Why Rapidshare when alternatives are there ?

Everyone knows that Rapidshare is the king of file-hosting service. Still there are alternatives which you can use for the purpose of file sharing. Here is a quick review to all such services.

LaunchFile.Com

CAPTCHA: Yes
Wait Time: 10 Seconds
File Delete Policy: 45 days after no download
Max Filesize : 250MB
Download Limits : None
Comments: No picture ads or pop-ups Just text ads. Download speeds sluggish at times.
Rating: 3.5/5

FileQube.Com

CAPTCHA: No
Wait Time: None
File Delete Policy: Not Specified
Max Filesize : 500Mb if you register (free), 150MB if not registered
Download Limits : None
Comments: Super Fast download speeds, Eye catching web interface, Text ads.
Rating: 4.5/5

MediaFire.Com

CAPTCHA: No
Wait Time: None
File Delete Policy: There is currently no time limit on how long uploaded files will be stored as long as you access your account (i.e. login to your account) at least once every 60 days OR at least one of your files is accessed (i.e. downloaded) every 30 days.
Max Filesize: 100MB
Download Limits : None
Comments: Fast Download speeds, some small picture ads but no pop-ups.
Rating: 4/5

MiHD.net

CAPTCHA: None
Wait Time: None
File Delete Policy: Not Specified
Max Filesize: 100MB
Download Limits : None
Comments: Fast Download speeds, Small Text ads thats all
Rating: 4/5

EuShare.com

CAPTCHA: None
Wait Time: None
File Delete Policy: Not Specified
Max File Size: 505MB
Download Limits : None
Comments: Fast Download speeds, Zero Ads
Rating: 4.5/5

Dump.ro

CAPTCHA: None
Wait Time: None
File Delete Policy: Not Specified
Max File Size: 1000MB (1GB)
Download Limits :None
Comments: Accurate upload progress bar, Fast Upload speed. Downloads sometimes sluggish. 105KB Download speed when tested
Rating: 3.5/4

FileFlyer.com

CAPTCHA: None
Wait Time: None
File Delete Policy: Not Specified
Max File Size: 1GB
Download Limits : None
Comments: Accurate upload progress bar, Some picture and text ads
Rating: 4/5

SpeedShare.org

CAPTCHA: None
Wait Time: 7 Seconds
File Delete Policy: Not Specified
Max File Size: 200MB
Download Limits : None
Comments: Accurate upload progress, Some picture and text ads, 1 "under pop-up ad"
Rating: 3/5

files.x7web.com

CAPTCHA: Yes
Wait Time: None
File Delete Policy: None at the moment
Max File Size: 5120 MB (5GB)
Download Limit : None
Comments: Does not display upload information when uploading . Downloads speeds super fast. Zero ads
Rating: 4.5/5

UploadMachine.com

CAPTCHA: No
Wait Time: 29 Seconds
File Delete Policy: 90 days after 0 downloading
Max File Size: 750.00 MB
Download Limits : None
Comments: Great for DVD-Rips and other large files. Speedy upload speeds, Displays upload speed and time remaining when uploading a file. 1 pic ad.
Rating 4.5/5

xtremevault.com

CAPTCHA: Yes
Wait Time: 8 Seconds
File Delete Policy: Your files will be kept on our servers as long as it is downloaded at least once every 30000 Days
Max File Size: 250MB
Download Limits : None
Comments: Displays upload speed and time remaining when uploading a file. Minimal ads
Rating 3.5/5

Ezyfile.net

CAPTCHA: Yes
Wait Time: 59 Seconds
File Delete Policy: No limit. Nevertheless even we have to clean up our drives from time to time, so we will delete files that have not been accessed for 90 days or longer.
Max File Size: 1000MB (1GB)
Download Limits : None
Comments:Great for DVD Rips and large files, displays upload speed and time remaining when uploading a file. Minimal ads.
Rating: 4/5

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HOWTO : Rapidshare to Rapidshare Remote Upload

Some days ago, I posted notification about the changes Rapidshare had implemented in its point system. Those who are unaware of it might read it here.

On the morning of 16th July, I got information from my friend Siddharth that he had phished some Rapidshare accounts. He gave me one account to try with. I just logged on to Rapidshare.com using premium account and saw the site from the premium accounts' eyes for the first time. I checked if there were any points left in the account so that I can extend it. There were already 8000 points in it. The account was about to expire, so I decided to see if I can find any exploit in the premium service of Rapidshare.

I saw that they give you points if a premium user download your files which is greater than 3 mb.

Subject to the condition is that the file is at least 3 Megabyte in size and the downloader has generated not more than 3 RapidPoints in the last hours. Premium users can generate for you up to 255 points per day.

Now the funny point is they didn't mentioned which premium user. That premium user can be me itself downloading my own files and then extending my account when I reach 10K mark. But for that I have to download a 3mb file 255 times a day !!!!

Now that would really create a mess of my internet connection.

Then I decided to trick Rapidshare server. I checked other features of Rapidshare account and came across a wonderful (and seriously exploitable) service called "Remote Upload".

Why not use Rapidshare's this feature to download my own files? Rapidshare does not log from where the file is being downloaded. I just checked to see if this was really working.

I copied a url from my own account, put my premium account user id and password in the form :

http://userid:password@rapidshare.com/files/xxxxxxxx

I feeded into the remote upload box the above url. Just as I pushed "Add", an alert told me that I cannot add a Rapidshare url.

Please do not add RapidShare URLs. Remote Upload cannot be used for RapidShare links.

So Rapidshare didn't allow remote uploads if the file belongs to their own server. But I was not at ease at any moment. I just fired http://tinyurl.com and wrapped my rapidshare url using the tinyurl service. I again feeded the url to Rapidshare remote upload service and bingo!!!!!!!. It worked this time. Rapidshare downloading my own files and also giving me points for. Yeah !!!!

So you can see that Rapidshare programmers are dumb enough that they made such silly mistakes that even a n00b can exploit.

You must try this tweak before Rapidshare catches it.!!!!!!!

Update : Rapidshare has banned all such methods of Remote Upload.

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Rapidshare Renewed

Some days ago, Rapidshare modified the point system for its Free Users like me. For those who are not aware of Rapidshare, they can see this article from wikipedia. Now free users can also generate point from premium users. These will be called rapidpoints. But maximum of 250 rapidpoints is that all you can generate in a day.

Before, free users collected the point when a file was downloaded by another free user.

As a post in news of Rapidshare Site, this was mentioned :

In the past, Premium and Collector's Accounts were only credited a RapidPoint when a file was downloaded by a Free User.

From now on, Premium Downloads can generate up to 255 additional RapidPoints per day. Those extra points will be displayed in the account overview in the Premium or Collector's Zone.

Once a day, the extra points will be added to the Premium or Collector's Account's RapidPoints balance and the extra points counter will be reset to zero.

Well, is it good or bad, we will see in coming days but it is still good for me as I am generating nearly 100 points everyday.

Update : Check my new article on How To Hack RS Using Premium Account here.

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