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Why does IDM Catch openh264-win32-v1.1-Firefox33.zip?

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Heatshiver
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IDM has been picking up "openh264-win32-v1.1-Firefox33.zip" every so often ever since I upgraded to 33.0.3 [presently on 33.1]. It gets pretty annoying. I am aware there is now H.264 support, but I assumed this would be taken care with the upgrade, not some manual install...

This thread doesn't really help, but it does describe how the download will just keep popping up: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1013339?esab=a&as=aaq

I found another thread on this issue here but it doesn't offer any solutions: http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?f=38&t=2886203

Anyways, how can I get Firefox to stop sending it?

IDM has been picking up "openh264-win32-v1.1-Firefox33.zip" every so often ever since I upgraded to 33.0.3 [presently on 33.1]. It gets pretty annoying. I am aware there is now H.264 support, but I assumed this would be taken care with the upgrade, not some manual install... This thread doesn't really help, but it does describe how the download will just keep popping up: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1013339?esab=a&as=aaq I found another thread on this issue here but it doesn't offer any solutions: http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?f=38&t=2886203 Anyways, how can I get Firefox to stop sending it?

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ehsan9891
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i have the sample problem and still no solution.

cor-el
cor-el
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This is a file that Firefox downloads if there is an update for the Cisco OpenH264 plugin available. I don't know why IDM intercept this request. It could possibly has to do with the file extension or the way that it is requested.