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possible exploit: when linked to a .application file(application manifest) it does not ask u to download or what to do, but automaticly runs it.

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This might be the wrong place but I didn't see anywhere else to put this. I encountered this by following a link on a youtube video which lead to a file uploaded on MegaUpload, upon trying to download it it automaticly started running it and then gave some error which I don't remember. Then I used another browser and downloaded it and opened it with a text editor, I'm new to application manifest files so I'm not really sure if they can be really dangerous.

The malicious link(BE WARNED MIGHT BE HARMFULL):http://www.megaupload.com/?d=EHYKMOP0

So yes please make a confirm dialog for application manifests before letting them run automaticly

This might be the wrong place but I didn't see anywhere else to put this. I encountered this by following a link on a youtube video which lead to a file uploaded on MegaUpload, upon trying to download it it automaticly started running it and then gave some error which I don't remember. Then I used another browser and downloaded it and opened it with a text editor, I'm new to application manifest files so I'm not really sure if they can be really dangerous. The malicious link(BE WARNED MIGHT BE HARMFULL):http://www.megaupload.com/?d=EHYKMOP0 So yes please make a confirm dialog for application manifests before letting them run automaticly