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.

  • wanderingmotel@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    6·
    2 years ago

    I know the-eye is less than reputable in the eyes (NPI) of many other tracker administrators. Something about trying to replicate other trackers and not willing to play by the rules set down by other trackers for good reasons.

    There is honestly a lot to unpack around the whole thing. Do a search for

    chat logs leaked the-eye discord

    • TornadoValley@lemmy.fmhy.mlEnglish
      2·
      2 years ago

      That was a ridiculous drama between them. They painted thearchivist and his team like some kind of terrorists and shit lol

      I generally don’t really regard private trackers highly so just off of that I’m skeptical. And I’ve only had good experiences with the eye/archivist/his people

  • rm_dash_r_star@lemm.eeEnglish
    2·
    2 years 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.

    • various_characters@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPEnglish
      2·
      2 years 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.