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Unsafe Sites
Unsafe/harmful sites to avoid.
To easily see which sites are trusted, and which are unsafe, try the FMHY SafeGuard extension, or simply add their Filterlist to your adblocker.
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Game Sites
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Scene groups do not have their own sites, so it's best to avoid anything claiming to represent one.
- 🌐 Untrusted Sites / Uploaders - More Complete Lists
- 🌐 Fake FitGirl Sites
- OceanOfGames - Caught with malware multiple times
- CrackingPatching - Caught with malware
- xGIROx - Caught with malware
- BBRepacks - Caught with malware
- Seyter / Qoob - Caught with malware, tried to switch names
- cracked-games - Caught with malware
- Wifi4Games - Caught with malware
- IGG Games / Load Games - Highly distrusted for doxxing another sites owner / 2 / 3 + allowing click hijack ads / backups
- GameFabrique - IGG uploads + adware installers
- SteamUnlocked - IGG / NosTeam uploads + very slow file host
- game-repack - Shady fake DL buttons / 2 + they remove comments asking about it / 2
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Software / App Sites
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YouTube videos claiming to give away free software are nearly always scams.
- GetIntoPC / GetIntoMAC - Caught with malware, responsible for countless cases of malware at this point
- SadeemPC / SadeemAPK - Caught with malware multiple times
- KaranPC - Caught with malware multiple times
- AliTPB / AliPak / b4tman - Caught with malware multiple times
- FileCR - Caught with malware multiple times
- FTUApps - Caught with malware
- S0ft4PC / Portable4PC - Caught with malware
- CrackingCity - Caught with malware
- CracksHash - Caught with malware
- haxNode - Caught with malware / 2
- IGI30 - Caught with malware
- MainRepo / MRepo - Caught with malware / Note that Magisk Module MRepo is unrelated
- YASDL - Uploaded versions of stardock / jetbrains with malware
- AllPCWorld - Uploaded KMS Matrix which is known malware
- RSLOAD - Uploaded the same version of malwarebytes that got FileCR in trouble / utorrent malware
- Taiwebs - Uploaded same version of stardocks, 2 that got FileCR in trouble
- Appnee - Not very careful with uploads, has multiple unsafe activators / 2
- AppValley / TutuBox / Ignition - History of ddos attacks
- CNET / Download.com / ZDNET / Softonic - History of adware / 2
- IObit - History of Adware and shady products
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Torrent Sites / Clients
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Torrent aggregators pull results from multiple sites, so it's recommended to avoid using them for software and games.
- Kickass Torrents - Official site is long gone, all that remain are sketchy copycats
- VSTorrent - Caught with malware
- uTorrent - Considered adware, pre-adware versions exist, but it's best to use open source clients
- BitTorrent / BitComet - Adware
- Frostwire - Adware
- BitLord - Adware
- Fake 1337x Sites
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Software / Apps
- Limewire - Dead for years, anything claiming to be them now should be avoided
- Downloadly (video downloader) - Crypto miner
- Opera (browser) - Poor privacy practices, 2 / Predatory Loan Apps
- McAfee - Preinstalled Bloatware
- Avast - Known for selling user data
- AVG - Owned by Avast
- Gen Digital / Norton - Owned by Avast
- Avira - Owned by Gen Digital
- CCleaner - Owned by Avast, it's best to use the built-in Windows tool or BleachBit.
- Private Internet Access / ExpressVPN / ZenMate / CyberGhost - Owned by adware distributor Kape
- BlueKik / Bluecord (chat mods) - History of spam / spying
- Kik (messaging app) - App used by mostly predators / scammers
- TLauncher (minecraft launcher) - Shady business practices / Note that TLauncher Legacy is unrelated
- PolyMC (minecraft launcher) - Owner kicked all members from repo / discord. Keep in mind PollyMC (double L) is safe.
- GShade (ReShade mod) - Dev added code that can trigger unwanted reboots
- TotalAV / PC Protect / Protected - Antivirus Software Scam / 2 / 3
- Watchug / Watchugofficial - Scammers that pretend their domain is for sale, then just block users after they've paid.
