Paynamia 0 Share Posted August 25, 2022 Some articles, such as The Suffering, include links to files hosted on FilePlanet. The problem is, FilePlanet seems to no longer be a safe website to use. All downloads redirect to their 'Install Manager' which is a bundle installer and apparently some derivative of InstallCore, which has been classified as a PUP since 2014. Additionally, all downloads are exactly the same file, with the SHA256 hash of a2aac45b6ae5a09bfa9e4ecdd90c5caa42acbe53588160fa6aa3f357ec6035bf, and are in no way customized for downloading any requested file. This is the VirusTotal report for a file downloaded as 'the-suffering_VVgK-01.exe'. As you can see further down the page, the website has offered the same file for many downloads, including non-executable files and apparently non-free files. I suggest that FilePlanet urls be either replaced with more trustworthy file hosts or removed outright. Reply (Quote) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aemony 141 Share Posted August 25, 2022 I believe the modern FilePlanet site is, in fact, blocked/banned in the spam filter since a year ago (see this talk), however not all links might've been replaced yet with proper replacements. All original FilePlanet... files... should hopefully be findable on Archive.org - https://archive.org/details/archiveteam-fileplanet Reply (Quote) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aemony 141 Share Posted August 25, 2022 I've changed the link to point to https://www.moddb.com/games/the-suffering/downloads/full-game-sponsored-by-the-us-air-force instead. Paynamia 1 Reply (Quote) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paynamia 0 Author Share Posted August 26, 2022 Got it, thanks. If I come across any more, I'll swap 'em out ASAP. Reply (Quote) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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