Zippyshare’s “Forbidden” Message Spreads to Spain

The mysterious blocking efforts of popular file-hosting service Zippyshare continue to expand. After UK and German users were 'forbidden' from accessing the site, Spanish visitors are now getting the same treatment. The operators of the site, meanwhile, remain silent.

Founded in 2006, file-hosting service Zippyshare has been around for well over a decade.

The sharing hub, with an estimated 100 million users, is listed among the 500 most-visited sites on the Internet.

However, in recent months Zippyshare began selectively closing its doors in several regions. In March we reported that UK visitors had been blocked, and a few weeks later German visitors got the same treatment.

Instead of being welcomed by the regular homepage, they see a “forbidden” error in their browser, suggesting that the operators have specifically banned these regions.

This month Zippyshare’s mysterious blocking efforts expanded to Spain. Visitors from Southern European countries, or anyone who accesses the site from a Spanish IP-address, can no longer access the site.

For some reason, people from the UK, Germany, and Spain are no longer welcome.

We tried to get a comment from the site’s operators this week but have yet to receive a response. Our previous inquiries also remained unanswered.

One likely explanation is that Zippyshare took this step after some kind of legal pressure. It wouldn’t be the first time that a website has done this. Previously, several stream-rippers also blocked UK traffic, presumably over similar concerns.

https://torrentfreak.com/zippyshares-forbidden-message-spreads-to-spain/

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Zippyshare - known filehoster currently with problems

If you are currently trying to load something from Zippyshare, you may have already noticed. There is something wrong. The reason for the errors might be a certificate that expired yesterday. But there are also more and more virus warnings on the site.

Whether the expired certificate is also responsible for the slowly increasing number of virus warnings on Zippyshare, we do not know at this time. However, the first virus tests were negative.

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Zippyshare: Sharehoster spreads malware

Via Malvertising has been spreading a script on the sharehoster Zippyshare malware for a few days. The download page is affected.

The sharehoster Zippyshare is currently under criticism in several underground forums. Apparently, since a few days more and more malware is spread from there. For example, the illegal music portal CannaPower explicitly warns against using this provider.

In CannaPower's forum, it is suspected that cyber criminals may have infiltrated a malicious script to the sharehoster Zippyshare via advertising. All users are advised to use the site with utmost caution at this time.

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https://tarnkappe.info/zippyshare-sharehoster-verbreitet-malware-ssl-zertifikat-war-abgelaufen/

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