diff --git a/src/net.c b/src/net.c
index bf1f9f81..3169a3aa 100644
--- a/src/net.c
+++ b/src/net.c
@@ -289,8 +289,9 @@ DWORD DownloadFile(const char* url, const char* file, HWND hProgressDialog)
 	}
 
 	hRequest = HttpOpenRequestA(hConnection, "GET", UrlParts.lpszUrlPath, NULL, NULL, accept_types,
-		INTERNET_FLAG_HYPERLINK|INTERNET_FLAG_IGNORE_REDIRECT_TO_HTTP|INTERNET_FLAG_IGNORE_REDIRECT_TO_HTTPS|INTERNET_FLAG_NO_COOKIES|
-		INTERNET_FLAG_NO_UI|INTERNET_FLAG_NO_CACHE_WRITE, (DWORD_PTR)NULL);
+		INTERNET_FLAG_IGNORE_REDIRECT_TO_HTTP|INTERNET_FLAG_IGNORE_REDIRECT_TO_HTTPS|
+		INTERNET_FLAG_NO_COOKIES|INTERNET_FLAG_NO_UI|INTERNET_FLAG_NO_CACHE_WRITE|INTERNET_FLAG_HYPERLINK|
+		((UrlParts.nScheme==INTERNET_SCHEME_HTTPS)?INTERNET_FLAG_SECURE:0), (DWORD_PTR)NULL);
 	if (hRequest == NULL) {
 		uprintf("Could not open URL %s: %s\n", url, WinInetErrorString());
 		goto out;
@@ -508,8 +509,9 @@ static DWORD WINAPI CheckForUpdatesThread(LPVOID param)
 		for (i=0; i<ARRAYSIZE(verpos); i++) {
 			vvuprintf("Trying %s\n", UrlParts.lpszUrlPath);
 			hRequest = HttpOpenRequestA(hConnection, "GET", UrlParts.lpszUrlPath, NULL, NULL, accept_types,
-				INTERNET_FLAG_HYPERLINK|INTERNET_FLAG_IGNORE_REDIRECT_TO_HTTP|INTERNET_FLAG_IGNORE_REDIRECT_TO_HTTPS|INTERNET_FLAG_NO_COOKIES|
-				INTERNET_FLAG_NO_UI|INTERNET_FLAG_NO_CACHE_WRITE, (DWORD_PTR)NULL);
+				INTERNET_FLAG_IGNORE_REDIRECT_TO_HTTP|INTERNET_FLAG_IGNORE_REDIRECT_TO_HTTPS|
+				INTERNET_FLAG_NO_COOKIES|INTERNET_FLAG_NO_UI|INTERNET_FLAG_NO_CACHE_WRITE|INTERNET_FLAG_HYPERLINK|
+				((UrlParts.nScheme == INTERNET_SCHEME_HTTPS)?INTERNET_FLAG_SECURE:0), (DWORD_PTR)NULL);
 			if ((hRequest == NULL) || (!HttpSendRequestA(hRequest, NULL, 0, NULL, 0)))
 				goto out;
 
diff --git a/src/rufus.rc b/src/rufus.rc
index c26175f5..5f862164 100644
--- a/src/rufus.rc
+++ b/src/rufus.rc
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ LANGUAGE LANG_NEUTRAL, SUBLANG_NEUTRAL
 IDD_DIALOG DIALOGEX 12, 12, 242, 376
 STYLE DS_SETFONT | DS_MODALFRAME | DS_CENTER | WS_MINIMIZEBOX | WS_POPUP | WS_CAPTION | WS_SYSMENU
 EXSTYLE WS_EX_ACCEPTFILES
-CAPTION "Rufus 2.10.943"
+CAPTION "Rufus 2.10.944"
 FONT 8, "Segoe UI Symbol", 400, 0, 0x0
 BEGIN
     LTEXT           "Device",IDS_DEVICE_TXT,9,6,200,8
@@ -320,8 +320,8 @@ END
 //
 
 VS_VERSION_INFO VERSIONINFO
- FILEVERSION 2,10,943,0
- PRODUCTVERSION 2,10,943,0
+ FILEVERSION 2,10,944,0
+ PRODUCTVERSION 2,10,944,0
  FILEFLAGSMASK 0x3fL
 #ifdef _DEBUG
  FILEFLAGS 0x1L
@@ -338,13 +338,13 @@ BEGIN
         BEGIN
             VALUE "CompanyName", "Akeo Consulting (http://akeo.ie)"
             VALUE "FileDescription", "Rufus"
-            VALUE "FileVersion", "2.10.943"
+            VALUE "FileVersion", "2.10.944"
             VALUE "InternalName", "Rufus"
             VALUE "LegalCopyright", "© 2011-2016 Pete Batard (GPL v3)"
             VALUE "LegalTrademarks", "http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html"
             VALUE "OriginalFilename", "rufus.exe"
             VALUE "ProductName", "Rufus"
-            VALUE "ProductVersion", "2.10.943"
+            VALUE "ProductVersion", "2.10.944"
         END
     END
     BLOCK "VarFileInfo"