# Download from Straight Dope front page?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/download-from-straight-dope-front-page/312365>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [July 13, 2005, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/download-from-straight-dope-front-page/312365 "2005-07-13T17:39:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![lightingtool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/57b2e6/32.png) [@lightingtool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lightingtool)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2005, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/download-from-straight-dope-front-page/312365/1 "2005-07-13T17:39:53Z")

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This morning I tried to go to the Straight Dope front page ([www.straightdope.com](http://www.straightdope.com)). After typing that into my browser, a little window popped up asking if I wanted to download a file called ‘straightdope’ of an unspecified type. When I said no, my browser stopped and I was left looking at my homepage. What’s the scoop? Was the front page hacked? Am I the only one this happened to?

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**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2005, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/download-from-straight-dope-front-page/312365/2 "2005-07-13T18:21:13Z")

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I got that message, too, several times in the recent past. Dunno what it was all about so I just ignored it and came back to visit this site later. Haven’t noticed it lately though.

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**Author:** ![AmbushBug](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ambushbug/32/4600_2.png) [@AmbushBug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AmbushBug)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2005, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/download-from-straight-dope-front-page/312365/3 "2005-07-13T18:53:12Z")

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Try clearing your browser cache; the last time this happened to me that’s what did the trick.

Something to do with the banner ad misbehaving, if I remember correctly.

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**Author:** ![lightingtool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/57b2e6/32.png) [@lightingtool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lightingtool)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2005, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/download-from-straight-dope-front-page/312365/4 "2005-07-13T19:24:29Z")

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Hey, that worked! Thanks, **AmbushBug**.