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non, you wait for the donwload to start automatically, if not, update all your adblocks and try the button with no url when you hover over it
It’s a trick question. This window is a pop-up
But only the first click
Kobiyashi Maru it
None. All viruses
My grandma told me to click them all until one works.
Look at all the peasants with no arrs.
Peasants have 35 Rs!
Guess how many strawberries with 5 R’s I’m holding on my left hand while riding a pterosaur?
What a fun and imaginative scenario! Riding a pterosaur and holding strawberries (with 5 R’s!) in your left hand—now that’s a scene straight out of a fantastical adventure.
Let me guess… You’re holding fouRRRRR strawberries! (That’s four with five R’s, for extra emphasis and strawberry power.)
If I’m wrong, maybe you can give me a clue—or tell me if the pterosaur is jealous of your fruity snack! 🍓🦖
They’re evolving!
The real download link is loading.
Adblock, also if you’re not sure you can inspect element
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I honestly don’t see one that looks right.
You click on the file name
🧲 links ftw, simply ctrl-u ctrl-f magnet:
Why are you looking for magnet links on a direct download site?
why are you using a direct download site? 😂
(i don’t recognize which site the screenshot is of, but i have definitely seen “download” ads like this on some shitty torrent sites…)
Millennial here. The true answer is None Of The Above. The actual download button is just a blue link somewhere on the page, probably among all of the torrent info.
This is the correct answer. It might also be the filename shown. If you can put your cursor over that it might become underlined. All big Download buttons are not to be trusted.
It always irked me back in the day when cnet was still a useful source because they modeled their buttons that way. Then they eventually became the garbage the site appeared to be at first glance.
Gen Z here. I usually look for the magnet link to copy paste into my torrent client. I think that bypasses the download button problem.
I might be biased against that from the ages of dialup, where torrenting almost always ended up failing if you also seeded, but you felt guilty if you leeched.
The real download button only shows up after 30 seconds.
The file name looks like a link, it’s at least a slightly different color than the other text.
Came here to say this. Closest onscreen would probably be the grey “Download or Watch” button not trying to get your attention in any way.
Stop. Install your favorite ad blocker, like ublock origin. Refresh.
Work smarter not harder
Install Radarr and avoid torrent websites completely.
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YEA! We just kept closing popups till we got the right one!!!
And then your friend sends you a link to the “You Are An Idiot” gag site so you just have to reboot.
Forgot to turn the volume down, instant regret as the speakers on the family computer scream ”HI EVERYBODY I’M LOOKING AT GAY PORNO”
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Ahhh that little cursor maze where it gets super small a few levels in lol
PTSD trigger intensifies
That moment of panic when a DOS window appears and then disappears.
Time to unplug the network cable, reboot to safe mode, and dig out that copy of Malwarebytes Antimalware.
No lie, this is how I learnt keyboard hotkeys as a kid. I’d click middle mouse to open a link on the site in a new tab, with my hand ready to go on Ctrl + W. The nanosecond I detected a fake site, I’d closer that sucker and move onto the next link.
Oh boy did I bring a lot of viruses on my computer in the process in the name of efficiency & greed (& hefty amount of stupidity).
If you didn’t give your parents computer, digital syphilis are you really a millennial?
Why was it ever disabled to start with?
Every time a dodgy site has asked me to disable it, it still doesn’t work, and now you have a bunch of tracking cookies and has to look at ads for other porn sites.
About 2 years ago I spent most of a Christmas sorting out my MIL’s new laptop, uninstalling junk and whatnot, and I tossed ublock origin on there. A few days ago I came back to sort out the Realtek audio drivers which uninstalled themselves via Windows Update. I find she has an entirely different laptop now, branded as"Acemagic" but through the magic of forced Microsoft Sign-in ublock origin synced to Edge on this new laptop, and there was no crapware installed despite the laptop clearly being in use for about 6 months already!
TL;DR install ublock origin on your parents computers to save yourself some trouble down the line
Even with uBlock Origin, some pirate sites still have this problem because the ads either are not typical ad elements or are not in the block list. Very common with sites that host pirated android apps, in my experience.
alt-f4
Or just close the tab.
You drag the button. If it takes with it more than just a button, it is an ad.
I just hover over and read URLs if I’m not sure.
This is the real answer
I actually didn’t know that. I would mouse over and look at the url.
