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Title: forums trying to force download a strange file
Post by: hotcoffe on March 06, 2017, 06:40:18 AM: Hi ,
occasionally when I am browsing the forum I get below file trying to be downloaded without me pressing any download button etc... (please see attached)
Title: Re: forums trying to force download a strange file
Post by: BowHTR on March 06, 2017, 07:40:03 AM: That's not the forum, that's the post that you were last viewing. I have the same problem from Firefox when I browse the forums at work, but it doesn't happen on Firefox when I'm at home. I'm not sure what is technically happens, but I do know that you cant see the video in the post and Firefox tries to download it.
Title: Re: forums trying to force download a strange file
Post by: Skuzzy on March 06, 2017, 08:25:25 AM: I need to know what thread that is coming from. It probably is something in someone's signature causing it.
Title: Re: forums trying to force download a strange file
Post by: hotcoffe on March 06, 2017, 08:46:29 AM: `The Expanse` topic is one of them:
http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php/topic,384747.0/topicseen.html
Title: Re: forums trying to force download a strange file
Post by: Krupinski on March 06, 2017, 09:23:24 AM: Anything with an embedded link, such as YouTube. Happening to me on Chrome.
Title: Re: forums trying to force download a strange file
Post by: ImADot on March 06, 2017, 09:25:53 AM: It seems lots of people attach flash player animations/videos in their posts. Some browsers and corporate networks either block them or make you download them instead of playing them as embedded content in the post.
Title: Re: forums trying to force download a strange file
Post by: Skuzzy on March 06, 2017, 09:59:18 AM: All those Youtube links. I'll be glad when Flash is finally dead.

If you go into your account profile and look in the "Look and Layout" section of the profile, just check the option to "Show Youtube videos as a link" and that may take care of it.
Title: Re: forums trying to force download a strange file
Post by: Krupinski on March 06, 2017, 10:42:00 AM: Quote from: Skuzzy on March 06, 2017, 09:59:18 AM
All those Youtube links. I'll be glad when Flash is finally dead.

If you go into your account profile and look in the "Look and Layout" section of the profile, just check the option to "Show Youtube videos as a link" and that may take care of it.

That may fix the issue, but why is this the only forum it happens on to begin with? It only started a month or so ago.
Title: Re: forums trying to force download a strange file
Post by: Skuzzy on March 06, 2017, 10:44:13 AM: Quote from: Krupinski on March 06, 2017, 10:42:00 AM
That may fix the issue, but why is this the only forum it happens on to begin with? It only started a month or so ago.

It is not the forums fault. The warning is happening due to browser settings. If you are running Windows 10, an update may have reset your browser settings back to defaults.
Title: Re: forums trying to force download a strange file
Post by: icepac on March 06, 2017, 05:03:45 PM: It happens when your pc doesn't have an "open with" for a file type.

Firefox will instead prompt to download it so you can execute or view it later.