Error to open a website in IE

[ashah98]

Hi,

Actualy I am getting a error messege when I am trying to open some websites in IE, like www.download.com, www.msfn.com & many others.

error is this


Do you want to save this file?

Name : download
Type : Unkonw file type, 12.2 kb
From : www.download.com

SAVE Cancel


This messege display in popup window

Please help me to resolve this problem.

[Welshjim]

ashah98--Well, those are not really error messages. They are the standard message you get when you are downloading a file from the internet. (WindowsXP goes a little overboard in the "warning".) In other words you do not see any description of what the file does (you presumably already have that information), but rather it is like you had clicked the "Download Now" button on a site. Here is an example
http://home.ptd.net/~don5408/apps/deltemp/deltemp.exe
Does that seem right?
Are you trying to download a file or just reach a website?
However, it is a little strange that www.download.com for example, all by itself, would lead directly to a download offer for a file. Are you sure there is not anymore to the URL than www.download.com ? For example, look at the URL I gave above. You can see that it is for a file called deltemp.exe. There is a lot more to the URL after "http://home.ptd.net" .

But, there is another problem. In the case of www.msfn.com, the site is "Under Construction". However, I do not think you want that page anyway. The MSForum site's URL is www.msfn.org. I would be a little suspicious of the .com site.
Perhaps you should run a spyware detector like AdAware or SpybotS&D
http://www.lavasoft.de/support/download/
http://www.safer-networking.org/

[ashah98]

I am still facing the same problem for websites www.download.com & www.msfn.org, I am not trying to download a file, I am just trying to open a website, the problem is that when I always try to open a website, Its show me to “save” the file when I click on save then file save on my pc but nothing happened and website still not opened. I have also attached a screen print of error message, kindly see that image & help me accordingly.

[Welshjim]

ashah98--Is this happening when you try to reach any site or just those two?

How are you trying to access those sites? Clicking a link, typing the URL into the Address bar, from Favorites, etc.?
A simple test that may tell us something. If you are using a link, right click on it, then Properties. What do you see in the Address line ?

Have you scanned with a spyware detector?

[ashah98]

Welshjim

I am trying to open these websited by typing the url in address bar. I can open these websites in Opera browser but can't open in IE or IE based browsers not only these website there are many other sites that I can't open in IE.

[Welshjim]

ashah98--What you say sems to make it clear that the problem is with IE.
Did you try what I suggested earlier?
"A simple test that may tell us something. If you are using a link, right click on it, then Properties. What do you see in the Address line ?"
If you want to continue to use IE, you could try to repair IE
http://help.att.net/docs/howto/other...&platform=none
Do you use Windows Update? You could see if there are any Critical updates. That might help.
I am assuming you use IE6. If not then you should definitely update to that.
And if this is a problem that only started recently, then you could consider a System Restore.

[frebo]

i had this same problem with ie6 on several sites dont know who but someone on this forun suggested i chck my java. anyhow there was a setting in ie6 under advanced where there was two references to java applets both were checked and i unchecked them and everything was fine.

[ashah98]

Thanks Welshjim for help.

As I observed that after installtion of Sun JAVA , my problem is resolved now I can open these websites www.download.com & www.msfn.org in IE.

[Welshjim]

frebo--Does your suggestion mean that you had both MSJava (Virtual Machine) and Sun Java checked? In other words that you had both running?
What's with the roadrunner in South Carolina?

[frebo]

jim evidently i did. however at that time i dont remember downloading sun. since reformat i now only have sun. i posted the problem here and was advised to unchek

i prewire homes for roadrunner cable and set up roadrunner on alot of comp. that is just an icon they sent me with some software.

[Welshjim]

frebo--The roadrunner is the state bird of New Mexico!!

[frebo]

do you ever really see a lot of them

[Welshjim]

Fewer than in previous years, but they are still with us.