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=== Hotfile ===
The site shut down on December 4th4, 2013. The site now redirects to a MPAA "watch it legally" propaganda campaign, due to Hotfile being taken down for, obviously, copyrighted content involving pirated movies and music. Very common in bootlegs posted in 2007 to 2013.
 
=== JumboFiles ===
Dead, dead, dead. Shut down on December 31st31, 2015.
 
=== Letitbit ===
 
=== Rapidshare ===
The site shut off on March 31st31, 2015 (though most links were dead well before then). Most common between 2009 and 2014.
 
=== Uploaded/Uploaded.net ===
The site shut down on November 30th30, 2022 after giving users less than 24 hours to get their stuff. Purged all Windows ISOs long before that anyway, so it didn't matter much. Most common in 2012 to 2015 posts.
 
=== Uploading/Uploading.com ===
 
=== AnonFiles.com, and others ===
All dead. Shut down on August 16th16, 2023 due to extreme volumes of users abusing the service and their proxy provider shutting them down. Other sites that AnonFiles manages (like FileChan and BayFiles) went down with it.
 
While uncommon for bootlegs, a few bootlegs were posted here. Common from 2021 to 2023. <!-- todo: scour the internet for the oldest anonfiles links to bootlegs !-->
 
=== GOZO Finder ===▼
Seemingly defunct as of February 2024.
 
== Sites that purge files for inactivity ==
=== 4shared ===
One of the most popular file hosts of the mid-late 2000's, along with Megaupload. Still online as of August 14, 2023. Although they purged every file with the word "Windows" in it, it's still worth trying.
 
▲=== GOZO Finder ===
Not technically a file host, but this website searches uloz.to along with a few others. Windows XP and Windows 7 bootlegs aren't uncommon here - this site should be one of your first stops when hunting for one.
 
=== Google Drive ===
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