Is downloading from rapidshare safe

No it is not because me and my friend were once trying to find some hacks and we went on rapidshare to download them for my favorite game once i downloaded it i was happy until a caution popped up and said there was a unsafe file on the hack it showed the list of viruses on the file. SO I SAY, DONT DOWNLOAD RAPIDSHARE!

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I believe it is safe if you are careful of the files you download e.g avoid files with one Word names etc. i often use it to download full albums

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First of all, a hack will ALWAYS be detected as a virus, if you would just have read the instructions on how to use it, you would have realized you had to turn off your anti-virus in order to use it, so its not rapidshare's fault, second, it as safe to download from them as it is from other sites like megaupload, or mediafire. you just need to know what you are downloading, be careful as some hacks or supposed "music albums" or hacks could really have viruses, but again, its not their fault, if you find a virus you can always go back and report the file, they'll check it and if it really does, it will no longer be available for download.

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It really isn't safe, I luckily first scanned the item I downloaded and it had 4 Trojan horses in it. So I recommend you not to use it.

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I wouldn't blame rapidshare at all. They didn't upload these files you are downloading. The question is rather, can you trust the source that sent you a rapidshare link? It has very little to do with rapidshare, and reported files will get checked/deleted if they contain a trojan/virus.