Advice Request Is Arcadepunks safe?

[Takemaster]

Hi! There's a site called arcadepunks.com. It has retro game ROMs and Raspberry Pi image downloads. Is it safe? It delivers downloads with Adfly, so I'm concerned about it. Have a nice day!

 

[Prorootect]

Is this website is safe -you have MANY online tools to check website safety...

 

[upnorth]

As soon I try to check on any of those download urls/links my VPN starts to scream and immediately block. The site itself also has some very aggressive adds and popups and where those leads to I'm not eager to follow.

 

[Prorootect]

"Before you leave..." - it's overlay

 

[upnorth]

I agree as I'm already aware of that and more but I'll kindly pass.

 

[roger_m]

I would try an find a site which doesn't use Adfly to deliver external links.

 

[doomloader]

When Arcade Punks first started they paid for their hosting, seedboxes and usenet servers with money they raised using adfly and other pop ups - they have since stopped using adfly as Google Adsense now provides a steady stream to run seedboxes, they did a big change on their site and its much better to use now - although you must list them to see the ads - which is fair enough considering they have around 10+ seedboxes to grab your test products.
I recall a post here which shows the actions they have taken to be a much more usable site , and I for one enjoy browsing it

 

[robconn53]

The fact is, Arcade Punks eliminated Adfly because of it's aggressive pop-ups. Site is perfectly safe, and MUCH less annoying now!

 

[upnorth]

It still try enforce people to disable their ad-blockers. For example on the site Onlinevideoconverter that action infected visitors. Personal I always avoid sites that ask me to disable security layers.

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