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Something weird is happening on the profile for "PROTOMAN.EXE"

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Whenever I hit the username "PROTOMAN.EXE", it starts a download on my computer....

And when it doesn't, and I click on his questions, it starts a download.

asked Jan 21 by Mewderator
edited Jan 22 by Pokemaster
My computer never did that. Strange...
commented Jan 21 by Mr.K
What browser? I'm guessing Internet Explorer is being stupid as usual ;)
commented Jan 22 by Pokemaster
Not this time. Im using IE9.
commented Jan 22 by Ivan Kurama Shaddix
This is because .exe is a type of file. When the thing is a ling, your comp. thinks its a download link. When it downloads, you will find that it downloaded blank data packets.
commented Jan 22 by Oreon
edited Jan 22 by Pokemaster
I'm using Chrome.
commented Jan 22 by Mewderator
Lol. I wondered if that would happen when i first saw his name. xD
commented Jan 22 by Scizornician

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I checked in several browsers and the page loads fine. It could be caused by a virus scanner or something else on your computer that thinks everything ending is ".exe" is an application. Even though it's clearly just a web page.

answered Jan 22 by Pokemaster
selected Jan 23 by Mewderator

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