4shared, also known as 4shared.com, is a file-sharing website.

Features

4shared supports the

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FTP The File Transfer Protocol (FTP) is a standard communication protocol used for the transfer of computer files from a server to a client on a computer network. FTP is built on a client–server model architecture using separate control and data ...

, and SFTP protocols, in addition to having a web interface. 4shared is a

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service, with significant usage limitations on non-paying users, such as a daily bandwidth limit of 3 GB.

History

In 2011, 4shared was ranked the largest file-sharing website, beating out others such as

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and MediaFire. The site was labelled as a notorious market in 2016: "While 4shared provides legitimate file-storage services, the site also facilitates the streaming and downloading of high volumes of allegedly pirated videos, music, books, and video games." In 2019, 4shared's

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was discovered to be serving invisible advertisements to users, and automatically signing them up for unwanted services. The app was replaced with a non-malicious version on April of the same year, after being removed on Google Play.

References

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Features

History

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