DougCuk Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 Was using IE8 on XP Just checked using Chrome and file downloads OK - with the file size you quotedDid a file compare and there is an 11 byte header added to the fileplus there are periodic blocks of 5 hex bytes inserted into the file at regular intervals - weird.Have encountered cases where a downloaded file was incomplete - but never with regular internal corruptions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DougCuk Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 Looks like another IE8 incompatability to add to the list.It seems that IE8 gets the raw GZipped version of the file from the server - and does no conversion back to straight ZIP formatThe file you get with IE8 still has a GZip wrapper around the ZIP file.WinRar will remove this wrapper - if it understands what it is dealing with Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
submix8c Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 (sigh...) Seems you are correct. Googlegzip "internet explorer 8" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 Are you talking about using IE8 to download it or via my script?BTW, why are you using IE8? Are you looking to get hacked? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DougCuk Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 I was downloading your zip file using IE8 - not the most secure browser I will agree - but that is a whole other topic! Apparently this was a known issue with IE6, IE7 and IE8 - but was never fixedDocumented by MS as a fast published "emerging issues" article (2009/2010) - but no fix was ever implemented.http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2002350The two offered resolutions are basically:Option 1 - Disable HTTP (GZIP) compression for .ZIP files on the web server.Option 2 - Change the MIME type for .ZIP files on the web server from application/x-zip-compressed to application/octet-stream.Also discussed here:http://serverfault.com/questions/77740/corrupt-zip-file-when-downloaded-from-apache-with-internet-explorer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
submix8c Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 IE6 < IE7 < IE8 < FF I believe they meant "using IE8 to download", hence my Google Search. It reveals IE8 has "problems" that IE9 "fixes" (re - gzip-enabled).BTW, putting the Zipped-Script link directly in "raw" IE6 "oddly" tossed me to the HTML page (a/l in my "repair install" of Srv2k3). THEN clicking the Link allowed download and looked ok. Of course, "bugs" still show up since I haven't updated it yet... (JFYI) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 BTW, putting the Zipped-Script link directly in "raw" IE6 "oddly" tossed me to the HTML pageYeah that's because the download must be referred from updates.html. It's to prevent hotlinking. You're being 302'd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
submix8c Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 better than being 404'd! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponch Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 I still got IE6 (in a corner ) and it works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 Ponch, I'll turn gzip compression back on for the next 24 hours starting in the time it takes me to click my bookmark and click the buttons in cPanel.Can you test again during that period? Probably don't have to sat this but clear your temp internet files. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponch Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 No can do today. Will do it tomorrow, possibly ~2 hours sooner than my previous reply. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
submix8c Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 IE6 6.0.3790.3759 - no problems.As was stated (google what I gave) it -appears- that only IE8 suffers the affliction.I'll gladly fire up my XP and/or 98SE (both having IE6) and do another run as proof-testing. Heck, I'll install IE7 on the XP as well if you wish.HTH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 (edited) It's cool. Don't go to all that trouble. I was just curious.I was on IE6 until early last year when MS completly broke their website on IE6. I used to click the details links in the WU results and the KB articles and bulletins were horrendous. That's about the only times I fired up IE...WU. Edited January 27, 2014 by -X- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponch Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 Now it says indeed that the Zip file is damaged or incomplete. The funny thing is that Avant Browser, which basically, I thought was a UI layer using IE, is not showing that problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 OK, thanks. I'll turn it back off now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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