Rapidshare - Megaupload File Sharing Tips

INTODUCTION

Nowadays the flow of information on the internet tends to get a totally new and unprecedented shape.The speeds rise with geometric rates and so does the size of files we do want to send or share.The email system or the IRC and other IM solutions fail to satisfy that need since they require a lot of time,stability and effort in both the sender and receiver that is getting worse when the file size is getting big or the amount people who want it increases. FTP could do it but apart from not user friendly it also requires some free space resulting in a process that demotivates common user from dealing with it and the last contestant P2P programs is quite chaotic and insecure environment for both looking for and downloading what you might need.

This is where the File Sharing Services came into the game.You can easily and one step upload a file with any web browser to their Space,for free and whoever types the file URL can download it.Innovation indeed which got endorsed by a large sum of people.For further details you can try them out yourselves.This is a small list of the most famous uploading services.Feel free to try them.

• Rapidshare
• Megaupload
• You Send it
• Sendspace

Now lets get in a little deeper.When you start using those services you will notice some annoying features they implement.I am gonna deal with Rapishare and Megaupload specifically but those fixes will prob work to other cases too.

Firefox
Firefox seems the best browser for that job.Let me explain to you how.All you will need is 2 extentions and a third party software.No need to be a computer genious to make it work.Lets see the tools

1. TiX :Simple Extention that resets countdown to zero in many sites including Rapishare.
   
2. User Agent Switcher :Extention that will enable us to bypass Megaupload limits
3. RapidLeecher Or CMS Grabber:Third Party software that will make you bypass the Ip limit for Rapidshare

As far Tix is concearned you just right click and press TiX Now while rapidshare or megaupload timer is ticking.It will then skip to zero.

User agent switcher can be a little harder to fix.After you correctly install and restart FF you have to:

1. Go to Tools -> User Agent Switcher -> Options
2. Click on User Agents and Add one
3. On the window that appears type in the following info:
4. Description: Megaup(or whatever you want)
5. User Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1; MEGAUPLOAD 1.0)
6. Save and exit.
7. Now whenever you are seeing the download slots full message press on Tools -> User Agent Switcher and select the one you created.
8. Remember to switch to default after getting the file.

Last but not least the Rapidleecher is as simple as a game to operate.Type the link of the download and the image code.Whenever you wish to download more than the default you need to insert a new proxy which results in a new IP.Here are some lists but you can google for more:List1 List2

InternetExplorer 6 or 7:

In this case things tend to differ a bit.

• Rapidleecher and clones do work here too since they are standalone and browser independant
• TIX does not work on IE so users you need to type this in the adress bar the second the timer starts : javascript:alert(c=0) OR javascript:var c=0;
  
• For Megaupload bypass this is the trick:

1. Open Start menu and select Run.
2. Type there regedit.exe and press Enter
3. Carefull while you are here.Navigate to this place: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\5.0\User Agent\Post Platform if you got Internet Explorer 6 or
   
4. Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\User Agent\Post Platform if you got Internet Explorer 7
   
5. Select Post Platform,Right click to it and Select New and String Value
6. Input “ “MEGAUPLOAD 1.0” in that newly created Value
7. Restart the Pc.

Last but not least if for any reason Rapidleecher is not what you are looking for you can manually change the IP unless you got a static one.This is kinda more advanced method and browser independent.To do this:

1. -Clear the cookies or Browser Data in FF
2. -Go to Start menu,Run,and input CMD.exe,press enter
3. -type this in that black window:

• ipconfig /flushdns (ENTER)
• ipconfig /release (ENTER)
• ipconfig /renew (ENTER)
• Exit (ENTER)

I think that covers more than your basic needs.Have fun