178147 - The browser doesn't let me download files

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 171441

(SeaMonkey :: Download & File Handling, defect)

Description

[Austin Smith]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.2b) Gecko/20021016
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.2b) Gecko/20021016

When using my browser to download files, it flashes a message about a broken
link and doesn't let the download progress or even start

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. go to download a flie with an exe in the filename
2.
3.

Actual Results:  
It gives an error message about a broken link and doesn't download

Expected Results:  
It should begin downloading the file, in the cases I've done they were
installers so they were .exe files specifically

Comment 1

[Oliver Klee]

AUstin, could you have a look at bug 171441 and see whether your bug is a dupe?

Comment 2

[Frank Wein [:mcsmurf]]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 171441 ***