Stop Leechers

[hakkuo23]

Ok, I want to stop leechers from dowloading files from my website. I want it to restrict people from viewing folders, but it would still allow them to download if they have the specific address to the file. Ex http://yourwebsite.com/files/ would be restricted, but http://yourwebsite.com/files/picture.jpg would not be restricted.
Thanks!

[Edge100x]

The easiest way to do this would be to create a blank index.html file in the folder. You could also use the .htaccess file to remove Indexes.

[hakkuo23]

Sorry I hit 'New Topic.'
How can I do that without putting an index.html into every folder since I have hundreds?

[Edge100x]

Create an .htaccess file in the parent folder of those, containing the following:

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Options -Indexes

[hakkuo23]

Thank you it worked perfectly.
I also added a custom 403 error message, so this is what the .htaccess file looks like if anyone else has the same problem as I do:

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Options -Indexes
ErrorDocument 403 http://xxx/index.php

Thank you!