a German computer scientist at times affiliated with RWTH Aachen University, and recognized open source author, most notably of the free cross-platform FTP software FileZilla. Tim Kosse is co-author of the TCP performance measurement tool Flowgrind, and more recently author of the open source chess engine Octochess.

What is FileZilla used for?

FileZilla is a utility for transferring files to or from a remote computer by a standard method known as FTP (File Transfer Protocol). FileZilla is open source software that is installed and runs on Windows and Linux computers in the college; a Mac OS version is available.

Is FileZilla a virus?

Pay attention when you are downloading FileZilla from the official site. FileZilla is an open source cross-platform file transfer solution that supports FTP, FTPS and SFTP. ... The main download page offers a download for Windows only; this particular version includes a bundled offer, aka adware.