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My machine is clean, and MediaFire has been rather shady with their advertising practices in the past so this just seems to be the latest development. I'm tired right now but I'll look more into it tomorrow.
Just giving out a warning to fellow Simmers. Be careful.
EDIT: Realized I'm slightly mistaken - they aren't redirects, but rather popunders. I said I was tired.
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I never get any redirects or anything now, but MediaFire does try shipping me crap every now and then
The drop off has been made. You've been warned.
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Doing the "open in a new tab" trick never worked for me. Ever. And I tried many times.
I have AdBlock, NoScript, etc. I tried entering EVERY filter I've seen, and I've seen many. Sometimes, it works once or twice, but I'm guessing Mediafire gets around it by using different redirects, and it changes them around. I've tried Poperblocker (Chrome). That worked for a long time, until Mediafire figured a way to skirt it. People suggested other services. Tried them all, except for one, which apparently doesn't work 100% either.
I tried saving rather than opening. I tried the other way around. Nope.
The Naruto one and the Roblox ones aren't bad. I can live with those. There is another ad that is annoying (not a game- or anime-related one) but not harmful. But some of the other ones? Awful.
I hate Mediafire. Immensely.
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MediaFire was great at one time. I even recommended it to people, back in 2007 or thereabouts. In the last few years, it's turned bad.
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If possible keep a physical copy of your backups i.e. something other people can't come along and take away.
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For backups, I recommend what I call the 3-2-1 method - three backups, two different mediums, one off-site (either online or in a safety deposit box in the bank).
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Most of these anti-adware/anti-virus services offer an anti-ransomware program. Of course, they push theirs first and pooh-pooh the others. I tried the MalwareBytes one as a trial, and kept getting blue screen after blue screen. Support wasn't much help. So much for that.
But the one thing all of the valid sites recommend (not talking about the scam sites) is an external hard drive that you do NOT leave plugged into your computer. If you get that fearsome notice, it will also hold your files on your external drive captive as well if you leave it plugged in.
You can get a 1 TB one for $60US or less. I paid considerably less. If you can get one online or during a good sale (I didn't have that luxury ... my hard drive was in its death throes and I had to back up my stuff NOW, so off to a local box store i went!), you can pay even less than I did. Back up your stuff at least a few times a year; more if you add and store a lot of important documents. If you have lots of stuff like I have, it can take a long time the first time, unfortunately. Mine took almost a day, but then again, my electrical company decided that of course, it was a great time to have brown-outs, and I had to restart the bleepin' backup every .. single ... time. And the corrupt files on my dying hard drive didn't help, either. But thanks in great part to a patient techie whom I had to keep e-mailing for help, we got it done. Subsequent backups are much quicker, but they may still take a little time. Don't plan to do anything big or time-sensitive during those times! While you can use the Net, it will probably run a lot slower.
But I admit ... it does feel good when it's done. And in addition to pictures and important records and documents, I also have my two Sims games backed up. Well, some people may not consider Sims files important, but ....
So I'd also recommend an external hard drive for one of the mediums. Also, keep your game backed up away from your game. (I would do that more than a few times a year, though.) That's two. Looking at other creator's storage methods, many today back up their files on two different online services. So there you go.
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I've gotten ads from alibaba, ohmwrite, some online movie service, "PCKeeper" (looked like one of those sham scanners that detect 500 innocuous things and demand payment to 'fix' the supposed 'errors'), and cheap hotel deals. Did a scan with MalwareBytes, came up clean. My DNS is Google's public one, so it's not at ISP level. MediaFire was great at one time. I even recommended it to people, back in 2007 or thereabouts. In the last few years, it's turned bad. |
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So I ran across another MediaFire link, and decided to do a test. I middle-clicked the green Download button to open it in a new tab and received the message that my browser (Pale Moon, a fork of Firefox) had blocked two popups. Make of that what you will. I'll test with Firefox and Chrome in a bit. |
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I'm using most of the available settings for blocking popups, ctrl-clicking needed for popups and auto-open in tab, adblock, and whatever else the browsers and computer has to offer in the sense of protection. That, and scanning the computer regularly. So far I've managed to keep my computers quite clean. Can't be sure about the first laptop (it had some issues at the end, possibly a faulty power supply or some other important hardware), but I can't remember anything that the antivirus couldn't deal with.
Never heard of this Pale Moon. Does it have any advantages over other browsers?
As for opening mediafire downloads in a new tab, that's about as effective as left-clicking the download button. The right-click method doesn't cause any extra work for the popup blocker.
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As for opening mediafire downloads in a new tab, that's about as effective as left-clicking the download button. The right-click method doesn't cause any extra work for the popup blocker. |
That's what I was wondering.
I tried this new -tab method in Chrome, Firefox AND Pale Moon. (I have two machines. I don't have Pale Moon AND Firefox on the same one!) I've tried it many, many times. For a while, it did work, but I've been having trouble with it the last few months.
Again, NoScript and Adblock Plus are Firefox/Pale Moon. Adblock Plus is on Chrome. I tried this with other variations of AdBlock. People have suggested giving that a try. Nope.
And as a bonus, if I stop the pop-under before it opens, I can't download the file. Mediafire is just special that way.
There was a time before when Mediafire thwarted Firefox/Pale Moon, and the wonderful creators at NoScript managed to get around Mediafire's nonsense for a long time (years). It might be that NoScript managed to figure things out to a certain extent now. If I come across a Mediafire download again (I have no urge to ask for trouble), I'll give the new-tab method another try.
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Poper Blocker worked for a LONG time until Mediafire got around it. Honestly. I think Mediafire hires people to think of ways to circumvent methods that people use to avoid its crapware. But I'll give AdGuard a shot. I know my son loves playing with danger and downloading Mediafire items on Chrome. Thank you!
Well, the right-click method actually WORKED this time. Wowsers. Did the recent NoScript or AdBlock updates include a way to work around Mediafire? Time and at least a dozen or so downloads will tell.
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