Download of a random txt document

[Nobby the Bastard]

This seems to be happpening every time I click the back button. Browser is firefox.

https://cdn.bcf.44bytes.net/files/que.jpg
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[Ste]

f is for furryporn?

Try disabling Adblock Plus and see if that fixes it.

[Nobby the Bastard]

It is disabled on here.
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[Nobby the Bastard]

The contents

https://cdn.bcf.44bytes.net/files/txt.jpg
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[Easy-X]

Javascript... probably some advert tracking shite. What browser? Chrome, Firefox?
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[Nobby the Bastard]

Browser? IEV7

[Riejufixing]

Maybe it's lost in the noise, or I've had a funny five minutes, but can you post the URL of site you're visiting?

[Ste]

[Nobby the Bastard]

[Easy-X]

Internet Explorer 7?! Feck! What do you lit your ciggies with, flint and tinder?

Try another browser
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[Nobby the Bastard]

[Ste]

Still try completely disabling Ad Blocker Plus to see if the problem goes away.

[Riejufixing]

[Nobby the Bastard]

[Easy-X]

[Easy-X]

Okay, done some digging and this seems to be the most likely explanation:

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/28535603/google-chrome-forcing-download-of-f-txt-file

tl;dr malicious javascript being spat out as a file instead of being run by the browser. Safety feature, working as intended.

I wondered why I'd not seem such a thing before but I run Ad Block, uBlock Origin and a DNS filter so I don't see most advertising domains, certainly not the iffy ones.
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[Nobby the Bastard]

[andym]

I was going to post about having this same problem, which only seemed to start happening yesterday.... I don't use ad blockers so can't switch them off

[stinkwheel]

I've had it a couple of times. I understand it's a workaround to stop sites which have inadvertantly included a potential malware issue executing that code.

Seems to come from third party advert referrers so it's a lottery depending which ad they put up and if that ad contains the code in question.

I've had it a couple of times navigating ebay and youtube on firefox in linux debian.
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[bhinso]

I blame it on the Coronavirus contained in the MotoGP 2020 thread.

[Nobby the Bastard]

If donk was still here he'd be blaming it on China or whichever racial grouping he was most unhappy with at that time.
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