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Kaspersky: Biden administration preparing to prevent Americans from using Russian-made software over national security concern | CNN Politics (edition.cnn.com)
submitted 7 months ago by fne8w2ah to c/technology
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[–] mansfield 65 points 7 months ago (47 children)

Kaspersky is just one piece of software to avoid. Others include:

  • Telegram
  • Avast AV
  • Anything from 360 Safe / Qihoo 360
  • Opera browser ... now owned by above
  • Zoom
  • FileZilla / UTorrent / other PUA that bundles adware and acts essentially as a trojan
[–] Speculater 11 points 7 months ago (12 children)

Ah fuck, what's the alternative to FileZilla?! I've been using that for like 17 years.

[–] mansfield 21 points 7 months ago (4 children)

So just to illustrate, I went to the normal FileZilla download page and downloaded the Win64 package. Then I submitted it to VirusTotal.

https://filezilla-project.org/download.php?platform=win64#close

https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/dbde8a4bd71bb1fbc0511cdb657dfeffdaedc513aa425f856043532a7cba6fce

[–] Cornelius_Wangenheim 12 points 7 months ago

If you click other versions, there are installers without the adware.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago

Those dumbasses have been doing this for years. I don't know if it has viruses and such in it but it has had the bundled stuff for a while now.

I wish it didn't since it's a great program.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

filezilla has an opencandy installer

[–] twisterpop3 2 points 7 months ago

As someone who has used FileZilla for years, I am shook and I appreciate you pasting the link

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