FileZilla's Use Of Bundled Offers Sparks Outrage From Users

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FileZilla's Use Of Bundled Offers Sparks Outrage From Users

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Article from 2018:
FileZilla's Use Of Bundled Offers Sparks Outrage From Users
Over the weekend a fire storm was unleashed after users started posting on Reddit about how the installer for the popular FileZilla FTP software was being tagged as adware by VirusTotal. These detections are caused by the installer, which is monetized to display offers to users as they install the software.
I didn't know. I was just instlling it on my newest Windows 10 PC's. The solution is in the full article:

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/s ... rom-users/
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