diff --git a/lib/core/settings.py b/lib/core/settings.py
index d1b1f41bf..5cd1b4365 100644
--- a/lib/core/settings.py
+++ b/lib/core/settings.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ from thirdparty import six
 from thirdparty.six import unichr as _unichr
 
 # sqlmap version (<major>.<minor>.<month>.<monthly commit>)
-VERSION = "1.6.6.10"
+VERSION = "1.6.6.11"
 TYPE = "dev" if VERSION.count('.') > 2 and VERSION.split('.')[-1] != '0' else "stable"
 TYPE_COLORS = {"dev": 33, "stable": 90, "pip": 34}
 VERSION_STRING = "sqlmap/%s#%s" % ('.'.join(VERSION.split('.')[:-1]) if VERSION.count('.') > 2 and VERSION.split('.')[-1] == '0' else VERSION, TYPE)
diff --git a/lib/request/connect.py b/lib/request/connect.py
index c630519c7..e54d261f6 100644
--- a/lib/request/connect.py
+++ b/lib/request/connect.py
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ class Connect(object):
             if (len(inspect.stack()) > sys.getrecursionlimit() // 2):   # Note: https://github.com/sqlmapproject/sqlmap/issues/4525
                 warnMsg = "unable to connect to the target URL"
                 raise SqlmapConnectionException(warnMsg)
-        except TypeError:
+        except (TypeError, UnicodeError):
             pass
 
         try:
@@ -805,7 +805,7 @@ class Connect(object):
                     debugMsg = "got HTTP error code: %d ('%s')" % (code, status)
                     logger.debug(debugMsg)
 
-        except (_urllib.error.URLError, socket.error, socket.timeout, _http_client.HTTPException, struct.error, binascii.Error, ProxyError, SqlmapCompressionException, WebSocketException, TypeError, ValueError, OverflowError, AttributeError):
+        except (_urllib.error.URLError, socket.error, socket.timeout, _http_client.HTTPException, struct.error, binascii.Error, ProxyError, SqlmapCompressionException, WebSocketException, TypeError, ValueError, OverflowError, AttributeError, OSError):
             tbMsg = traceback.format_exc()
 
             if conf.debug:
@@ -821,7 +821,7 @@ class Connect(object):
             elif "no host given" in tbMsg:
                 warnMsg = "invalid URL address used (%s)" % repr(url)
                 raise SqlmapSyntaxException(warnMsg)
-            elif "forcibly closed" in tbMsg or "Connection is already closed" in tbMsg:
+            elif any(_ in tbMsg for _ in ("forcibly closed", "Connection is already closed", "ConnectionAbortedError")):
                 warnMsg = "connection was forcibly closed by the target URL"
             elif "timed out" in tbMsg:
                 if kb.testMode and kb.testType not in (None, PAYLOAD.TECHNIQUE.TIME, PAYLOAD.TECHNIQUE.STACKED):