I'm on OS X 10.11.6 (El Capitan) and just encountered my first issue with Filezilla. When I went to launch filezilla my avast stopped it from launching, claiming it had a virus. That's odd to me because I used it yesterday without an issue and because I don't do any risky behaviors on this computer. But anything is possible. So I tried it once more and same result. So whatever, so I uninstalled filezilla and went to reinstall it. I downloaded the version for Mac and when I attempt to re-install it, avast is coming up with 2 more infections, specifically a file overstudiousness. Also, the installation has the circle with a line through it on it, and attempting to install says "You can't open the application "FileZilla" because PowerPC applications are no longer supported." Also, it opened another 2 alerts on the file overstudiousness.
ETA: I disabled fileshields on avast and got it to install. The install still showed the circle with a line through it, but it worked fine. I'm confused as to what might have changed, either on FileZilla or Avast to have caused this issue literally over night.
Suddenly stopped by avast & unable to install on Mac
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Re: Suddenly stopped by avast & unable to install on Mac
Simply report the false positive to them so they can fix their detection samples!
No support requests over PM! You will NOT get any reply!!!
FTP connection problems? Please read Network Configuration.
FileZilla connection test: https://filezilla-project.org/conntest.php
FileZilla Pro support: https://customerforum.fileZilla-project.org
FTP connection problems? Please read Network Configuration.
FileZilla connection test: https://filezilla-project.org/conntest.php
FileZilla Pro support: https://customerforum.fileZilla-project.org
Re: Suddenly stopped by avast & unable to install on Mac
Hi ShadowcatX.
Same issue with me on OS Mojave 10.14.2.
Suddenly Filezilla stopped to work: trying to open it I have a message "impossible to open the app" and if I try to download the latest version for a new clean install, Avast blocks the download and claimed it's a virus.
Did you find any possibile solution, beside shutting Avast down?
Thank you.
R.
Same issue with me on OS Mojave 10.14.2.
Suddenly Filezilla stopped to work: trying to open it I have a message "impossible to open the app" and if I try to download the latest version for a new clean install, Avast blocks the download and claimed it's a virus.
Did you find any possibile solution, beside shutting Avast down?
Thank you.
R.
Re: Suddenly stopped by avast & unable to install on Mac
The solution is one post above yours. *facepalms hard*
No support requests over PM! You will NOT get any reply!!!
FTP connection problems? Please read Network Configuration.
FileZilla connection test: https://filezilla-project.org/conntest.php
FileZilla Pro support: https://customerforum.fileZilla-project.org
FTP connection problems? Please read Network Configuration.
FileZilla connection test: https://filezilla-project.org/conntest.php
FileZilla Pro support: https://customerforum.fileZilla-project.org
Re: Suddenly stopped by avast & unable to install on Mac
Sophos Anti-virus also flags the overstudiousness file in the bundled installer: FileZilla_3.40.0_macosx-x86_setup_bundled.dmg
For anyone still with reservations about ignoring this false detection, download the tar.bz2 version here:
FileZilla_3.40.0_macosx-x86.app.tar.bz2
Located on the downloads page: https://filezilla-project.org/download.php?show_all=1
Extract the FileZilla app and copy it into Applications. It shouldn't result in any false alerts.
For anyone still with reservations about ignoring this false detection, download the tar.bz2 version here:
FileZilla_3.40.0_macosx-x86.app.tar.bz2
Located on the downloads page: https://filezilla-project.org/download.php?show_all=1
Extract the FileZilla app and copy it into Applications. It shouldn't result in any false alerts.
Re: Suddenly stopped by avast & unable to install on Mac
Thank you xycmu. This did the trick for me. MacOS 10.12.6xycmu wrote: ↑2019-02-23 00:11Sophos Anti-virus also flags the overstudiousness file in the bundled installer: FileZilla_3.40.0_macosx-x86_setup_bundled.dmg
For anyone still with reservations about ignoring this false detection, download the tar.bz2 version here:
FileZilla_3.40.0_macosx-x86.app.tar.bz2
Located on the downloads page: https://filezilla-project.org/download.php?show_all=1
Extract the FileZilla app and copy it into Applications. It shouldn't result in any false alerts.