13 Free Movie Download Websites — Watch HD Movies Online! Stay Home!!

Wang Wei
 

When you search for free movie download or watch free movies online, search engines serve you a long list of best free movie websites.

But you need to beware, as most free movies files and free movie site could end you up into downloading links to nasty computer viruses. They could infect or, at worst case, take control over your computer.

One more thing I have learned in these years is that most top torrent sites, including Kickass Torrents and Pirate Bay, are illegal as they violate copyright laws. So, before downloading movies, make sure those movies are legal to download.

But, there are hundreds of torrents available on the Internet, which are legal to download.

We receive emails from our readers on a daily basis who ask for legal sites like Tubi TV to download free movies and TV series.

The query is fair enough because it is no easy to get free streaming sites or free movie download websites without breaking laws.


Best Free Movie Download Websites (Legally)
So in the interest of our readers, I have compiled a list of movie sites, where you can download movies.

You can also consider streaming movies for free, instead of downloading them. In fact, you will be able to watch high quality movies if you consider to watch movies online.


To watch movies for free, you need to stream movies from the websites as many times as you like. You can even try out free movie streaming apps if you want to watch free movies online on a mobile device.

Below we have listed some of the best movie download sites and online streaming services that offer a good collection of movies and shows for free:


1) The Internet Archive Movies
The Internet Archive's Movies is one of the oldest and best websites to download free movies. It offers a wide variety of digital movies uploaded by Archive users for free. The categories range from full-length classic films to cartoons and concerts.

You can download movies in different file formats. Your computer's in-built video player supports most file formats, or you can opt for VLC Media Player that supports many video file formats.


2) Public Domain Torrents
Public Domain Torrents is one of a few legal torrent websites that offers a wide collections of movies to download for free.

The movies end up on the public domain when the original creator of a patented movie fails to renew its copyright claim on time.

The categories on Public Domain Torrents range from drama, horror, musical, to westerns. The movies are available in many formats and quality.

The interface is simple and easy. It helps you select a category of movies or find the most popular movies and recently added movies.


3) MoviesFoundOnline
MoviesFoundOnline is a free movie download website that lists free content from around the Internet. It has a long list of free movies, films, documentaries, animations, stand up comedy, drama shows and other media.


MoviesFoundOnline offers 40 genres including action, adventure, comedy, musical, short films, animation, romance, horror, and more. You can browse the site's categories to download movies.


4) Sony CrackleOwned by Sony , Crackle is a great website to watch high-quality movies and TV shows for free. Crackle offers lots of popular movies and TV shows that you won't find for free on other websites.

Crackle offers legal content from big media providers like Universal Studios, Warner Bros and Fox Digital. So, you get lots of movies to watch.

The interface of Crackle is simple and easy to navigate. You need to signup and create a watchlist. Crackle will then recommend you content based on the things you like.

You can browse full library of movies and TV shows including Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi, Romance, Sports, Thriller, Crime, Anime, and Horror. It's all free as long as you are sometimes willing to watch commercials and ads.

Crackle also has Android and iOS apps, making it easy to watch free movies and TV shows while travelling.


5) Popcorn Flix
Owned by Screen Media Ventures, Popcornflix is one of my favorite video streaming websites with nice user interface. Popcornflix lists action, comedy, drama, documentaries, family, horror, romance, and foreign films. It also features web and film school originals.

With a constant flow of new movies, Popcornflix helps you watch movies on your computer, mobile phone, and other supported devices. All completely free, even without need to create any account on the website.

Hit Play button on your chosen movie and enjoy watching.

It's worth pointing out that Popcornflix is ad-supported. So you will have to sit through a few commercial advertisements, which is acceptable for a free, good quality watch.


6) TopDocumentaryFilms
Love watching documentaries? TopDocumentaryFilms (TDF) is one of the best sites for documentaries based on real life.

With the flow of recent films, TopDocumentaryFilms has more than 3,000 films. Some of the best documentaries on the site are under the 60-minute mark.

The website's layout is simple and straightforward. It helps you search by categories based on subject. This includes war, global conflict, and crime, making it easy to find something of an interest.


