

Developing secure software takes humility. even if it turns out that there wasn't a security threat, the arrogance of the developer shows me that there probably will be someday. I agree with what others has said which is basically. The SSH Client is robust, easy to install, easy to use, and supports all features supported by PuTTY, as well as the following: an FTP-to-SFTP protocol bridge. It is developed and supported professionally by Bitvise. For example, when saying that AV detected "potentially unwanted software", rather than explaining what the software was, he said, "It's a tautological false-positive, by the very definition of the term, everything is potentially unwanted." At the same time he has dodged a lot of questions that tried to understand why the weird behaviors were present or how we could know they were safe. Bitvise SSH Client is an SSH and SFTP client for Windows. To really seal the deal, when confronted, the developer offers incomplete and defensive responses. FileZilla has had 5 updates within the past 6 months.

It sounds like they may only run if you opt in to the promotions in the installer, but it's not clear. Download FileZilla for Windows to perform multiple simultaneous file transfers to and from FTP site, server, or host with a mere flick. For example, it downloads a series of unsigned dat files from a series of anonymous domains which are then pieced together into an exe and run which then opens several hidden cmd windows and edits the registry.

Basically, the installer contains sketchy malware-like behaviors. Follow the link in the description text for the post which in turn has a link to the forums.
