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Hidden Software Installs

#1 Post by pchludil » 2018-03-30 12:55

I have a couple users who have been having mysterious software pop up on their systems. I tracked it back to FileZilla updates. They have AV software installed and all of a sudden Avast is on their system. Or McAfee. There have been a couple other programs as well - like Firefox which then starts whenever they login. I figured it out because I went to install FileZilla and I get a blank appearing window. If you select in the window you see the text. This has been happening for a bit - could you please address this issue?

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Re: Hidden Software Installs

#2 Post by botg » 2018-03-30 13:07

FileZilla updates do not contain any software other than FileZilla. It must happen for a different reason.

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Re: Hidden Software Installs

#3 Post by pchludil » 2018-03-30 13:17

But the installs do offer add on software?

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#4 Post by boco » 2018-03-30 19:51

The standard installers are offer-enabled. These offers are optional.

There are offer-free installers as well, for the click-happy monkeys.
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