Opened 5 months ago

Closed 5 months ago

#13021 closed Bug report (rejected)

FileZilla Application Flagged as Malware by Windows Defender

Reported by: sptuser Owned by:
Priority: critical Component: FileZilla Client
Keywords: Malicious, Malware, Harmful Cc:
Component version: 3.66.1 Operating system type: Windows
Operating system version: Win11 23H2

Description

Dear Support Team,

I wanted to bring to your attention that the FileZilla Application is currently being flagged as malware by Windows Defender. Additionally, upon checking the file and URL with VirusTotal, both are identified as suspicious or potentially harmful.

I appreciate your prompt attention to this matter and look forward to your guidance on resolving this issue.

Best regards,

Attachments (4)

image (1).png (136.7 KB ) - added by sptuser 5 months ago.
File Identified as Malicious
image (2).png (122.7 KB ) - added by sptuser 5 months ago.
image (3).png (256.4 KB ) - added by sptuser 5 months ago.
20231130_141416.jpg (700.4 KB ) - added by sptuser 5 months ago.

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Change History (5)

by sptuser, 5 months ago

Attachment: image (1).png added

File Identified as Malicious

by sptuser, 5 months ago

Attachment: image (2).png added

by sptuser, 5 months ago

Attachment: image (3).png added

by sptuser, 5 months ago

Attachment: 20231130_141416.jpg added

comment:1 by Tim Kosse, 5 months ago

Resolution: rejected
Status: newclosed

This is a false-positive, there is no malware in FileZilla as long as you download it through https://filezilla-project.org/

You need to report false-positives to your AV vendor.

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