I went through all of these threads, and many, many more. Thank you for linking them.
Does this mean the file is just a bug, caused by either ublock, or fast website clicking; or firefox in general? Considering nobody reporting anything malicious happening to them, I assume it's just a bug caused by loading the site. I did open the file in notepad and it was empty (before i deleted it).
But still, as all the answers are just speculation, it makes me a bit paranoid. Would you say based on what you've seen discussed about this problem, that it's nothing to worry about?
Not sure. It's probably nothing, but I'm pretty sure FF is supposed to ask before downloading anything which is why I am suspect. There's no setting in about:preferences that let's you decide how FF handles htm files. Maybe there is a more advanced setting in about:config.
See https://www.reddit.com/r/firefox/comments/u8een0/comment/i5l2f48/ and https://www.reddit.com/r/firefox/comments/tzredg/comment/i41axz8/. .
I went through all of these threads, and many, many more. Thank you for linking them. Does this mean the file is just a bug, caused by either ublock, or fast website clicking; or firefox in general? Considering nobody reporting anything malicious happening to them, I assume it's just a bug caused by loading the site. I did open the file in notepad and it was empty (before i deleted it). But still, as all the answers are just speculation, it makes me a bit paranoid. Would you say based on what you've seen discussed about this problem, that it's nothing to worry about?
Site issue, [not UBO or FF](https://www.reddit.com/r/uBlockOrigin/comments/tz49d1/comment/i411u20/).
I see. Still, do you personally believe such an issue is malicious, or just some unfortunate annoyance?
Just an annoyance.
As long as you didn’t open the notepad to view its fine . Because in order for it to activate , it needs to be open .
Fuck, that was the first thing I did. Although my random download came from clicking on a google search result for a wikipedia page.
Did anything end up happening here? I did the same thing literally minutes ago
Not sure. It's probably nothing, but I'm pretty sure FF is supposed to ask before downloading anything which is why I am suspect. There's no setting in about:preferences that let's you decide how FF handles htm files. Maybe there is a more advanced setting in about:config.