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I know a while ago there was a problem with Filezilla being infected with malware and there were warnings around about installing it. Is that still the situation or have they fixed it and it’s safe now to install and use it?
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If you want an FTP server why not use the one built into windows?
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@Wendy about two years ago, it was discovered FileZilla started to bundle other offers in their program to monetise off its popularity.
while not malware, it is a PUP (potentially unwanted program) and falls into the adware category.
apparently they do an adware-free version here; https://filezilla-project.org/download.php?show_all=1Comment
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Am I understanding correctly that both versions (64 and 32) that are on that page are safe and clean? It doesn’t say anything there about “adware”.Comment
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it’s the same version (v3.64), but written for either 64bit PC’s or 32bit PC’s, depending on what you have.
unless your PC is very old, the chances are excellent it is a 64bit unit.
no creator of software that I have seen ever advertises that they are including adware when you install their software.
most do nothing to indicate the fact their software includes PUP’s, a few at best give you an option to untick the extra stuff during the install process.
but Yes, the downloads available from that URL I supplied are supposed to be ad free.Comment
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I didn’t mean for what I wrote to sound as silly as I see now that it sounded - I suppose they wouldn’t advertise that they stopped secretly including adware any more ??? I’ll download it and see if I can tell that it’s clean. Thanks for your help.Comment
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all good - get back to us with how you go.
the inbuilt Windows Defender program will tell you if it finds any PUP’s has you install it.Comment
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I’ve never used it. Will look into how to run it.Comment
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you can manually kick off a Quick Scan in Defender, but in this case, as you install any program, they get scanned by Defender and if anything looks suss, you’ll get a warning.Comment
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