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Filezilla downloads flagged as false positive by Windows Defender, says Filezilla

Anonymous
2018-10-11T18:47:26+00:00

Filezilla security issue

#1 Post by colincruz » 2018-10-11 16:28

I have been using Filezilla Client for years on various computers and I love it...it works great. 

Except, right now. on one of our computers, I am unable to securely download files.

I have been getting the attached security message over the last week, and Windows Defender Antivirus twice flagged files right after I tried to download files from Filezilla. The computer in question is a Windows 10 Pro computer. I am not getting any such error message when downloading the same files on two other Windows servers that are using other Windows OS's.

I have checked, and I have the latest update of Filezilla.

What should I do? Is there a fix for this?

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Re: Filezilla security issue

#2 Post by botg » 2018-10-11 18:12

Windows Defender flagging it is a false-positive, contact Microsoft to have this fixed.

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  1. Anonymous
    2018-10-11T18:49:18+00:00

    Its a new feature in Windows 10 1709. For users who might be getting that error, here is how you remove.

    Open Windows Defender Security Center

    Click Virus & threat protection

    Click Virus & threat protection settings

    Scroll down to Controlled folder access

    Toggle it off

    in later versions

    Open Windows Defender Security Center

    Click Virus & threat protection

    Click Ransomware protection

    Toggle off Controlled folder access

    Also in Windows Defender Security Center

    Open App & browser control

    Set 'Check apps & files' to off

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  2. Anonymous
    2018-10-12T21:25:41+00:00

    Can you try adding File Zilla to the Windows Defender exclusion list?

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  3. Anonymous
    2018-10-12T22:00:24+00:00

    I did that and I still get the same error message.  The computer is due for a Windows update reboot.  I will reboot it during off-peak hours and try again.

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  4. Anonymous
    2018-10-12T21:23:58+00:00

    I still get the same error.

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  5. Anonymous
    2018-10-12T21:22:10+00:00

    That didn't work.  Next?

    Its a new feature in Windows 10 1709. For users who might be getting that error, here is how you remove.

    Open Windows Defender Security Center

    Click Virus & threat protection

    Click Virus & threat protection settings

    Scroll down to Controlled folder access

    Toggle it off

    in later versions

    Open Windows Defender Security Center

    Click Virus & threat protection

    Click Ransomware protection

    Toggle off Controlled folder access

    Also in Windows Defender Security Center

    Open App & browser control

    Set 'Check apps & files' to off

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