Bypass Wait Time

In order to maximize revenue stream for advertisements, most file hosting services, such as RapidShare and DepositFiles, have a countdown timer which asks downloaders to wait for a specific time before download links are available. This forces the user to stay longer on the site to increase page views before downloading a file.

Here’s a simple trick to bypass the wait time to download from DepositFiles using Firefox. First, load the download link in your Firefox browser. Go to download the file as a free user (if you’re a gold member, you need not read this… doh!) and a page with a countdown timer will appear.

Go to your “view” options and “page style” to select “no style” turning your page into plain text.

A “download the file” button should now be visible just below the wait time.

Click and start downloading immediately!

If you need to download multiple files from DepositFiles, open multiple tabs with the links for the files in each tab and repeat this step while the timer is counting down. This will bypass the download limit time!