TopDocumentaryFilms also has a community of users. They provide ratings and reviews for each film. So other users can have an idea of the documentary before they watch.

You can also check out the site's front page for its featured films, or top 100 documentary list to see what people are watching.


7) YouTube
YouTube is the world's largest video-sharing website. Besides movie trailers, YouTube also hosts a sizable collection of full-length movies and TV shows for free.

YouTube also provides movies and TV shows that are its originals. You can enjoy them without paying a single penny.

Finding free movies on YouTube might be quite difficult nowadays. But you can check few popular YouTube channels, like Maverick Entertainment and The Paramount Vault, that feature a long list of films.

Also, there are thousands of films on YouTube that won't show up unless you search for them by typing their names. So if you are looking for a particular movie, especially an older one, perform a quick search on YouTube.

YouTube also offers paid subscription tiers like YouTube Premium and YouTube TV, to watch high quality movies.


8) Vimeo
Like YouTube but may not be as big as YouTube, Vimeo is also a famous video-sharing website for users. You can upload, share and view videos on Vimeo as well.

Vimeo also offers a good collection of free movies and documentaries. You can also find tons of entertaining short movies on the platform.

Vimeo has a pretty decent interface with a high definition playback support and no annoying ads. It also offers an On-Demand video section where users can pay for popular movies and TV shows.


9) SnagFilms
SnagFilms is a video-on-demand website. You can watch hundreds of rare documentaries and independent films that you can't find anywhere else on the Internet.

Founded in 2008, SnagFilms lists more than 10,000 independent documentaries and narrative films. You can search them by genre, most reviewed, newly added, and most popular.

SnagFilms is currently available as a free app for iOS and Android. It is also compatible with Kindles, some Roku devices, and a host of other streaming devices.


10) Yahoo View
If you were a great fan of Hulu's free version, Yahoo View is for you. Yahoo View is another free video-on-demand platform that works almost in the same manner as Hulu worked once.

The clean and easy-to-access interface allows you to select any genre of your interest. It includes popular TV shows from many broadcasting networks like NBC, ABC and FOX. The website also hosts movies trailers, free TV shows, and documentaries.

But, there is one thing you should note—under each video on the site, you will see days remaining before the free version expires. So make sure you complete those episodes in the given time.

Yahoo View also provides many international sitcoms and anime shows which you can enjoy without any episode limit.


11) Pluto TV—Channel
Although it is not as famous as others on-demand video sites, Pluto TV is one of my favorite services on the list.

Pluto TV is a free internet-based TV platform that offers more than 100 channels. They channels divides into movies, TV, news, technology, sports, and other popular sections.

Last year, Pluto TV struck a deal with MGM and Warner Bros to add a huge amount of on-demand movies along with TV shows.

Besides on-demand films, Pluto TV also offers a completely free live-TV streaming service. It hosts content curated from across the Internet. Pluto TV currently features nine live movie channels.

Pluto TV is available for almost all popular platforms. Besides iOS and Android, Pluto TV is also compatible with Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, Roku devices, and more. So you can enjoy the service on the go.


12) Classic Cinema Online
If you love old, classic movies, Classic Cinema Online is your place. You can find those classic cinemas of the Golden Age of Hollywood which are not easy to find nowadays.

Some of the classic movies include Gregory Peck's Moby Dick, the original Lone Ranger film, the 1952 Mutiny and the 1932 Secret of Dr. Kildare.

If you are looking for something specific, you can search by category, or check out the menu for old films.


13) Retrovision
Retrovision is another free movie download website featuring many classic movies and TV shows. The category includes Adventure, Comedy, Classic TV, Cartoons, Crime, Drama, Horror, and Sci-Fi.

Although not all movies on the site are high-quality—but there are still plenty of good movies to enjoy. The site is well designed that allows users to filter movies based on genre.

Mobile users can download its Android app called Classic UHF so that they can watch movies on the go.


Watch Movies Online: Streaming Services for Latest Movies
Always keep in mind that there is no legal way to download free movies that are still in theaters. For downloading latest movies online to watch them in the comfort of your home, you can try paid websites.

