Every time since updating to Sierra. When I visit the Microsoft Answers forum as soon as it open I the ghost image travel across the screen where a file is being downloading. I go to downloads and there is a File called t.asm appears in downloads fold with a size of 0 bytes.
Anyone have any suggestions?
iPad Pro, iOS 10.0.2, Purchased from Verizon 128 GB
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Neither article seemed to help.
Try asking on that forum to see if others are experiencing the same thing.
Thanks.
Loading that Microsoft web page contains the following (edited) URL that causes a zero byte file to be downloaded:
https//web.vortex.data.microsoft.com/collect/v1/t.asm?wa=wsignin1.0
The colon following "https" is omitted in the above link, so clicking it will just result in "page not found" or default to a search page, depending on how you configured Safari. If you want to reproduce it for yourself, put the colon back in the URL.
I surmise the file itself is simply a misguided attempt at a placeholder, something that should more properly be implemented using cookies.
I can understand how that website behavior would be annoying, but there is nothing you can do about it. It's a problem with the website that only Microsoft will be able to fix, if they are interested in fixing it at all.
The file itself is harmless and can do nothing. Just delete it.
Thanks I will report this to the Microsoft answer forum as I am a Moderator on the the Mac Office forums.
See if That will wake them up.
Since updating to Sierra, When I read Microsoft Answers Forums downloads task files
