File automatically downloading every time I load the Community

[Shifty]

Morning,

When I loaded the Community page this morning, a file automatically downloaded.  When I refreshed the page, another file automatically downloaded. I thought it might be connected to the link I use to access the Community so I accessed it via google and I got the same thing.

Any ideas why this is happening?

[Shifty]

Having investigated a little (in Chrome Inspector), in the network tab I can see that the file is supplied by simplecast which leads me to believe it is linked to my recent subscription to the Alteryx Podcast.

[Shifty]

I should add that I have run AV and no identified issues and that this automatic download only happens with the Alteryx Community site.

[Shifty]

The files contain what appear to be transcripts from a casino chat room. 😥

[Shifty]

Each file has over 50,000 chat messages from a casino chatroom....

[mceleavey]

Hi @Shifty ,

@TheOC and myself have had a look at this and something's not right. Using the WordCloud tool in Alteryx, you can inspect the item and it actually contains a chat JSON, which we've visualised:

This is definitely not a thing you want.

@MaddieJ , @NeilR there looks like an issue with Simple Cast. Any ideas?

M.

[Shifty]

Definitely simplecast:

[mceleavey]

@Shifty , I've also had the issue. 

It happens when you open chrome and first log into the community. I've had two files download.

M.

[TheOC]

I've tested this on my side, and i don't get a file, but i also don't subscribe to the podcasts (i do now @MaddieJ !) 

So it would make sense for this to be simplecast with a faulty request(?).

[Shifty · Accepted solution]

In case anyone is actually interested, this issue has ceased - no automatic file downloads anymore. Would love to know what was causing it!