Rick, I only have the problems with m.twitter.com!!! And there my browser does not matter *smile* It is not a cookie, the page is a xml file or xhtml file, cannot remember. it is the normal login page that should be shown, but hte server does only give it for download and not process it through php or perl.(or whatever page it should be) Maybe it is a xml file in a java applet, I do not know, what they try to do. cheers, Martin ----- Original Message ----- From: "RicksPlace" < [email protected] > To: "Martin Thomas Schrott" < [email protected] > Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2010 11:04 AM Subject: Re: mobile facebook HI: I have seen mention of that problem. In fact this morning I went to m.facebook.com and got a request to download m_facebook_com with an unknown filetype attachment. As near as I can tell facebook allows programmers to attach their advertising or traking software to their page. Perhaps that is how they get money. When you bring up a webpage there are people who are allowed byt the website manager to send cookies to your computer and perhaps facebook has someone targeting your, or now my, area for tracking cookies but they did not code the download properly. This is a problem a couple of folks had last year and I did not find any good answer to the problem. You will need to contact facebook with as much information about the download as possible, perhaps a screen shot if you can do it. It could be trying to add a cookie but your browser does not recognicze it, wants to download something nasty or something else. I do not think that is a standard facebook process as I would have assumed many, many more comments on the process when searching Google. So, the problem seems to be uncommon which indicates something recent. Only facebook will be able to sort it out. You might try messing with your privacy settings but I would not do that unless you have to do it. I almost downloaded that puppy to see what the code looks like but I sure don't want to have to ReInstall my OS if it is a nasty. That login popup happened to one or 2 people last year and the only solution I found one person recommended was to switch his browser version which tells me it might have to do with a Browser setting. I have mine set up to allow first party cookies, although it does not seem to be working with Netflix anyway. Well, that is all I could find. You will have to contact Facebook and ask them about the message. Please post what you find from them as I got that message I mentioned this morning. I did not get it last time I went to the url provided in one of the posts. Notice how there was a period after the m in m.facebook.com. I do not remember but I think the original link was something a little diferent. Send me the url you use to try and connect to mobile facebook again if diferent and I will take another peek. For now I would not, and did not, download the file. Rick USA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Martin Thomas Schrott" < [email protected] > To: < [email protected] > Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2010 1:08 AM Subject: Re: mobile facebook > okay... the name of the file that is going to be downloaded is: > login > ;-) When you open it, it is a xml file, but my IE8 does not show it. It > will > be downloaded. > I only know this behaviour when the server does not execute the specific > filetype through php/perl/etc. So this may be the problem. > When I try to name a perlfile without extension, my server does the same > as > m.twitter.com does. > No idea how to get to twitter though. > thanks, > Martin > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "RicksPlace" < > [email protected] >> > To: "Martin Thomas Schrott" < > [email protected] >> > Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2010 11:19 PM > Subject: Re: mobile facebook > Find out the name of the file if it is given. Then look it up on Google or > post it here and I will look it up. That way you will know what it is and > what it does. > Rick USA > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Martin Thomas Schrott" < > [email protected] >> > To: < > [email protected] >>; < > [email protected] >> > Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2010 3:08 PM > Subject: Re: mobile facebook >> Had this problem at m.twitter.com the last days. >> Maybe there is the same problem, has anyone encountered that too? >> ;-) >> Martin >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Jed Barton" < > [email protected] >> >> To: < > [email protected] >> >> Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2010 7:20 PM >> Subject: mobile facebook >> >> >> Hey guys, >> Curious if anyone has gone to mobile facebook today, i'm getting >> something >> very strange, when i go to >> > http://m.facebook.com >> It is asking me to save a file or open a .php file. Is this an issue >> with >> their sight? >> I'm doing nothing different than i would ordinaraly do. >> >> Thanks, >> Jed >> If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original sender >> only. If your reply would benefit others on the list and your message is >> related to GW Micro, then please consider sending your message to >> > [email protected] > so the entire list will receive it. >> >> GW-Info messages are archived at > http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo > . You can >> manage your list subscription at > http://www.gwmicro.com/listserv > . >> >> If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original sender >> only. If your reply would benefit others on the list and your message is >> related to GW Micro, then please consider sending your message to >> > [email protected] > so the entire list will receive it. >> >> GW-Info messages are archived at > http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo > . 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