Leech Away

Are you tired of webmasters stealing your file links and using them on their own websites, or visitors using too much bandwidth on your file server? Look no further than Leech Away. This tool can protect your file links, making it impossible for people to increase your website's flux and improve access speed. You can also monitor detailed logs over daily access, illegal downloads, and bandwidth usage.

Leech Away is an IIS plug-in that can protect your website from bad people stealing your traffic by directly linking to resources on your server. It's perfect for image collections, videos, software or document archives, Flash games, or any other downloadable resource. After installing Leech Away, your site will continue working as before, and all user's favorites, backward links, and search engines will still be valid. However, if someone tries to embed your stuff directly on their site, they will only see an error message or your site's logo.

You can save tons of traffic (and money) and redirect hotlink requests to your site's homepage, turning hotlinks into real visitors. Developed with C++ language, the process efficiency is very high, and it works well in multi-threaded environments at IIS5/IIS6. Leech Away is server technology and file type independent, providing absolute transparency to your site's applications.

Configuring and setting up Leech Away is easy using the automatic install procedure and simple program GUI. You can also choose from two different protection methods, from the simplest installation to the unbreakable protection level. It doesn't rely on Cookies or JavaScripts, providing more reliable protection. Additionally, you can set different preferences for different domain or IP's hotlink protection of images, software, music, movies, stream media files, and more. Illegitimate surfers who hit your hotlinks or download your resource can be redirected to a desired URL automatically.

You can also set trusted hosts to link your content and even redirect to specified URLs automatically when the user requests a nonexistent file. Leech Away supports multiple languages, including English and Chinese, and can record leech and access logs. The effect is noticeable after using Leech Away, as the number of access count in your domain will increase stably while the bandwidth will remain in normal status. There's no need to modify any program or worry about the file's real URL being exposed, and the cost is low. Plus, there's a free 14-day trial period to test it out.