Pros
Was the best FTP/SFTP application in the past
Cons
Crapware messes up your computer and gives you hours of work to get back to original state.
Summary
Once a great project and software. Now a total disaster with an installer loaded with crapware so awful that the only way to get the crap installed is to hide it in installers.
Took me quite some time to get the crap uninstalled again and the computer acting properly again.
Nice going ruining a great software.
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Pros
Used to be good software
Cons
Misleading installer bundles malware
Summary
Installs malware if you're not careful to decline bundled browser hijacker (Vosteran) and PC Optimizer Pro during very misleading install process. Tim Kosse should just offer a paid version instead of trying to trick people into installing this crap.
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Pros
Used to work great.
Cons
I haven't been able to upload since installing this new version.
Summary
I'm very frustrated with this situation. I have two commercial websites I maintain and not being able to update them is a huge inconvenience. You would think they'd hurry up and fix the situation.
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Pros
N/A stay away
Cons
They install a malware virus, stay the hell away from this stuff
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Pros
I hope I am going finally to get to where I want to be... a second instance of FileZilla running on an XP machine... I like my existing installation at a different site. But at the rate things are going this morning (20 Dec 14) I am beginning to wonder if I'm going to get there
Cons
Arcane download process....
1) You have to be on the ball and reject two "extras"... one of which has had bad reviews.
2) You have to realize that Prgm.exe and Prgm[1].exe (one of them NOT in your preferred download folder) are not just duplicates. (I've changed the program name to make the point more clear. It was FileZilla_Server-0_9_48.exe
3) You get to the end of a long, frustrating process, and THEN they tell you that you need at least Vista... VISTA??!... XP won't do.
Summary
ARGHHHH!!!!
I almost wish that the old FileZilla wasn't so good... I could stop trying to get what I thought I wanted now, instead of pressing on with my quest. Sigh.
(Oh... and the process of authentication to be ALLOWED to post this review overly complex and invasive... thank you CNET, not.)
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Pros
Used to love this, but they've become evil
Cons
I installed Filezilla, from Filezilla's site, it silently adds this evil malware called Vosteran on your machine that takes over as a search engine. Even if you go into Chrome to remove it, it adds itself back in, and it takes a lot of work to completely get rid of it. Vosteran is evil.
Summary
Look for another FTP program. The Vosteran malware that Filezilla sneaks into your machine will waste your time.
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Pros
This program has been one I've used for many years and have very much enjoyed.
Cons
The current version has a HUGE problem (as others have mentioned) it installs malware throughout your system, and it is virtually impossible to remove. While there are solutions online, most of them require high level technical abilities and frankly this is unacceptable. I would recommend avoiding this program given the above problems.
Summary
I've had to re-format and will not be using Filezilla moving forward. I'm supremely disappointed in the team behind this product as they should be looking out for their community, and preventing this sort of thing (even if it means pulling their product from certain download sites).
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Pros
Does exactly what it should
Cons
Latest version won't install without accepting adware junk software installation
Summary
FileZilla has been my go-to FTP software for years. I recently installed a fresh OS and needed to install it again. Unfortunately, I couldn't install FileZilla without accepting the installation of some adware/malware video playback software. I ran through the installer twice to make sure I hadn't missed an option to skip it. There's only one button, "Next" and then a screen where the adware is accepted for installation. However, the box to install the software is already selected and is disabled so you can't de-select it.
I don't mind having to de-select software installs for free software, but not giving me the choice means I won't use the program any more. This is a real shame since this was really great software for free.
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Pros
Actual software works good - But the software maker (Sourceforge) is Okay with making money off its users by allowing nefarious companies very CLEVERLY install crap ware with constant pop-ups and begging for money to "clean your computer". If Sourceforge is Okay partnering with such horrible companies, that how can you trust them with ANYTHING?
Cons
Malware - Crap ware - Stealth installer. I USED to LOVE Sourceforge Filezilla - NOT ANY MORE! Now they VERY CLEVERLY push crap-ware on your computer during installation. It is disguised VERY cleverly - And Although, technically they may be "doing it with your permission" - YOU have NO IDEA it happened until you get Constant, non-stop, Spammy pop-ups all over your computer screen that look like they are coming from some nefarious Russian hacker. SHAME ON YOU Filezilla. You have been ERASED from my GO-TO list of TRUSTWORTHY software makers. I will NEVER use ANYTHING even remotely associated with Filezilla any more. And Yes, I feel this way even though the actual software has been very good - but WHO CARES about that if the makers of this software are OK with making money off their users in such an underhanded way. If they can do this, what ELSE can or are they doing with the guts of their software that you have TRUSTED them to allow on YOUR computer??
Summary
Stay away.
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