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I was able to download the SGA episode last night. Now I'm trying to download the Merlin episode from a private server. Nothing's happening.
I went to a Megaupload link to download from there. Got the countdown. Then, when I went to click the button to download, I got the message to save the file... and then nothing happened.
Alarmed, I went to Mediafire to see if I could upload files. I pressed the "big green button" to upload files. Nothing happened. It didn't move me to the next menu.
Then I went to YouSendIt, logged in, and tried to upload a file there. It wouldn't let me even browse to the file to upload.
Remember the virus attack on Thursday that hit people downloading SPN's latest episode from mininova.org? That we weren't able to even access the mininova.org site afterward (and we still can't)?
It's bigger than that. This is a major virus attack aimed to prevent people from sharing files.
1) Stay clear of mininova.org. That's where it started.
2) Spydoctor and Malwarebytes Anti-Malware both say my computer's clean. Obviously that's not true.
3) If anyone has any ideas how to deal with this problem, any at all no matter how far-fetched, please let me know.
4) Any ideas how I can get the Merlin ep? My friends? I was able to download the SGA episode last night, but it was labeled a .doc file. Maybe that gets around this. Is there a way I can watch online? Email it (can one email a 350 meg file)?
This isn't fair. These are free TV shows I'm downloading.
ETA: Thank you all. Amothea's suggestion worked. I am able to download via other torrent sites (still can't contact mininova though they're not popular with me right now). From Nel_ani, after futzing with SUPERantispyware which found 17 tracking cookies that Spydoctor didn't, though those shouldn't effect my ability to download, starting a Megaupload download via IE (using a download manager, Orbit) instead of Firefox, then shutting down Firefox and restarting it, I was finally able to get these downloads to work.
Yousendit is now working. I haven't tested Mediafire yet. Megaupload seems to work. Private servers definitely work.
It looks like this might have been a problem with Firefox. It seems to have been resolved. I think. I hope.
I was able to download the SGA episode last night. Now I'm trying to download the Merlin episode from a private server. Nothing's happening.
I went to a Megaupload link to download from there. Got the countdown. Then, when I went to click the button to download, I got the message to save the file... and then nothing happened.
Alarmed, I went to Mediafire to see if I could upload files. I pressed the "big green button" to upload files. Nothing happened. It didn't move me to the next menu.
Then I went to YouSendIt, logged in, and tried to upload a file there. It wouldn't let me even browse to the file to upload.
Remember the virus attack on Thursday that hit people downloading SPN's latest episode from mininova.org? That we weren't able to even access the mininova.org site afterward (and we still can't)?
It's bigger than that. This is a major virus attack aimed to prevent people from sharing files.
1) Stay clear of mininova.org. That's where it started.
2) Spydoctor and Malwarebytes Anti-Malware both say my computer's clean. Obviously that's not true.
3) If anyone has any ideas how to deal with this problem, any at all no matter how far-fetched, please let me know.
4) Any ideas how I can get the Merlin ep? My friends? I was able to download the SGA episode last night, but it was labeled a .doc file. Maybe that gets around this. Is there a way I can watch online? Email it (can one email a 350 meg file)?
This isn't fair. These are free TV shows I'm downloading.
ETA: Thank you all. Amothea's suggestion worked. I am able to download via other torrent sites (still can't contact mininova though they're not popular with me right now). From Nel_ani, after futzing with SUPERantispyware which found 17 tracking cookies that Spydoctor didn't, though those shouldn't effect my ability to download, starting a Megaupload download via IE (using a download manager, Orbit) instead of Firefox, then shutting down Firefox and restarting it, I was finally able to get these downloads to work.
Yousendit is now working. I haven't tested Mediafire yet. Megaupload seems to work. Private servers definitely work.
It looks like this might have been a problem with Firefox. It seems to have been resolved. I think. I hope.
