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Mirror website automatically downloads a suspicious file
By AkbarKING, history, 4 hours ago, In English

Whenever I visit mirror.codeforces.com, my browser automatically downloads a file. Is this normal, or is something malicious happening?

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4 hours ago, # |
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The file is not malicious (it's completely empty, 0b size), but this is wierd

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    4 hours ago, # ^ |
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    I think it wasn't empty before. My antivirus detected it as a virus just minutes ago. They probably removed the contents, or maybe it's just another Mandela effect for me.

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4 hours ago, # |
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I also have this problem + mirror doesn't open at all for me, just downloads this empty file.

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3 hours ago, # |
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Sometimes it happens to me too.

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