Here's a list of some paid movie download websites and online streaming subscription services that let you watch high quality movies online:


Netflix—It is a leading subscription service for watching movies and TV episodes, and probably one of my favorites. You can either stream to watch movies online or download movies or TV series to watch them on the go. Download option is available only for certain content.
Amazon Prime—It is yet another subscription service that lets you watch and download movies and popular TV shows.
Hulu—Once popular free movie download website, Hulu is now a subscription service. It lets users stream popular TV shows, movies and news online for a low monthly fee. The service is compatible with a long list of devices, including computers and smartphones.  

How to stop trolls from taking over your Zoom call

Zoombombing can be prevented, but it’s not as easy as it should be
By Casey Newton@CaseyNewton Mar 27, 2020, 3:37pm EDT


Photo by Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images


Zoom is an easy-to-use videoconferencing tool with a generous free tier. With people around the world isolating indoors to protect themselves against the spread of the coronavirus, it has never been more popular.

But its popularity has also attracted trolls. The phenomenon of “Zoombombing,” in which an uninvited guest uses Zoom’s screen-sharing feature to broadcast porn and shock videos, has been on the rise. Most Zoom meetings have a public link that, if clicked, allow anyone to join. Trolls have been collecting these links and sharing them in private chat groups, and then signing on to other people’s calls to cause mischief.

There’s an easy way to stop this from happening, but Zoom makes it needlessly difficult to find. If you schedule a meeting from the web interface, you won’t see the option to disable screen sharing. Instead:
Click on “Settings” in the left-hand menu
Scroll down to “Screen sharing” and under “Who can share?” click “Host Only”
Click on “Save”

Once you save your settings, future meetings that you start will have sharing disabled by default.

If you forget to change the setting before you start your meeting, there’s a way to modify your settings after it starts:
Once your Zoom meeting is running, click the caret to the right of the green “Share Screen” button in the center of the bottom row of icons
Click “Advanced Sharing Options...”
A dialog box will pop up allowing you to switch screen sharing availability from all participants to the host only.

And what if you’re creating a meeting from your mobile device?

To disable screen sharing after you’ve started your meeting:
Tap the More (...) button at the bottom right corner of the screen
Tap “Meeting Settings”
If you’re using an iPhone, scroll down to “Allow Participants to Share” and switch the toggle off.

If you’re using an Android phone, find “Lock Share” and switch the toggle on.

OpenWrt: Σοβαρό σφάλμα επιτρέπει πλήρη πρόσβαση στο σύστημά σας

By SecNews 26 Μαρτίου 2020, 19:15



Ένας ερευνητής ασφαλείας ανακάλυψε σοβαρό σφάλμα στο λειτουργικό σύστημα OpenWrt το οποίο επιτρέπει στους επιτιθέμενους να εισάγουν κακόβουλο λογισμικό στα ευάλωτα συστήματα.

Το OpenWrt είναι ένα λειτουργικό σύστημα βασισμένο στο Linux που χρησιμοποιείται κυρίως σε ενσωματωμένες συσκευές και routers για τη δρομολόγηση του network traffic και υπάρχει σε εκατομμύρια συσκευές σε όλο τον κόσμο.

Το σφάλμα, το οποίο ονομάστηκε RCE, επιτρέπει στον package manager να αγνοεί το SHA-256 checksum, με αποτέλεσμα να επιτρέπει στον εισβολέα να παρακάμψει τον έλεγχο των .ipk πακέτων. Ο ερευνητής Guido Vranken, εξήγησε ότι βρήκε αυτήν την ευπάθεια τυχαία όταν προετοίμαζε ένα task για το opkg.

Για να εκμεταλλευτεί κάποιος το σφάλμα, πρέπει πρώτα να στείλει τα μολυσμένα πακέτα από ένα web server. Στη συνέχεια, πρέπει να δημιουργηθεί επικοινωνία μεταξύ της συσκευής και του downloads.openwrt.org και ο εισβολέας πρέπει να έχει τη δυνατότητα να αλλάξει το DNS Server, για να μπορεί το downloads.openwrt.org να αντιστοιχεί σε έναν server ο οποίος είναι υπό τη διαχείριση του εισβολέα. Στην πραγματικότητα, το opkg του ΟpenWrt επιτρέπει στους επιτιθέμενους να αποκτήσουν πλήρη πρόσβαση σε ολόκληρο το σύστημα.

Κατά τη διάρκεια της επίθεσης, ο hacker πρέπει να έχει ένα έγκυρο και signed package index από το downloads.openwrt.org, ενώ τα κακόβουλα πακέτα πρέπει να έχουν το ίδιο μέγεθός όπως αυτό το οποίο αναφέρεται στο index.

Η ευπάθεια πλέον έχει διορθωθεί και οι χρήστες καλούνται να αναβαθμίσουν το σύστημά τους στην πιο πρόσφατη έκδοση του OpenWrt. Η αναβάθμιση γίνεται με τις ακόλουθες εντολές:cd /tmp
opkg update
opkg download opkg
zcat ./opkg-lists/openwrt_base | grep -A10 "Package: opkg" | grep SHA256sum
sha256sum ./opkg_2020-01-25-c09fe209-1_*.ipk

"Corona antivirus" infects victims with malware

"Corona antivirus" infects victims with malware


By Anthony Spadafora 2 days ago

New site claims its antivirus software can protect users from getting the coronavirus




(Image credit: Malwarebytes)


Cybercriminals continue to leverage the ongoing coronavirus outbreak for their own gain by launching numerous scam campaigns which use Covid-19 as a lure to trick users into installing a variety of malware and data stealers.

In the latest scam, discovered by Malwarebytes, cybercriminals have set up a website advertising “Corona Antivirus - World's best protection” which tries to trick users into installing antivirus software that supposedly has the capabilities to protect users from becoming infected with the virus in real life. The creators of the site have even provided more details on how their solution works, saying:

“Our scientists from Harvard University have been working on a special AI development to combat the virus using a windows app. Your PC actively protects you against the Coronaviruses (Cov) while the app is running.”
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While most users will likely understand that there is no way for any type of software to protect them from becoming infected with the coronavirus, there is a possibility that some will fall for this scheme as the cybercriminals behind it have taken the necessary steps to make their website appear legitimate.

BlackNET RAT

Once a user installs the application available on the Corona Antivirus site, their computer will be infected with malware. The installation file, which contains the commercial packer Themida, will turn a user's PC into a bot ready to receive commands.

After inspecting the command and control server, Malwarebytes discovered a control panel for the BlackNET botnet. The full source code for the BlackNET toolkit was published on GitHub a month ago and some of its features include deploying DDoS attacks, taking screenshots, stealing Firefox cookies, stealing saved passwords, implementing a keylogger, executing scripts and stealing Bitcoin wallets, among others.

While working from home, it is important that all users keep their computers up to date and exercise caution when downloading and installing new programs to avoid falling victim to the many coronavirus-themed scams that are currently making their way around the web.

After investigating the Corona Antivirus site, Malwarebytes informed CloudFlare of its discovery and the CDN took immediate action to flag the website as a malicious.

Home office is where the heart is…

James Shepperd23 Mar 2020


Home office is where the heart is…

Or is it… home office is where the hurt is?

Usually I am quite happy to have home office, in my division at ESET (IT company) we are permitted two per month. It’s not a lot but maybe that is why I look forward to it. My kids are at school, my wife is at work and my colleagues are behind a virtual wall that I control! (-;

Or, I should probably say, that was home office. With COVID-19 restrictions in place, home office has… certainly changed, a lot! For starters, both my kids and wife are home. Then, my team… well it just got a lot bigger. The number of ESET staff and departments I connect with has virtually multiplied by a factor of three, at least it feels like it. It’s not that I am bitter, just well, its not fun and games anymore.

VPN
Shields up! With only 2 home offices per month, I simply relied on my company provided Virtual Privacy Network (VPN) as a significant enough safeguard, but after reading this blog on home office security measures end to end, which I requested; I took a look at my router settings. Oh, looks like I have some security improvements to make. Anyway, with my VPN turned on I can access some otherwise restricted marketing resources, which have their own protection protocols. In simply terms a VPN lets you to make a secure connection to another network over the Internet, access region or security-restricted websites, shield your browsing activity. Now that I, along with every other marketer in the company is accessing these files from their home networks I can see why there is the added layer of protection.

Passwords
Best Practice Aside from the little notebook with the hard copy of passwords I keep buried under my..., I use a password manager, which can store all my needed credentials in one place, under one “master password”. Just as a reminder, create a strong password or passphrase, keep the password(s) secure and consider a second (factor) method of protection that helps prevent unwanted access.
Even strong passwords can fall victim to malicious actors using keyloggers and other technology to crack your online accounts. So, strongly consider using a product like ESET Smart Security Premium that integrates several privacy protection features including password management and protection against keylogging via Two Factor Authentication (2FA).

Two Factor Authentication
“Open Sesame” and… While my VPN is a prerequisite for accessing our intranet and a number of applications that can be found there, for more sensitive applications I am challenged at the “gate”. What I mean is that my login is quickly followed by a request for a single time passcode.

The companion app for our intranet platform pings my mobile phone with the authenticator, I enter the code and “I’m in!”. When I first came to the company, I used to mutter under my breath about accessing various admin dashboards or restricted forums with 2FA. I saw it as just another barrier or headache. But in the years since, especially working on our offer for small and medium businesses and small or home office clients I have seen up close how social media or whole websites get disrupted, events that cause serious reputational damage. I don’t want that kind of damage on my name. These days I even use 2FA on my personal email account after it got hacked.

Kids and Home Office
The Pain, now on to a more personal note, my kids interfering with my perfect home office vibe! The Corona virus has upped the ante on my multitasking skills. My kids have to learn – my wife and I are their new substitute teachers. We also have to work. So it means, teach and work at the same time. So, my top tip, keep them on their usual schedule.

Mornings: Wake at 6:30 am, we have a bite to eat and then put on our masks and glasses and then take a brisk 20min walk through the park behind our house. This gets everyone going and ready to start their daily assignments, which come via email. I know many of you won’t have empty parks behind your houses, but if you have an area near bye with low numbers of people (at 6:45-7:00 am they should be empty), then the benefit to mood and focus is (to me) worth the risk.

By 8:00 am, I am at my desk, and the kids have started with any assignments. Our rule is that they have to finish their first block of assignments by 11:00 am, the lunch time I had pre-COVID-19. I found that by addressing my needs first I am able to be more patient and adaptable with covering their needs.

Meals, well… when I shop, I buy a lot of fruit for snacks and when making sandwiches or cooking warm meals have started making double portions to ensure we have enough leftovers. They are starting to accept that we aren’t going to the store so often and they will get leftovers at least once every day. Smiley (-:

Afternoons: After lunch, I disengage from my work and review any questions, lost assignments, or missing workbook issues. Before sinking myself into that task I make sure to lock my PC (Ctrl+Alt+Del). That prevents my kids from accidentally loosing my work… or publishing anything to the company’s social media.

My wife: She has a busy job, lots of calls, video chats etc. This is a challenge. Back to my 8:00am – 11:00am sprint. During those hours he tries to be available for the kids, in the afternoon I am up. This trade off doesn’t mean we are in full teacher mode, but it allows one of us to accept a period of interruption, knowing that later, we will have higher quality work time. When we both know we’ll be engaged on conference calls or whatever… that is when some scheduled online educational games and snacks come in handy.








Oh, and the daily device wipe down: Since my hands haven’t completely fallen off, yet… I also take the opportunity to wipe down my keyboard, mouse and trackpad. If you’ve got tablets, I’d do those to with (screen safe) cleaner or in a pinch simply a damp rag. I start with our devices and move on to doorknobs and high traffic surfaces.

Promises: I promised this personal view on my secure home office to the Public Relations team at ESET. After saying “YES”, I started to feel vulnerable. “My security practices are gonna be visible to all my colleagues and the wider public.” But, there is hope.

Only via critique can you learn better practices and maybe the Corona virus can achieve what GDPR and countless internet security awareness campaigns have yet to do, raise people’s appreciation for basic security measures.