Not to mention that sleazy line about 'helping their users avoid malware'.
The search hijacker that came with my copy of FileZilla Server was the first such infection I've had in a decade.
The search hijacker that came with my copy of FileZilla Server was the first such infection I've had in a decade.
Ninite.com is a great resource for getting tools like this (and things like Chrome, Firefox, etc) without all of the packaged adware.
I use it almost exclusively to get all of my dev tools on a Windows machine.
I typically use the Ninite installer on a clean, freshly installed Windows machine because the installer can be ran again in the future to update those same apps. Chrome/Firefox/etc. will auto-update themselves but for those apps that don't, they will be updated to the latest version if/when you re-run the same installer that you originally downloaded.
It makes it handy to keep the 'installer' that you download, as it will go through and update all of the listed apps later on.
Disclaimer and full disclosure: I am not affiliated with them, just a happy user for many years