Mediafire goes out of their way to prevent illegal and copyright infringing content from being shared on their servers.
The OP's issue has nothing to do with clicking on scams. There is a real security issue here that is probably related to a toolbar infestation or hosts file jack, both of which are legitimate and innocent from any angle that you look at them.
The OP did not ask for help to download anything illegally.
Kind of funny in a way,
mabm flags everything from Mediafire as corrupt and blocks it automatically
Did it to me attempting to download something Nick = PoomanUK posted there ?
I doubt it would of worked anyway different version of CorelDraw
Can't remember the other item I attempted to download ? a free photoshop file I believe from another reputable host I think Blue lightening t.v offering or tip squirrel ?
Cheers.
I'm still being redirected, unfortunately. I've only checked in Firefox so far, so I'm not sure if it happens in Internet Explorer as well.
What version of Internet Explorer do you have?
Be careful if you go checking a website like this when using IE8.
I'm pretty sure I'm using a more recent version than IE8, but is there a way for me to check?
Thanks. I just checked and it's IE11. Should I check mediafire in that?
First, please turn on Enhanced Protected Mode per this tutorial:
Internet Explorer 10 - Enable 32-bit or 64-bit IE10 in Windows 7
The info is the same for IE11.
Then you can test mediafire's site with IE11.
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If it does not happen in internet explorer, reset firefox under help, or uninstall and then reinstall again making sure to check the box to clear personal settings.
Sorry for the late reply. I had to go out today. I just took a quick look at the tutorial, and I'm a little confused. On my PC, the "enable protected mode" box in the security tab is ticked, and the "enable enhanced protected mode" box in the advanced tab is unticked. Should I tick them both or only one?
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