MediaFire

I have been a many years paid user of Mediafire, and called for help the first time today. Being email assistance, I thought it would be a wait. I had a reply with suggested solution in less than an hour. Problem was completely solved. I cannot imagine how the negative reports can be happening. As I said, many years with no problem, then when I did get one it was fixed so fast. If ads annoy you, just kick the tin, and become financial. They spend a lot of money keeping things going. I have been a paid member since I joined originally. I don't have a proof of purchase, too long ago. I will attach my help docket.

Media Fire hosts stolen materials on it is website. We have complained to them for over a year but they have not responded.

We have sent them repeated DCMA takedown requests and filled out all of the appropriate forms. Not only to they host our stolen material they host the stolen material of dozens of online art schools. This of course means in the end they are stealing from teachers and artists who otherwise could make an income on this material.

This is a disgraceful act especially since they have been alerted to the crime many times and have failed to act.

Media Fire is what is wrong with the internet.

ABSOLUTELY NO POINT IN SPENDING A. N. Y. MONEY BUYING A "PRO" SUBSCRIPTION! These people just made an upload site, and try to sell a service without providing ANY support for it. If it doesn't work (a LOT of things, like the 1-time download links they advertise they have!), you can email them, but all you'll ever get is automated replies. AT BEST, you MAY get a human to reply at SOME POINT (...), but all you'll get from him/her is a "standardized" reply sending you a doc or link of instructions (which was already available on their site before you wrote to them...). So, essentially, that too is an "automated" reply! DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY HERE, THEY WILL TAKE IT AND GIVE YOU NOTHING BACK.

I know you 'get what you pay for' and boy did I with the "FREE" version. Not only did I download what seemed to be a cumbersome application for plan reviews, but I also downloaded TEN (10) infiltrations to my WINDOWS operating system as well. My virus scanner was able to 'clean' these infiltrations, but the four hours I used this software were a complete nightmare for me, turning me off from ever considering a PURCHASE of any version of MediaFire. I see other reviews stating 'no viruses' but that was NOT my experience.

After seeing dropbox destroying download links, this seems okay at avoiding this.

I've realized it is not the site's fault for having malicious ads (which is why I gave a higher rating than before), as it is the ad network prone to attack. Thanks to this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgs8h2pu-1I instead of clicking on the true download button (I said true because ads can be deceptive on the display) you would right-click on it instead and "save link as" or something similar (I'm using Google Chrome by the way). Just make sure your browser is up to date and so is your anti-malware software.

I would rather have anti-malware and avoid triggering ads than to use an ad-blocker because using ad-blockers could cause the site to do what photobucket have done.

I do dislike when ads do these following:
-Popups, and new tabs being opened.
-Do anything else besides closing when I wanted to close if it is a in-window box that prevents me from using the site (fake close buttons are examples of this)
-Redirects to any scam sites (tech support scams, congratulations), Amazon cards or just about any site.
-Drive-by downloads.

But I do dislike when sites be fallen because of the overuse of ad blockers AND that nobody is reporting them, causing attacks to be secret and makes this entire situation even worse.

If you are a professional anti-malware company that voluntarily help with websites be safe (I'm looking at you, malwarebytes), please at least weekly check this site' ad network. It's a popular site and that can be a big target for a large number of users.

Not thrilled that they decided to change the service from 250G to 100G for the same price. I had to switch credit cards and when I did I was talked into "upgrading" which totally screwed me out of the additional memory. When I emailed to see if there was anything I could do about going back to the original plan I had, they looked up the recorded conversation and said I never said anything about the difference in memory (because I didn't notice it) instead of doing the right thing and working with me. Their customer service SUCKS. I've had a lot of complaints from my clients about trouble uploading and downloading from their site and have had my files corrupted on their site.

I cancelled, but of course can't be refunded for the time I'm not going to be using. I've used 3 months of a year subscription and I want NOTHING to do with Mediafire ever again. I'm S. O. L. For getting a refund though.

Use Dropbox. None of my clients have a problem with them. It's worth the extra money, because you gat what you pay for.