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Solved Is It safe Now To Use Filezilla?
- Thread starter Wendy
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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=1
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=1
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.
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.
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.
the inbuilt Windows Defender program will tell you if it finds any PUP's has you install it.
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.
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