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Apr 18, 2018, 00:58 am
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Hello,
I've never had this kind of problem before.
Started downloading "Far Cry 5 (CPY)", 9 parts, each one being 5 GB big.
Part 1 and 2 are finished, but the file type of part one looks like an internet shortcut:
![[Image: File_Type.jpg]](https://s31.postimg.cc/las8isea3/File_Type.jpg)
Now it gets even more weird. I am able to change the file type of part 2, but not of part 1. The file type ". rar" of part 1 is not a file type, but part of the file's name (meaning the file type doesn't even show up), although the box: " File name extension" under " View" is ticked (see above).
I mean of course I can re-download part 1, but what the monkey is going on?
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Post a link to the torrent
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Apr 18, 2018, 12:31 pm
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Hi, I haven't used the torrent yet, but the direct download here.
Google Drive links are overloaded, so I'm using MegaUp (DL speed currently between 250 and 300 kB/s).
Okay found a solution .. by associating the .url extension through the default apps page of Window's settings:
Start Menu > Settings > Type: "default" and choose the first hit: " default app settings" > click on: " choose default apps by file type" and scroll all the way down to " .url file", click on the icon and choose an app (I chose Google Chrome) ... resulting in this:
![[Image: File_Type_2.jpg]](https://s31.postimg.cc/vxw75i6a3/File_Type_2.jpg)
Now I'm able to change the file name from "Far.Cry.5.part01.rar.url" .. to .. "Far.Cry.5.part01.rar":
![[Image: File_Type_3.jpg]](https://s31.postimg.cc/m0l6cxbob/File_Type_3.jpg)
... finally ...
![[Image: File_Type_2.jpg]](https://s31.postimg.cc/xqz3ty9i3/File_Type_2.jpg)
By the way, I'm downloading part 3 now. The DL speed using MegaUp currently is between 1250 to 1350 kB/s.
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Well done, but instead of any browser, I would pick an innocuous app (like solitaire) or an anti-malware.
Then, afterward return the URL extension to the default browser association.
If it was a rogue link, chrome would go there and what could happen? Better not...
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(Apr 18, 2018, 16:32 pm)dueda Wrote: If it was a rogue link, chrome would go there and what could happen? Better not...
Although you can't be careful enough, the source (IGG) is trustworthy. But I just remember something else, an eBook that I downloaded as a torrent a while ago. The download was a folder and after double click there was a file, that looked like another folder (without any extension) and the following double click set off something nasty, which I was only able to track down months later, with the help of Kaspersky's tdsskiller.
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(Apr 18, 2018, 17:09 pm)Cov Wrote: I just remember something else,...
Yes, I remember too... Looks like you're an adventurous downloader! 
Glad to hear you terminated the pest in your system.
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