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• Following a trail of utilities

  Posted on November 8, 2020 at 21:00 CST by Tracey Capen • Comment in the Forums

  SHORTS

  By TB Capen

  It’s always a bit surprising how researching one topic can lead you to others.

  In this case, it started with an AskWoody Lounge post about the classic FTP app FileZilla.

  A forum member was concerned that the FileZilla download files reportedly contain malware. That’s unlikely, but a free version of the app currently does include “sponsoring” software

  Read the full story in AskWoody Plus Newsletter 17.44.0 (2020-11-09).

  AskWoody Plus Newsletter, Utilities AskWoody Plus Newsletter, FTP, system information, Virus scanners

• RIP FTP: There’s a better way to share files

  Posted on February 17, 2020 at 01:15 CST by Tracey Capen • Comment in the Forums

  

  SMALL BUSINESS

  By Amy Babinchak

  Back in June of last year, I wrote about how Microsoft finally got its OneDrive cloud-storage service right.

  Today, I’m happy to report on the death of the classic, if somewhat cumbersome, File Transfer Protocol (FTP) — and how its end came at the hands of OneDrive for Business’s new Request Files feature. Let’s have a moment of silence for the ancient FTP’s passing.

  Fortunately, we might be able to put the last nail in FTP’s coffin — and rely instead on the new Receive files feature in OneDrive for Business (more info).

  Read the full story in AskWoody Plus Newsletter 17.7.0 (2020-02-17).

  Small Business Computing AskWoody Plus Newsletter, FTP, OneDrive, Request files