The first site I ever used for getting e-books was the-eye.eu’s World Tracker Library. When the-eye went down and came back it looked like most of that section was gone, but just recently I discovered that there’s still an enormous collection of links at https://the-eye.eu/public/Books/World Tracker Library/worldtracker.org/media/library/English Literature/sitemap.htm. However, actually trying to click on any of the links to download promptly results in me being blocked by one of my adblockers with the following message:

uBlock Origin has prevented the following page from loading:

http://xypthe.com/jr.php?gz=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%3D&vs=1536:694&ds=1536:864&sl=-7:-7&os=f&nos=f&swfV=0.0.0&if=f&sc=f&gpu=Google Inc. (Intel) - ANGLE (Intel, Intel(R) HD Graphics Direct3D11 vs_5_0 ps_5_0)&anura_res=&fp=f08093142c1a050a87af83c46c91d815

Because of the following filter:

/jr.php?gz=$document Found in:

uBlock filters – Badware risks

Since it’s an adblocker, though, I dunno how much of a risk there really is. I’d really like to be able to use these files as they’re a lot more conveniently organized than the other sites I’ve been forced to use since the-eye originally died, but not at a risk to my computer.

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    1 year ago

    There’s a few badware filters available for UBO. These filter lists are all maintained on a volunteer basis and it’s not absolute that if a filter trips a warning it’s for sure a bad site. I’m an avid UBO user myself, have it customized to an extent using advanced options. I tend to trust the warnings I get, but can you also take them with a grain of salt.

    If you really want or need to access the site you can investigate the flag and assess the risk yourself. If you find it’s not actually a threat, typically UBO gives you the option to ignore the warning and continue. You can also whitelist stuff on a site by site basis.

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      1 year ago

      The option to ignore it exists, but I dunno how to test whether or not it’s safe without actually potentially exposing my computer to malware. Which is the whole problem.