Browser trying to download/install files?

[ZackDanger]

Anyone else getting these warnings? I believe I saw one (on my phone perhaps) that indicated it was a .js file...

Not sure if this is related to a new version of my web browser with additional security alerting me to a simple tracking cookie, or there's a malicious ad being fed to the site that's trying to install some java script?

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[Administrator]

Looking into this. Thanks for the report.

 

[Administrator]

If anyone else has this happen, can you please post what device and browser you're using. That would be helpful for diagnosing the issue. Thank you.

 

[jimmysmith3]

If anyone else has this happen, can you please post what device and browser you're using. That would be helpful for diagnosing the issue. Thank you.

I'm having this issue using safari. It keeps trying to download things.

 

[Administrator]

Thanks for the feedback. This is something that’s happening across the web and is luckily harmless. It’s happening because of a misconfigured ad on Google’s ad network. Here is an explanation and fix for now until Google fixes it on their end, which should happen soon.

https://9to5mac.com/2020/09/23/allow-downloads/

 

[Blitzinger]

Glad I saw this. Had it pop up a few times asking if I wanted to download a .txt doc. Thought it was for another program but it only showed up in the window for this website

Browser was Firefox

 

[Toccoa]

I was getting it too.

 

[Granger Ford]

I use Brave, reminds me of Google prior to it being "Upgraded"

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