FileZilla for Windows

User Reviews

• Drastic decline in Filezilla standards

  arjunmr-2009July 9, 2017

  Pros

  Familiarity

  Cons

  1. Constant, irritating update notices. 2. Updates do not update the current installation automatically. You have uninstall and install the new update. 3. This 'recursive' transferring has to be the worst thing that happened to FileZilla. It continuously keeps transferring files or in other words a simple file transfer also never ends. It's disgusting. 4. The UI is getting worse by the day. The top icons barely help in doing anything. 5. Filezilla's success was in it's simplicity. That has just gone out of the window. 6. Keep a separate filezilla advanced for advanced users. For regular users it should be just a matter of opening filezilla and dragging and dropping files. Currently drag and drop puts it into a constant godforsaken loop that never ends. A 64 MB download is taking more than 4 hours now and still showing 5043 files queued when the original folder had only 193 file sin 21 directories. It has just become a royal pain.

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• from nagware to spam-pop-ups

  JackSpr4tDecember 12, 2016

  Pros

  Quickly and efficiently transfer files via multiple protocols

  Cons

  The update notices have become too cumbersome to use. They have been moved from the start up, to the middle of using the interface, interrupting and stopping your work. It feels like browsing a clickbait site with notices and ads popping up to force you to go to another site or install an app, taking you away from what you were trying to do. It now downloads the updates that have to be manually initiated to an undisclosed folder that I can't find to apply them. I can no longer simply "start it up and transfer files", which makes me ask, "what's the point of this app then?" Clearly the developers feel that is only there to push a stream of updates to users. When I downloaded the new version from the web it was detected as a security threat by my security software as a trojan horse (it now downloads ads to display) warning me this behavior is about to get a lot worse than it is now.

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• Used to be the best

  g_hickleyAugust 5, 2016

  Pros

  Used to be a great product.

  Cons

  Ruined by the malware payload. Avoid at all cost. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FileZilla#Criticism

  Summary

  Greed & poor integrity seems to have taken over here and a once great product has been ruined by the malware bundled with Filezilla.

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• BAD NEWS!!! Don't Do It!!!

  windsorharleyFebruary 25, 2016

  Pros

  There are no Pros if it installs Malware, and it does.

  Cons

  I've done this twice over a couple of years and my computer was infected both times. It takes a lot of time to remove this garbage from your computer once it's there. If anyone says that this doesn't happen they are flat out lying. I want to know why download.com and others continue to allow this to go on.

  Summary

  Make your own decision but all of these bad reviews are very consistent and correct. Your FTP download comes with Malware. (free of charge)

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• LOADS ADS AND OTHER JUNK ON YOUR MACHINE

  drkittyFebruary 3, 2016

  Pros

  FileZilla works well.

  Cons

  Loads NowYouSeeIt ad junk along with Chromium on your system when you install FileZilla. BAD, BAD, BAD. VERY disappointing.

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• Terrible forum

  filezilla_sucksDecember 3, 2015

  Pros

  At least it's free

  Cons

  Running as a service doesn't mean it'll actually start the server at boot. Their forum is impossible to register to, and their documentation might as well be the bowel movements of a dog with chrons.

  Summary

  Blah, but it's not like there's any other good choices for windows.

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• MALWARE runs with this product install. Try to AVOID!

  eric2015November 19, 2015

  Pros

  Good file transfer with SFTP

  Cons

  Malware runs without asking permission to change settings on browsers, Malware takes over all browser home pages with yahoo home. Malware takes over all browsers default search engines with Yahoo search. It's a pain to back out all the settings this Malware does. Wonder what else this Malware does without permission, scary thought.

  Summary

  I would avoid this product because of the Malware that comes with it.

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• Worked fine for me!

  Mike2525wOctober 24, 2015

  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. Just downloaded it today and installed on another computer to test it out and the newest download presented no such problems. 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. Like I said though, not every one has that luxury, but if you do it's the best way to go. 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.

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• Software is Great but Installer is laced with malware

  October 19, 2015

  Pros

  It's the same FileZilla we known and love...

  Cons

  The installer will install malware even if you tell it to skip and deselect it. I was not pleased when bootstrapping a new computer for work and garbage started popping up on the screen. Note this applies to both the windows and OSX installers.

  Summary

  If you could get a version from someplace other than sourceforge, or manually install it life is good. The spyware/malware though is garbage.

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• Can You Say Malware

  October 16, 2015

  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.

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