Had need of an FTP app for the first time in many years, was pleased to see FileZilla still kicking around, which soon turned to disgust when it silently installed avast antivirus. WTF!
I already had antivirus installed, which this corruptware choose to ignore, and it also triggered three warnings on our IDS.
Threat Management Alert 1: Signature ET DNS Non-DNS or Non-Compliant DNS traffic on DNS port Opcode 8 through 15 set. From: 10.10.1.100:53178, to: 185.246.208.33:53, protocol: UDP
Threat Management Alert 1: Signature ET DNS Non-DNS or Non-Compliant DNS traffic on DNS port Opcode 8 through 15 set. From: 10.10.1.100:53176, to: 77.234.42.35:53, protocol: UDP
Threat Management Alert 1: Signature ET DNS Non-DNS or Non-Compliant DNS traffic on DNS port Reserved Bit Set. From: 10.10.1.100:53169, to: 43.245.161.2:53, protocol: UDP
Why would any sane person choose to trust a company like Avast for their antivirus needs, when they clearly have dodgy business tactics?
FileZilla uninstalled and replaced with WinSCP.