimized.