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FireFox 3.0.1 Bug (or not?) by Quantum on 09-17-2008 at 07:01 PM
I was downloading the beta of WLM and i noticed something in ff. It was download from the microsoft download section that is here.
In ff it says it's from msghelp.net.
Should it not be download.microsoft.com?
RE: FireFox 3.0.1 Bug (or not?) by Spunky on 09-17-2008 at 07:39 PM
It's most likely the site that you downloaded it from rather than thesite you downloadede it from... Erm, wait... what?
I mean it's most likely just gonna show the site where you initiated the download rather than the server it's hosted on. It's better in respect of you know what site you got the download from, but not so good in terms of security if you don't bother to check the location of the download in the status bar as you could linked to www.naughty.com/setup.exe while the download manager still says Google 
RE: FireFox 3.0.1 Bug (or not?) by Chancer on 09-17-2008 at 07:47 PM
Seems like it's the site where the link you clicked is, and not the site the file is hosted.
RE: FireFox 3.0.1 Bug (or not?) by Eljay on 09-17-2008 at 07:49 PM
quote:
Originally posted by SpunkyLoveMuff
I mean it's most likely just gonna show the site where you initiated the download rather than the server it's hosted on.
Exactly, if you right click > "Go to download page" it will.. well, go to the download page.
But I agree, it seems a bit of an odd thing to do.
RE: FireFox 3.0.1 Bug (or not?) by Quantum on 09-17-2008 at 08:57 PM
I thought that
I agree. It does seem odd
I might request them to change it
RE: FireFox 3.0.1 Bug (or not?) by RaceProUK on 09-18-2008 at 10:26 PM
I tried it, and Firefox showed microsoft.com.
And yes, I'm using Firefox 3.0.1.
On Ubuntu.
RE: FireFox 3.0.1 Bug (or not?) by Quantum on 09-18-2008 at 10:29 PM
quote:
Originally posted by RaceProUK
I tried it, and Firefox showed microsoft.com.
And yes, I'm using Firefox 3.0.1.
On Ubuntu.
As you can see im on vista so looks like I AM DOOMED WITH VISTA!!
RE: FireFox 3.0.1 Bug (or not?) by RaceProUK on 09-19-2008 at 05:17 PM
Happens on XP too 