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Can't download some files off of Google Drive due to they being "identified as malware or spam"

Posted: 2022-07-06 21:08
by pcislocked
I am using filezilla pro to download some files off my own google drive. but I can't download some files from it, and it gives this kind of error;
Command: GET /drive/v3/files/1*************************v?alt=media HTTP/1.1
Command: Authorization: ****************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
Command: Connection: keep-alive
Command: Date: Wed, 06 Jul 2022 21:04:14 GMT
Command: Host: www.googleapis.com:443
Command: Keep-Alive: 300
Command: User-Agent: FileZilla/3.60.1
Response: HTTP/1.1 403 Forbidden
Response: X-GUploader-UploadID: A******************************C
Response: Vary: Origin
Response: Vary: X-Origin
Response: Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8
Response: Date: Wed, 06 Jul 2022 21:04:15 GMT
Response: Expires: Wed, 06 Jul 2022 21:04:15 GMT
Response: Cache-Control: private, max-age=0
Response: Content-Length: 312
Response: Server: UploadServer
Response: Alt-Svc: h3=":443"; ma=2592000,h3-29=":443"; ma=2592000,h3-Q050=":443"; ma=2592000,h3-Q046=":443"; ma=2592000,h3-Q043=":443"; ma=2592000,quic=":443"; ma=2592000; v="46,43"
Response: This file has been identified as malware or spam and cannot be downloaded.
Error: File transfer failed
So I googled a bit and it seems like this issue is due to API implemention of filezilla not including a

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acknowledgeAbuse=true
argument in the request, according to this github issue for something unrelated.

So, anything to fix this other than downloading them manually, because there's a lot of them? or maybe some update?

Re: Can't download some files off of Google Drive due to they being "identified as malware or spam"

Posted: 2022-07-06 23:15
by botg
If the file isn't malware or spam, then you must report this false-positive to Google.

Re: Can't download some files off of Google Drive due to they being "identified as malware or spam"

Posted: 2022-07-16 19:36
by pcislocked
That's not something I can viably do for tons of files at bulk. There's an option to accept that warning and still download the file in the API. I was asking whether there was a way to put that flag on filezilla's request, I couldn't find. You should consider implementing it, sounds rather not complex(ask the user each time when that specific error raises or sth) but you judge.

I used the browser for this time though, thanks for replying.