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Following a trail of utilities
Posted on November 8, 2020 at 21:00 CST by Tracey Capen • Comment in the ForumsSHORTS
By TB Capen
It’s always a bit surprising how researching one topic can lead you to others.
In this case, it started with an AskWoody Lounge post about the classic FTP app FileZilla.
A forum member was concerned that the FileZilla download files reportedly contain malware. That’s unlikely, but a free version of the app currently does include “sponsoring” software
Read the full story in AskWoody Plus Newsletter 17.44.0 (2020-11-09).
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