Author Topic: what is octet-stream (Read 2736 times)

s.h. · « **on:** March 25, 2011, 08:50:54 PM »

Occasionally when I visit links on ebay or go to google, I get the following popup application/octet-stream and then it asks me to save it in another application. If I click it again, everything is fine. But it only happens in firefox. Is this an avast thing or something else?

XP sp3/avast internet security/firefox 3.6.15/ie 8

doktornotor · « **Reply #1 on:** March 25, 2011, 08:52:03 PM »

application/octet-stream is a MIME type. Not avast really.

P.S. You should update your FF to 3.6.16 due to a critical security issue with Comodo Certificates!

s.h. · « **Reply #2 on:** March 25, 2011, 08:59:14 PM »

Thanks. What's a comodo certificate? I saw firefox just came out with a version 4.0.

doktornotor · « **Reply #3 on:** March 25, 2011, 09:07:45 PM »

Quote from: s.h. on March 25, 2011, 08:59:14 PM

Thanks. What's a comodo certificate? I saw firefox just came out with a version 4.0.

You must the the only one who missed the story.

http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=74516.0

s.h. · « **Reply #4 on:** March 25, 2011, 09:22:30 PM »

Thanks for the info.

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