[META] is megadownloader safe ?

sharktm | 17 points | Mar 31 2017 14:41:06

[META] is megadownloader safe ? | Megalinks MegaDB [META] is megadownloader safe ?

every time i try to download megadownloader from this link http://megadownloaderapp.blogspot.com (i guess that is the official link from where you can get it) chrome stops the download and says that file is malware or something...

is that so or it's just a false warning?

[-] acfman17 | 5 points | Mar 31 2017 14:44:32

False positive. You can download the source from the same site and look through it then build it yourself if you're really concerned but it's not necessary.

[-] lawpetex | 4 points | Apr 01 2017 13:05:54

That's a good question. Here's the thing: the exes downloaded from different links on the blogspot site do not even match each other's SHA1s. On top of that, the program itself has been out for YEARS - you'd think those several false positives on Virustotal would've been cleared by now?

The answer is we can't be sure if megadownloader is safe. People have found the program to be very useful and are biased to tell you it's safe, without any valid basis.

Just to be safe, you should install it inside a sandbox with Sandboxie, or in a VM.

[-] TheGoodSheep | 3 points | Mar 31 2017 14:43:12

Yes.

[-] WrenchMonkey319 | 1 points | Mar 31 2017 15:34:27

You can get a safe copy from the internet archive.

[-] pascalior | 1 points | Mar 31 2017 19:14:35

i cant seem to find a working link...can you please help?

[-] douhaveanygreypoupon | 3 points | Mar 31 2017 21:07:13

The megadownloader exe hosted on archive.org looks to have been deleted

Here's a copy: https://mega.nz/#!TBh2XApA!-SRobP6CbAwS-Uwubh6gar2ACbyiogG9Fc_6i8VthzM

[-] pascalior | 2 points | Mar 31 2017 21:13:39

you're my savior!!! thank you :)

[-] WrenchMonkey319 | 1 points | Mar 31 2017 20:29:19

https://archive.org/details/MEGALinkDownloader

[-] pascalior | 1 points | Mar 31 2017 20:39:01

You're godsent! thank you. This looks a bit different from mega downloader 1.7 I accidentally deleted. Which one works better?

[-] WrenchMonkey319 | 1 points | Mar 31 2017 20:42:28

This is the only one i have ever used. I ran a few virus and malware scans and found nothing. Also files off of the internet archive have been checked beforehand.

[-] pascalior | 1 points | Mar 31 2017 20:43:34

Thanks buddy. I am trying to get it to work..I pressed 'add links' then pasted 'mega:#F!aZsyCDDD!kPNxN-P1XmtAyhCZrD7byg' on. But nothing shows. Did I do something wrong?

[-] KikeJRR | 1 points | Mar 31 2017 21:23:28

Paste it into your browser, then the address will change, when the folder in mega is open, copy the URL and paste this into megadownloader.

[-] demarr | 1 points | Mar 31 2017 16:52:53

yeah. i took me awhile.

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[-] GldRush98 | 1 points | Mar 31 2017 18:47:03

Yes.

[-] Quikmix | 1 points | Mar 31 2017 23:24:57

Yes it is safe. I had the same reservations but have been using it for several months and find it generally excellent. No problems at all.

[-] zbxr81 | 1 points | Apr 01 2017 08:32:11

I've never had any problems with the "MegaDownloader_v1.7.exe" file that has the following sha256 hash:

dd2e64e27b2a982fd08365c37a26953c28fd386ec075c47cc05101c2b2660d2b

Here is its page on VirusTotal:

https://www.virustotal.com/en/file/dd2e64e27b2a982fd08365c37a26953c28fd386ec075c47cc05101c2b2660d2b/analysis/