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Synthetic
Paranoid (IV) Inmate

From: under your rug,
Insane since: Jul 2001

posted posted 03-29-2002 05:26

You know how download sites, direct you to a page and then a few seconds later the file you want opens for download, I want to learn how to make a file open for download when I load a page, I have never doen this and I couldn't find helpful information on the net... So like always I should have asked it here first...

Pugzly
Paranoid (IV) Inmate

From: 127.0.0.1
Insane since: Apr 2000

posted posted 03-29-2002 05:41

meta refresh to the .exe

Synthetic
Paranoid (IV) Inmate

From: under your rug,
Insane since: Jul 2001

posted posted 03-29-2002 06:24

thanks a bunch, I tried that but i guess I did it wrong the first time.... it works fine now....

[This message has been edited by Synthetic (edited 03-29-2002).]

Dark
Neurotic (0) Inmate
Newly admitted
posted posted 04-09-2002 22:19

Why would you want to do that? That whole proccess is annoying. I mean if someone wants to download something just give a link to the file and it will pop-up automaticly. Why force it on someone?

Dark

Pugzly
Paranoid (IV) Inmate

From: 127.0.0.1
Insane since: Apr 2000

posted posted 04-09-2002 22:36

There are some reasons, including going to a page with more info about the download, advertising, tracking/statistics, etc.

Dark
Neurotic (0) Inmate
Newly admitted
posted posted 04-10-2002 03:38

Ah I see

Dark

DocOzone
Maniac (V) Lord Mad Scientist
Sovereign of all the lands Ozone and just beyond that little green line over there...

From: Stockholm, Sweden
Insane since: Mar 1994

posted posted 04-10-2002 10:18

Just read an article about this, "Web surfers brace for pop-up downloads", over at Cnet news.com. This is a technology that can be used or abused, used for neato-keen "wizards" to help you get what you were after, and abused by tricking people into installing carp and spyware they didn't want or need. Use with caution.

Your pal, -doc-

Pugzly
Paranoid (IV) Inmate

From: 127.0.0.1
Insane since: Apr 2000

posted posted 04-10-2002 15:51

"a particularly troublesome tactic that some have dubbed 'drive-by download.'"

Now that's amusing!

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