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There are 3 "downloads" there without advertisement written under them. Just use the most basic looking button, it's like how the holy grail is the most plain looking one.
That or just use devtools/inspect elements.
Nah, I back out if that Frankenstein curse of a website and go somewhere else to find the download. There is no glory to be found here.
That's all fine and dandy until you're trying to download a .bin file containing a 12 year old version of the firmware that an ancient piece of tech your entire network relies on up and running again. Sometimes you do what you gotta do.
It's such a rush tho, it's like using LimeWire again.
True, I had to restore my pc a number of times using Limewire. People be putting viruses up there
It looks like 3 actually have advertisement under them. Gross
How do dev tools help? As a web dev, I know that easily may provide no valuable info
You can check if a button is just a link to
www.freerobbux.ru(I hope that's not a real site)
Can't you just hover over it with your mouse?
Yeah, that works too
Inspect the element and check the url to see its destination. It's not perfect but it usually shows what links go to unknown sites.
But that assume it's not a form or javascript driven button. I would agree if you say both of those methods are sketchier, but that doesn't mean they aren't legit for sure.
Maybe they aren't legit, but I have had success using these methods.
Edited my comment as I thought I was replying to the other guy.
I'm saying your method can work but also just because you don't see a link that looks right, it's not necessarily proof of malfeasance. Could just be a weird web dev choice, or a concerted effort to keep other services from scraping links from their page. Which maybe you already know, just adding that for anyone who does not know.
True, but with as many links as the post has it's a good way to narrow down your options, plus I assume every link on a site like this is probably malicious in some way; no risk no reward I guess.
And in situations where this method doesn't work I can just revert to the ole' holy grail strategy (which is clearly perfect in every way).
Fair reasoning.
When you hover your mouse over a clickable area that will send you somewhere, the address shows up at the bottom of your browser. You look at where the link is pointing in order to choose correctly.
Also, none of the above. I use VPN + LibreWolf browser with built in good adblocking + a site like thepiratebay.org + using the magnet links from my search and download my movies and shows with QBittorrent.