Safe CC sites?
I really want a deep dive of CC items for a custom town I'm trying to make, and so I have a very large selection of items to use when making sims because I'm very picky. :# Right now I have around 72...
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To note, it is a generally good idea to have an adblocker extension on your preferred web browser to avoid malicious ads. I personally use UBlock Origin. Generally speaking, if you are adblocking there is little risk in using Mediafire (you can choose to not disable your adblocker and you will still be able to download your item), simsfileshare, or other typical file hosting websites. I have almost 19 GBs of CC, so I consider myself a bit of a veteran when it comes to downloading CC safely. Other than adblocking, I also avoid adfly and similar sites (the ones you actually have to worry about :lol: ), by using the following method (it doesn't work 100% of the time, but it works most of the time in my experience):
If the link to adfly requires a redirect I will copy the link location and use the site WhereGoes to isolate the actual adfly link. From there, I unshorten the adfly link using unshorten.link. The unshortened link won't be the file hosting site, but will be the redirect to it so it is still bypassing adfly.
And if the link doesn't require a redirect, you do the same thing minus the WhereGoes part. :smile:
Of course, there will always be some risks, so I also make sure I have a good and trusted anti-malware program. I personally use Malwarebytes Premium for the realtime protection since that allows it to block malicious websites as I am browsing.
I have had mediafire and malwarebytes both block sims downloads from mediafire for being viruses, but I assume those are just false positives. Not that I risk it anyway. I just skip out on those items. :tongue:
To note: I've been a CC addict for 10 years and I built my current computer...3 years ago, if my BIOS version's date is accurate, and I have not had a single virus on this machine. In fact, the last time I got a virus from downloading sims stuff was probably when I was a teenager, I didn't adblock, and I really like XMsims. :lol: And man the one I got from that site...yikes. :lol: Never went there again. :tongue:
Also - Did you get the name Ryouma from Love-Stage? :3
If the link to adfly requires a redirect I will copy the link location and use the site WhereGoes to isolate the actual adfly link. From there, I unshorten the adfly link using unshorten.link. The unshortened link won't be the file hosting site, but will be the redirect to it so it is still bypassing adfly.
And if the link doesn't require a redirect, you do the same thing minus the WhereGoes part. :smile:
Of course, there will always be some risks, so I also make sure I have a good and trusted anti-malware program. I personally use Malwarebytes Premium for the realtime protection since that allows it to block malicious websites as I am browsing.
I have had mediafire and malwarebytes both block sims downloads from mediafire for being viruses, but I assume those are just false positives. Not that I risk it anyway. I just skip out on those items. :tongue:
To note: I've been a CC addict for 10 years and I built my current computer...3 years ago, if my BIOS version's date is accurate, and I have not had a single virus on this machine. In fact, the last time I got a virus from downloading sims stuff was probably when I was a teenager, I didn't adblock, and I really like XMsims. :lol: And man the one I got from that site...yikes. :lol: Never went there again. :tongue:
Also - Did you get the name Ryouma from Love-Stage? :3
