533005 - Download Manager will never finish virus scan if all other browser windows are closed

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Toolkit :: Downloads API, defect)

Description

[Oran Lord]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1.5) Gecko/20091102 Firefox/3.5.5 GTB6 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1.5) Gecko/20091102 Firefox/3.5.5 GTB6 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)

If the user is downloading a file with the Download Manager window open and virus scanning enabled, and then they close all other browser windows and dialogs, when the download completes, the "Scanning for viruses..." step will never complete. The user cannot directly open the file (they must first go through Windows Explorer) until the the Download Manager window is closed and re-opened.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
 - Have AVG Anti-virus installed (any version will do)
 - Set up Firefox to scan all downloads for viruses with AVG
 - Begin downloading a file with Firefox (you will need to have enough time to
do a couple steps, so choose a medium-sized download or use a slow download
speed)
 - Open the Downloads window
 - Leaving the Downloads window open, close all other Firefox windows,
including all open webpages and dialogs (so that only the Downloads window is
left)
 - Wait for the download to complete
 - Note that once the anti-virus scan begins, the Downloads window will
continue to show the status as "Scanning for viruses..." until the Downloads
window is closed and re-opened
Actual Results:  
Once the download completes, the Download Manager will display "Scanning for viruses..." until the window is closed and re-opened, even though the virus scan appears to have completed normally.

Expected Results:  
The anti-virus scan should complete just like it does when the browser window is open.

Note that the bug will fix itself if, before the download is completed, the user re-opens a browser window, closes the Download Manager, and re-opens the Download Manager. As long as all browser windows are not closed before the download is completed, the Download Manager will function correctly.

Comment 1

[Oran Lord]

Also occurs in Windows 7.

Comment 2

[Jim Mathies [:jimm]]

At some point this got fixed. Closing.