FTP during Install

[hxound]

I haven't used MyBB in a few years, but am recently getting back into forum life. I just wanted to bring something up that could be a "security issue". I noticed on your Installation guide that MyBB recommends FileZilla. Recently I had tried to use FileZilla and my antivirus detected malware, and after doing some research found that a lot of people are having the same issue.

Cyberduck, WinSCP, and a couple others are pretty good free ones!

I also just realized this might be better in Private Inquiries. I will move it there. Sorry!

[Crazycat]

I'm using filezilla since many years I can't count, and never I get any antivirus alert about it.

But I don't use the installer (which seems to be incriminated because of an ads provider), I just update it from filezilla itself. It's a known trouble: https://trac.filezilla-project.org/ticket/12990.
It is not a security issue