diff --git a/res/loc/pollock/Pollock.cs b/res/loc/pollock/Pollock.cs
index 9afecc1f..1fcfcca7 100644
--- a/res/loc/pollock/Pollock.cs
+++ b/res/loc/pollock/Pollock.cs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
  * Rufus: The Reliable USB Formatting Utility
  * Poedit <-> rufus.loc conversion utility
- * Copyright © 2018 Pete Batard <pete@akeo.ie>
+ * Copyright © 2018-2019 Pete Batard <pete@akeo.ie>
  *
  * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
  * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ using System.Windows.Forms;
 [assembly: AssemblyProduct("Pollock")]
 [assembly: AssemblyCopyright("Copyright © 2018 Pete Batard <pete@akeo.ie>")]
 [assembly: AssemblyTrademark("GNU GPLv3")]
-[assembly: AssemblyVersion("1.1.*")]
+[assembly: AssemblyVersion("1.2.*")]
 
 namespace pollock
 {
@@ -743,45 +743,6 @@ namespace pollock
             return true;
         }
 
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Validate a download URL by checking its HTTP status code.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="url">The URL to validate.</param>
-        /// <returns>true if URL is acessible, false on error.</returns>
-        static bool ValidateDownload(string url)
-        {
-            HttpStatusCode status = HttpStatusCode.InternalServerError;
-            var uri = new Uri(url);
-            WebRequest request = WebRequest.Create(uri);
-            request.CachePolicy = new RequestCachePolicy(RequestCacheLevel.NoCacheNoStore);
-            request.Method = "HEAD";
-
-            // This is soooooooo retarded. Trying to simply read a 404 response throws a 404 *exception*?!?
-            try
-            {
-                using (HttpWebResponse response = (HttpWebResponse)request.GetResponse())
-                    status = response.StatusCode;
-            }
-            catch (WebException we)
-            {
-                HttpWebResponse response = we.Response as HttpWebResponse;
-                if (response != null)
-                {
-                    status = response.StatusCode;
-                    response.Close();
-                }
-            }
-            request.Abort();
-            switch (status)
-            {
-                case HttpStatusCode.OK:
-                    return true;
-                default:
-                    Console.WriteLine($"Error downloading {url}: {(int)status} - {status}");
-                    return false;
-            }
-        }
-
         /// <summary>
         /// Download a file as a string. Codepage is assumed to be UTF-8.
         /// </summary>
@@ -791,9 +752,6 @@ namespace pollock
         {
             string str = null;
 
-            if (!ValidateDownload(url))
-                return null;
-
             using (WebClient wc = new WebClient())
             {
                 try
@@ -825,9 +783,6 @@ namespace pollock
             if (dest == null)
                 dest = url.Split('/').Last();
 
-            if (!ValidateDownload(url))
-                return false;
-
             console_x_pos = Console.CursorLeft;
             using (WebClient wc = new WebClient())
             {
diff --git a/res/loc/pollock/Pollock.csproj b/res/loc/pollock/Pollock.csproj
index e75ae924..5e88229d 100644
--- a/res/loc/pollock/Pollock.csproj
+++ b/res/loc/pollock/Pollock.csproj
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
     <RootNamespace>pollock</RootNamespace>
     <AssemblyName>pollock</AssemblyName>
-    <TargetFrameworkVersion>v4.7</TargetFrameworkVersion>
+    <TargetFrameworkVersion>v4.6</TargetFrameworkVersion>
     <FileAlignment>512</FileAlignment>
     <AutoGenerateBindingRedirects>true</AutoGenerateBindingRedirects>
   </PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/src/rufus.rc b/src/rufus.rc
index 122d3c9d..53fcd887 100644
--- a/src/rufus.rc
+++ b/src/rufus.rc
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ LANGUAGE LANG_NEUTRAL, SUBLANG_NEUTRAL
 IDD_DIALOG DIALOGEX 12, 12, 232, 326
 STYLE DS_SETFONT | DS_MODALFRAME | DS_CENTER | WS_MINIMIZEBOX | WS_POPUP | WS_CAPTION | WS_SYSMENU
 EXSTYLE WS_EX_ACCEPTFILES
-CAPTION "Rufus 3.5.1454"
+CAPTION "Rufus 3.5.1455"
 FONT 9, "Segoe UI Symbol", 400, 0, 0x0
 BEGIN
     LTEXT           "Drive Properties",IDS_DRIVE_PROPERTIES_TXT,8,6,53,12,NOT WS_GROUP
@@ -394,8 +394,8 @@ END
 //
 
 VS_VERSION_INFO VERSIONINFO
- FILEVERSION 3,5,1454,0
- PRODUCTVERSION 3,5,1454,0
+ FILEVERSION 3,5,1455,0
+ PRODUCTVERSION 3,5,1455,0
  FILEFLAGSMASK 0x3fL
 #ifdef _DEBUG
  FILEFLAGS 0x1L
@@ -413,13 +413,13 @@ BEGIN
             VALUE "Comments", "https://akeo.ie"
             VALUE "CompanyName", "Akeo Consulting"
             VALUE "FileDescription", "Rufus"
-            VALUE "FileVersion", "3.5.1454"
+            VALUE "FileVersion", "3.5.1455"
             VALUE "InternalName", "Rufus"
             VALUE "LegalCopyright", "© 2011-2019 Pete Batard (GPL v3)"
             VALUE "LegalTrademarks", "https://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html"
             VALUE "OriginalFilename", "rufus-3.5.exe"
             VALUE "ProductName", "Rufus"
-            VALUE "ProductVersion", "3.5.1454"
+            VALUE "ProductVersion", "3.5.1455"
         END
     END
     BLOCK "VarFileInfo"