Mediafire and Adfly---Safe or Not Safe?

"QueenofMyshuno;d-962371" wrote:
Is it safe to download stuff from mediafire and/or adfly? I've been avoiding it and only downloading things with simfileshare or googledrive because I wasn't sure. How safe or risky are these sites? (I never click on their ads.)

As long as it links directly to Mediafire it should be okay having an Ad Blocker just in cause. But I wouldn't trust any AdFly links no matter what or where they link to.

Adfly isn't only not trustworthy it's outright dangerous because it will infect your pc with dangerous malware if not careful.

Look at this post and video from a cc creator about it and you will understand.

https://renorasims.tumblr.com/post/186002664728/the-risks-of-adfly-shorte-etc#notes

I feel better with mediafire than Adfly.
I'd have to want it reaaaaly bad to bother with that.

Kate (previously SimGuruKate) said this on Twitter
"If you, as a CC consumer, really must have a piece of CC that someone has put behind an AdFly (or other ad shortner) link take EXTREME precautions to protect your computer. This post will help you find ad blockers that will help you to keep safe

She gives address of another Simmer for advice....
https://mystericsims.tumblr.com/post/172150586809 …."

Mediafire is fine, it's the adfly site you go through that is bad. I don't download anything that uses adfly anyway after my anti virus thankfully blocked a virus from there.

If you’re desperate enough, a combination of a good adblocker & scriptblocker can mitigate the AdFly risk enough that you’ll probably be safe.

"QueenMercy;c-17147904" wrote:
Doesn’t adfly count as behind a paywall? Former guru Kate said something along those lines, but it’d be nice if the current staff could comment on it.

No it doesn't as it's just some advert links you have to go pass to get to the free content.

"So_Money;c-17148000" wrote:
If you’re desperate enough, a combination of a good adblocker & scriptblocker can mitigate the AdFly risk enough that you’ll probably be safe.

Don't count on it AdFly can be as bad and in rare cases worse than 4Shared and Baidu and those 2 are already known as trojan, virus and worm hell.

Ad-fly is absolute garbage and cc creators that do it have such a disregard for the safety of the people who download their content. Even Simguru Kate mentioned how unsafe it was and refuses to evwr download anything from anyone who uses it.

There are extensions you can use to bypass adfly links but the bigger problems is the link shorteners people use which is the worse to make it where they can use it.

I've used mediafire for my CC before and ita been fine. But always protect yourself. Yeah I can understand people wanting compensation for their work, but not at the expense of others. Just no.

"ScottDemon;c-17148016" wrote:

"So_Money;c-17148000" wrote:
If you’re desperate enough, a combination of a good adblocker & scriptblocker can mitigate the AdFly risk enough that you’ll probably be safe.

Don't count on it AdFly can be as bad and in rare cases worse than 4Shared and Baidu and those 2 are already known as trojan, virus and worm hell.

Don’t get me wrong, I’m not endorsing AdFly. I avoid it like the plague. I’m just saying that if you absolutely must have that hair (or whatever) hidden behind an AdFly link, there are ways to protect yourself (to a degree).

For anyone who want Adfree and safe Kiara Zurk hairs there's this tumbrl who is uploading their stuff adfree because the owner got a nasty Virus from her and her site and needed to reinstall their whole windows.

https://adfreereuploads.tumblr.com