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Originally Posted by GT182

Gap, it's not that big of a problem as long as the guys know about it and are prepared to deal with it. You could contact MediaFire and tell them about it. Copy what I said in my post on it. They could probably get rid of it and all will be ok. At least until the next time. It's seems this is only a random thing and affects random websites. It's not your fault it happened.

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Dear Sirs,

I am a MediaFire user. During the last months I have benefited from your hosting services for storing my files and for sharing them with the fellow members of a game modding community. I can say that, so far, I am overall satisfied with the reliability that your fast servers and your policies are granting even to free users, like me.

Nonetheless, I have been recently informed by some of my friends that their computers were infected by a form of trojan when downloading files hosted on your servers. The problem occurs randomly, and is apparently connected with some of the advertising windows popping up during, or just before, the download. This is the last report I have received:

"First time I tried downloading this file from MediaFire tonight I got a warning my computer was infected and I had to run the software program that popped up. This is from a Russian website claiming to be Microsoft Security Essential.... which it is not.
DO NOT save or run this software as it is a Trojan that will take over your computer. Stop the process immediately, or if you can't, shut down you computer as fast as you can.

How do I know this? Because it has happened to me before and boy did I have problems getting rid of it.

After getting this software stopped, I retried the download and all was well. No problems."

I will add that I use to double check the files I am sharing using the latest antivirus programs, and that I am absolutely sure that they are virus free. I will also note that I myself experienced the same problem, even though my internet security program (I use ESET NOD32) managed to block the malware.

As you can see,the problem that I am remarking is real, and in my opinion it would be a shame if it spoiled the good reputation that your Company has deserved in the last years. I hope therefore that you will take the appropriate action to face the issue as soon as possible.

Originally Posted by GT182

Volodya, I didn't mean you or the other 99.999% of your country men. It's the .001% that does this stuff. I think I'd rather have Russian friends more than some of what's here in the US.

Indeed, Volodya, we were just kidding
We have nothing against your countrymates... we are mad just at...



YOU!