- Aug 23, 2018
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Because the trusted site isn't actually in on the scam and doesn't condone it. Usually, people have to report it to the host that it is happening and then the host has to figure out which ad partner is doing it and the host eliminates that ad partner. Or worse, the host has to complain to the ad network or switch ad networks to shed the bad advertiser that is malicious.Yeah, I'm aware of these kind of hijacks and misdirects. However, they are also nothing new, in fact every thread should be full of reports that a file contains a threat if it's just that since many file hosts are rather shady and dangerous to use without noscript and an adblock.
Or, to ask it the other way around: Why haven't the same people that don't have an adblock + noscript running complained the previous 10+ releases? I don't think that these kinds of attacks are uncommon.
What I'm saying is, these "issues" can exist for a couple hours, or a couple days, or a couple weeks, and because the bad actors are in a ad-rotation, maybe only 1 out of 20 downloaders are getting the flim-flam switcharoo bullshit.
Best thing we can do is let gofile and let anonfile know that one of their ad partners is doing an injection attack and they'll take care of it.