Beware FileZilla's new hitchhikers!

Topic

New Reply

https://forum.filezilla-project.org/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=49506&p=164621#p164621

 
Moderator’s note: @jstillings1 is warning about this tool, not recommending it – concerns relate to software installed along with FileZilla Free

Reply | Quote

Replies

Read here:
https://www.askwoody.com/forums/topic/filezilla-bundled-software/

On permanent hiatus {with backup and coffee}
offline▸ Win10Pro 2004.19041.572 x64 i3-3220 RAM8GB HDD Firefox83.0b3 WindowsDefender
offline▸ Acer TravelMate P215-52 RAM8GB Win11Pro 22H2.22621.1265 x64 i5-10210U SSD Firefox106.0 MicrosoftDefender
online▸ Win11Pro 22H2.22621.1992 x64 i5-9400 RAM16GB HDD Firefox116.0b3 MicrosoftDefender

1 user thanked author for this post.

Kirsty

Reply | Quote

do you know what version these hitchhikers appear?

fpefpe

Reply | Quote

This does not appear to be version related problem, but rather a problem that occurs depending on which link you select for your download. If you go the download site for website for filezilla-project.org, the first green button for 64 bit Windows is hosted by download.filezilla-project.org . Under the green download button is the following text “This installer may include bundled offers. Check below for more options” If you download the file using this green button you will get a file called FileZilla_3.36.0_win64-setup_bundled.exe.

If instead you select the link below for other options, you will find a link for Windows 64 bit called FileZilla_3.36.0_win64-setup.exe complete with SHA-512 for validating the file. This download comes from  filezilla-project.org/download.

Thanks for the heads up @jstillings1. When you are at the official website, you don’t expect this kind of trickery.

1 user thanked author for this post.

Elly

Reply | Quote

FileZilla’s let Sourceforge put malware in the installer for a long time now.
It has a warning on alternativeto because of this (https://alternativeto.net/software/filezilla/).

My suggestion is to use WinSCP instead, which is a better FTP client and has never bundled in junk. https://winscp.net/eng/index.php

Reply | Quote