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| released = {{Start date and age|2008|08}}

| discontinued =

| latest release version = 10.28

| latest release date = {{Start date and age|20182019|0701|0615}}<ref>https://www.freefilesync.org/archive.php</ref>

| latest preview version =

| latest preview date = <!-- {{Start date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|df=yes/no}} -->

| status = Active

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| operating system = [[Windows]], [[Linux]], [[macOS]]

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== Adware/Malware ==

Earlier versions were packaged with [[OpenCandy]],<ref name="backupreview">{{citation|date=10 March 2014|title=FreeFileSync comes bundled with the OpenCandy malware, and there’s no option to not install it.|last= Akerlund|first= Geoff|publisher=Backup Review|url=http://www.backupreview.com/freefilesync-review/|accessdate= 2 February 2018}}</ref><ref name="techsupportalert">{{citation

Some versions were found to contain [[OpenCandy]],<ref name="backupreview">{{citation

|date=16 April 2017|title=Controversial Advertising Program Now Being Embedded in More Software|last= Richards|first= Gizmo|publisher=Tech Support Alert|url=https://www.techsupportalert.com/content/controversial-advertising-program-now-being-embedded-more-software.htm|accessdate= 2 February 2018}}</ref> an adware module which many [[antivirus software]] vendors classify as [[malware]].<ref name="malwarebytes">{{citation|title=PUP.Optional.OpenCandy |publisher=Malwarebytes|url=https://blog.malwarebytes.com/detections/pup-optional-opencandy/|accessdate= 3 February 2018}}</ref><ref name="sophos">{{citation|title=OpenCandy|publisher=Sophos

|date=10 March 2014

|url=https://www.sophos.com/en-us/threat-center/threat-analyses/adware-and-puas/OpenCandy/detailed-analysis.aspx|accessdate= 3 February 2018}}</ref><ref name="trendmicro">{{citation|title=ADW_OPENCANDY|publisher=Trend Micro|url=https://www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/us/threat-encyclopedia/malware/adw_opencandy|accessdate= 3 February 2018}}</ref><ref name="virustotal">{{citation|title=Virustotal analyses of OpenCandy|publisher=Virus Total|url=https://virustotal.com/en/file/81196839f19269ce807e43c8b9669459dc833d6fd2d510646fc0bebc0e0ef2eb/analysis/#comments|accessdate= 3 February 2018}}</ref>

|title=FreeFileSync comes bundled with the OpenCandy malware, and there’s no option to not install it.

|last= Akerlund

|first= Geoff

|publisher=Backup Review

|url=http://www.backupreview.com/freefilesync-review/

|accessdate= 2 February 2018}}</ref><ref name="techsupportalert">{{citation

|date=16 April 2017

|title=Controversial Advertising Program Now Being Embedded in More Software

|last= Richards

|first= Gizmo

|publisher=Tech Support Alert

|url=https://www.techsupportalert.com/content/controversial-advertising-program-now-being-embedded-more-software.htm

|accessdate= 2 February 2018}}</ref>

which many [[antivirus software]] vendors classify as [[malware]].<ref name="malwarebytes">{{citation

|title=PUP.Optional.OpenCandy

|publisher=Malwarebytes

|url=https://blog.malwarebytes.com/detections/pup-optional-opencandy/

|accessdate= 3 February 2018}}</ref><ref name="sophos">{{citation

|title=OpenCandy

|publisher=Sophos

|url=https://www.sophos.com/en-us/threat-center/threat-analyses/adware-and-puas/OpenCandy/detailed-analysis.aspx

|accessdate= 3 February 2018}}</ref><ref name="trendmicro">{{citation

|title=ADW_OPENCANDY

|publisher=Trend Micro

|url=https://www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/us/threat-encyclopedia/malware/adw_opencandy

|accessdate= 3 February 2018}}</ref><ref name="virustotal">{{citation

|title=Virustotal analyses of OpenCandy

|publisher=Virus Total

|url=https://virustotal.com/en/file/81196839f19269ce807e43c8b9669459dc833d6fd2d510646fc0bebc0e0ef2eb/analysis/#comments

|accessdate= 3 February 2018}}</ref>

Since the release of version 10.0 in April 2018, the software is ad-free.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ghacks.net/2018/05/03/freefilesync-10-0/|title=FreeFileSync 10.0 updates removes ads from installer|last=Brinkmann|first=Martin|website=ghacks.net|language=en|date=3 May 2018|access-date=30 May 2018}}</ref> As of 13 November 2018 Norton considers FreeFileSync installer as a malware and blocks its installation.{{fact|January 2019}}

== Reception ==