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Everytime I open Safari it downloads a series of blank.aspx files into my downloads folder. Anyone having the same problem?

Everytime I open Safari it downloads a series of blank.aspx files into my downloads folder. Anyone having the same problem?

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8)

Posted on Dec 20, 2011 8:55 PM

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Go to ~/Library/Safari


Move these files to the Trash.


Downloads.plist


History.plist


LastSession.plist




Restart your Mac, try Safari.

Posted on Dec 20, 2011 9:07 PM

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Dec 21, 2011 6:35 AM in response to David the Elder

I am having the same problem when opening Safari. This seems to be happening ONLY on my homepage, no matter what I set the homepage to be. My downloads window opens and I get a handful of these blank-1.aspx, blank-2.aspx, etc.. downloading. Fixes above have not worked for me. This problem only started in the last couple of days. It had never occurred before. Any help is greatly appreciated. I'm running Safari 5.1.2.

Dec 21, 2011 9:54 AM in response to designer.pdx

It seems to be from ad banners on some sites, they are poorly coded and throw blank.aspx files at you. Whoever the ad vendor is should fix this, but who knows if they know/care.


I've installed the AdBlock extension in Safari and it seems to do the trick. You can either just turn it on, or only have it filter out ads from certain sites (IMDB, ESPN, Gawker, etc)


I'll occasionally turn off adblock in the coming days to see if the ads have been fixed, or if it's still happening

Everytime I open Safari it downloads a series of blank.aspx files into my downloads folder. Anyone having the same problem?

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