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Posted by Tanay Chandak
Tanay Chandak
2,635 Points

Binkiland Virus during FileZilla FTP download

I was trying to download my FTP, FileZilla, and I ended up downloading a virus called Binkiland. That ruined my computer, and I had to restore it. Is there a way I can use an alternative, safer, FTP solution? Was there a special way to download it?... Thanks

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Sue Dough
Sue Dough
35,800 Points
Sue Dough
Sue Dough
35,800 Points

Where did you download from? it sounds like you went to the wrong place and got tricked into downloading malicious software. I think we would hear about a major vulnerability in Filezilla download if this was the case.

William Li
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William Li
Courses Plus Student 26,868 Points
William Li
William Li
Courses Plus Student 26,868 Points

If you're on Windows, you can try out WinSCP, I really think it's the best FTP/SCP client for Windows.