We all use file hosts like Rapidshare and Megaupload these days. Most of the data hosted on these file hosts are in various parts. Sometimes, due to illegal activity of the hosted files or due to no download for a long time, these files get automatically deleted from the servers. Thus, it becomes very annoying when you have downloaded most of the files and come to find that one of the file links is either dead or blocked by Rapidshare due to possible illegal contents in the file(s).

That is when link checkers come in handy. Rapidshare provides free link checking facility called Rapidshare Checker at their homepage. It is, therefore, advisable to check the integrity of the links before starting to download files from the file hosts. But, it is cumbersome to check the links every time on their homepage. Today, I’m going to show you a method (for Firefox users only) on how to automatically let Firefox check the integrity of links of various file hosts while you visit the page with download links.

Method 1
1. Download Greasemonkey add-on and install it in your Firefox.

2. Download Rapidshare Links Checker User Script from here and install the User script using GreaseMonkey.

3. Restart Firefox

Now, whenever you go to a webpage that contains Rapidshare, Megaupload, Filefactory, etc links, this User Script will come into play. If it finds dead links, it’ll have an X icon at the end of the link and a checkmark icon for a valid working link.
Check rapidshare links automatically

Method 2
Here is another script for Greasemonkey called Universal Link Checker which claims to check links for the following websites: rapidshare.de netload.in easy-share.com mediafire.com megashares.com depositfiles.com vip-file.com yourfilehost.com sendspace.com filebase.to link-protector.com bitroad.net vip-file.com filenavi.com uploadbox.com zshare.net letitbit.net
You can install this GreaseMonkey script in the same way as described in Method 1 above. This script is created by the user who created RapidShare Links Checker but it works differently in background.

Method 3
There are many Firefox add-ons which work in a similar fashion but their working is limited to only Rapidshare. One of such add-on is RSE Tools for Firefox.
RSE Tools for Firefox
Features of RSE Tools:

  • Getting Rapidshare links from a specific page
  • Testing selected Rapidshare links on a page
  • Search Rapidshare files for selected terms using RSE (Rapidshare-Search-Engine)

    • Method 4 (Added by Raymond)
    Here is another Greasemonkey script called AIO Links Checker which work very similarly as Rapidshare Links Checker because it is based on it except it is claimed to be smaller and faster by the author.

    Note: I personally prefer Method 1 as Method 2 sometimes doesn’t work at many occasions and it impacts your Internet bandwidth to some extent. So, I’d recommend Method 1.

    This article is written and contributed by Utkarsh

    Note by Raymond: The idea of this article seemed pretty easy but yet I have not think about this even though I am a heavy Rapidshare and Megaupload downloader. Now I don’t need to spend too much effort in looking for working or dead rapidshare links anymore. From what I’ve tested, there are times when method 1 is unable to check megaupload link while method 4 works perfectly. If you are already using RapidShare AutoWait script for greasemonkey, pairing it with RapidShare Link Checker script will give you even more convenience in automating downloading multiple parts. Thanks Utkarsh for this useful tip!

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