Safari downloads gif images for no reason

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Safari downloads gif images for no reason

When I visit this site

www.jsonline.com

some gif images are automatically downloaded (called p-01-OVlaSjnOLG.gif). Every click results in a download. How do I stop this?

Safari version 4.0.4, running on OS X 10.5.8. Lots of space on hard drive.

iMac 24", Mac OS X (10.5.8), 3.06 GHz core 2 duo, 4gb ram

Posted on Jan 15, 2010 10:47 AM

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Answer 1

Jan 15, 2010 11:36 AM in response to VikasDesai

HI and Welcome to Apple Discussions...

If you right or control click an image a pop up menu will appear but just clicking on an image shouldn't result in the file automatically downloading.

Try resetting Safari and emptying the cache.

From the Safari Menu Bar, click Safari / Empty Cache. When you are done with that...

From the Safari Menu Bar, click Safari / Reset Safari. Select the top 5 buttons and click Reset.

Go here for trouble shooting 3rd party plugins or input managers which might be causing the problem.

http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1594

Make sure Safari is not running in Rosetta. Right or control click the Safari icon in your Applications folder then click Get Info. In the Get Info window click the black disclosure triangle so it faces down. Where you see Open using Rosetta... make sure that is NOT selected.

Carolyn 🙂

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Jan 15, 2010 3:39 PM in response to Carolyn Samit

Thanks for the info.

Resetting seems to have changed something, but the automatic downloading has not stopped.
Now it happens on a different site! I no longer get them when I go to jsonline.com, but now
they happen on

http://www.moillusions.com/

Two or three gifs are automatically downloaded as soon as I go to the site, and more if I click on something here. It is the same gif file that is repeatedly downloaded.

I disabled plugins as instructed, but that does not help. It is not running on Rosetta either.

Thanks.

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