Ficker has been previously distributed via Trojanized web links and compromised websites. This Malware-as-a-Service (MaaS) was first uncovered in the wild in mid-2020. So to come back to my initial question: How does Avast work on Mac? Is it possible that some malware has been installed during the launch of the. Ficker is a malicious information-stealer that is sold and distributed on underground Russian online forums by a threat actor using the alias ficker.

Another scan did not find anything and stated that my Mac is secure.

dmg file again and I successfully resolved the issue. Furthermore, the logo of Filezilla to start the installation was overlayed with the stop sign of Avast.Īfterward, I performed a complete scan with Avast and it displayed the. I tried to move the file to the Virus chest, however, Avast reported some problem while moving the file.īut the setup process was disrupted and did not continue. I am not keen on reinstalling MacOs if it is not really necessary.Īvast detected the Adware after I agreed to the license in the Filezilla installer. My question is the following: What could possibly be the damage to my system? Schließt die Lücke zwischen dem sehr eingeschränkten Wordpad und den 'richtigen' Textverarbeitungs-Monstern. So I accidentally downloaded the bundled version of Filezilla and Avast flagged it as a PUP.Īfter some research, I realized that the standard version of Filezilla comes bundled with some Adware. Kleine, äußerst schnelle Textverarbeitung für Privatanwender.

Filezilla malware 2020