File‑sharing links
A link to a video, a game, a mod or a document on a file-sharing site. The sites are real services, but anyone can upload to them, scammers too. How to tell a real file from a trap, and what to do before you open one.
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What it looks like
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Video_2026.mp4.exe · 1.2 MB · Download
A video doesn't end in .exe, and 1.2 MB is far too small for one.
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Examples. The names and amounts change; the shape doesn't.
How to spot one
The file's name and its ending don't match: a “video” or a “PDF” that ends in .exe, .scr, .bat, .apk or .zip.
The size is wrong for what it says it is: a whole film in a few megabytes, a game in a few hundred kilobytes.
It wants a password, a code or a second download before the first one opens.
The page asks you to install an app to play or download, through a link instead of your app store.
It's something that usually costs money: a leak, a cheat or a cracked game, from someone you don't know.
What to do
Don't open a file whose ending doesn't match what it says it is. Delete it.
If a site needs its own app, get it from your phone's app store, not from a link on the page.
Scan it before you open it: on Windows, right-click the file and choose Scan with Microsoft Defender (on Windows 11, it's under Show more options).
Still not sure? Check the link. We open the page on a phone and a computer, not yours, and tell you what it offers and where its buttons lead.
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Why it works
File-sharing sites are real, useful services, and that's what makes their links work for this: a link to a well-known site looks trustworthy. But the site stores whatever anyone uploads.