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superscaper

DaveAshton wrote: »

Just a quick note to people that filehippo files can have viruses in them. I'm not saying these will have, but it's better to download from the original site, rather than filesharing sites

SE

Firstly filehippo isn't a filesharing site, it's a filehosting site. Secondly I've never ever heard of Filehippo ever having viruses. I think you're confusing filehosting with filesharing. The former are sites that host files, usually uploaded by the filehosting company itself and are very reputable such as Filehippo, download.com. Filesharing (which we're not really allowed to discuss) are very different because anyone can host their own files and therefore put viruses in them.

superscaper

redux wrote: »

that's an odd thing to say, as some firms actually send you there to download their programs, such as CCleaner

Exactly, many software developers officially use Filehippo as one of their hosting mirrors if not their main hosting.

DaveAshton

superscaper wrote: »

Firstly filehippo isn't a filesharing site, it's a filehosting site. Secondly I've never ever heard of Filehippo ever having viruses. I think you're confusing filehosting with filesharing. The former are sites that host files, usually uploaded by the filehosting company itself and are very reputable such as Filehippo, download.com. Filesharing (which we're not really allowed to discuss) are very different because anyone can host their own files and therefore put viruses in them.

Yep, got confused Thanks for the clarification, Superscaper

SE

Marty_J

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