If you are on the internet long enough you will get the annoyance of downloads that suddenly quit, or if you are on dialup, you have kids that pull the plug, hardware disconnects or other trouble. For this, a download manager with resuming functions comes in very handy. One of the main players in this market is Getright by Headlight Software.
But HeadLight Software does not only develop GetRight, it also has a rather new website called FileMirrors. This is intended to speed up downloads of large software packages, by connecting to several mirrors, or find the fastest mirror. But the website has also a top list with the most downloaded files and this list shows some unexpected files. First an explantion about FileMirrors:
 FileMirrors.com is an anonymous URL sharing and file searching service. Searching and sharing can be automatically done for users of GetRight to help find more mirrors for your downloads. |
Many sites list a number of locations where you can download a file--sometimes buried a few pages deep. Different users will click or find different locations for the same file. As different users share the one URL they clicked on, the FileMirrors.com database will add them as possible mirrors for a file. With enough users sharing, this will let everyone find more mirrors for files, helping everyone to get faster and more reliable downloads. All this searching and sharing is done automatically when this FileMirrors.com searching is enabled within GetRight.
Using FileMirrors.com for searching is off by default when you install GetRight, so you need to turn it on if you wish to use this service
By now you will probably think yada yada yada, but look at the toplist and see what is available: OfficeXP.rar , WarCraft_III_Beta.ISO, and if you search a little more you will find things like; WinXp Pro.zip and much much more. It seems HeadLight software has created a heaven for software pirates.
Source: FileMirrors.com
