Why is everythting i download in browser form?

Get more done with the new Google Chrome. A more simple, secure, and faster web browser than ever, with Google’s smarts built-in. Download now.  · If the browser doesn't know what it is, it probably defaults to application/octet-stream and prompts for download. Here's a brief blog about it.  · All of a sudden I can't download anything. I'm pretty much technically illiterate but I DO download images/documents frequently and have never had a problem. Until now. Now no matter what I try to download- or when I try to view my previous folder of downloads instead of seeing the image I get a page of random symbols and letters.

I've recently been noticing my download speeds for files have been very slow. I've run a speed test, and it said my download speed is greater than 60 Mb/s, but when I go to download a file, it barely exceeds kb/bltadwin.ru happened very suddenly too, in the past, speeds were as high as 20 Mb/s. Extensions Starter Kit. View all. Do more with your browser. Ad. Added. Quickly find open tabs, see all windows in one view, find duplicates and limit tabs per window. The best Tab Manager for Chrome. Updates. Notwithstanding above Section as applied to Windows 7, 8, and , the terms of the applicable Windows License Terms, or any Windows update settings you have configured, the Software periodically checks for updates, and downloads and installs them for you.

Launch Chrome and select the Chrome menu from the top of your screen. Select Preferences. Scroll down the settings on the side menu until you see Advanced. Click on it. Choose Downloads. Click on. When you download a file, Internet Explorer checks for clues that the download is malicious or potentially harmful to your PC. If Internet Explorer identifies a download as suspicious, you'll be notified so you can decide whether or not to save, run, or open the file. Whether that results in the file at that URL being downloaded or being shown as a page in the browser depends upon the headers returned by the server when it serves the file and on what file types the browser is capable of rendering.