Was this review helpful?(0) (0) Pros. Good file transfer with SFTPCons. Malware runs without asking permission to change settings on browsers. Malware takes over all browser home pages with yahoo home. They no longer bundle adware and they scan for malware. The File. Zilla build on Source. Forge. net is clean.
Pros. It does what you'd expect it to do and much more for being free. Almost anyone I know that has used it for years or most tech sites recommend it and has for a long time. Not sure what all the talk about malware is, just because they have bundled some offers to look at while installing. It seems most free software does these days, understandable since they have invested the time and effort to create free software for people to use at no cost to the end user.
You can just decline them if you don't want the extra offers. I think some people just get ahead of themselves and start clicking when installing a lot of software.
It's just human nature, it happens. You just have to read the text carefully when installing, and you still miss some at times. I would prefer they didn't do it myself, but I'm not the one doing all the hard work to create the software for me to use without paying anything for it either. Cons. I haven't found anything wrong with it myself, it does a great job, better than any other free one out there that I have had the opportunity to use or read about. Summary. Those people claiming to have malware infect their computer, no way you could say for sure where it comes from.
I have installed Filezilla on several machines over the years and have never had any problem like that. It would be a good idea for those concerned about it to ease their mind, to run your favorite anti- malware software once before installing and then after installing to see when the problem was introduced. It's always a good idea to do that anytime you install any software downloaded from an online source. Never hurts to take that extra step. Even better, if you had the resources to do it, would be to try installing all new software on a spare test computer if you have one, or in a virtual machine on your main computer, like Virtual box or VMware. Short of that, just be sure to run your ant- malware software like Malwarebytes or something, just to be on the safe side, at least as safe as you can expect anyway.
Anybody that has ever worked with computers for any length of time knows that trying to keep your computer safe is like walking through a mine field, you can be as careful as you can be, but you just never know when your going to walk on one. Just don't let it deter you, just learn from it and move on, that's all we can do. Reply to this review. Read reply (1)Was this review helpful?(0) (1) Reply by g.
I was not pleased when bootstrapping a new computer for work and garbage started popping up on the screen. The spyware/malware though is garbage. Reply to this review. Read reply (1)Was this review helpful?(1) (0) Reply by sourceforge. June 9, 2. 01. 6Check out the File. Zilla on Source. Forge.
They no longer bundle adware and they scan for malware. The File. Zilla build on Source. Forge. net is clean. Pros. None - I had to fight with the Malware that kept opening even though I selected to not install any additional items. Cons. To many to state but the bottom line even though I selected to not install any of the add on a boatload were installed. They basically high jacked my machine and I had to restore it in order to use it.
Summary. I would not recommend downloading this and installing it. Even if you select to not install any additional items it does. Weather, Computer Check, File Opener to name a few. The Computer checker ran in the back ground and kept popping up informing me that I have issues.
Had to restore my system and run Malware Bytes several time to remove everything. Reply to this review. Was this review helpful?(2) (1) Please Wait.