• kautau@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      Yeah lol the URL doesn’t match the page title which doesn’t match whatever wosonhj.com is. According to their DNS, some Chinese organization.

      It links to a fake version of libgen populated with ads

      (And sadly instead of re-hosting all 550+ TB of libgen for downloads they force the downloads through libgen’s servers while throwing ads on top of their fake UI)

      It links to a fake version of sci hub populated with ads

      (Most of these all flowing into mobang.top, another throwaway url with Chinese DNS)

      I’m sure it’s a helpful site, but I’d recommend people accessing it:

      1. Don’t use your actual personal email
      2. Don’t reuse a password you’ve used elsewhere
      3. Access it through a VPN so your IP isn’t exposed
      4. Ensure you are running malware protection (the built in malware protection on windows or mac is likely fine) (and otherwise yes, I know you use arch, and if you use nix you’re too busy modifying one of your .nix files to even read this)
      5. Anything you download, upload to https://www.virustotal.com just to be safe

      Realistically you should follow steps 1-5 for most online services, but here we are

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        It used to be at that URL, and that URL redirects to it. They recently updated it and I am unsure where they are taking it.

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          It makes sense to use throwaway urls, libgen does it all the time, I just wanted to inform people of what I found when looking at the site. Definitely not saying don’t use it, just be cautious