Files Downloading

[nailit]

Went to close my browser earlier and got the message

//By the way, your files are still downloading...
you might lose them if you close the browser//

Any idea what this is about?
(left my browser open while I went out in case it was anything to do with windows 10 update, still the same when I got back...doesn't look right somehow.)
Thanks.

[SlackAlice]

With your browser open press Ctrl plus J
Should open a new window showing old downloads or current active ones

[nailit]

Thanks SA.
Its showing something for match.taboola.com 0 bytes waiting to download
(and yet still getting the message that files are downloading)
Getting a bit worried about this now, any help/advice appreciated.
Thanks

[Old_Geezer]

If there are 0 bytes awaiting, I'd give up on it.
Taboola is about advertising. You probably don't want it anyway.

[nailit]

Cheers O-G.
Have since closed/reopened browser and its disappeared. Don't know what it is or how it come to be on my lappy or why my device was telling me that it was downloading.

[fender62]

install this and run it, https://www.piriform.com/ccleaner/download

[Buenchico]

taboola.com is an Israel-based web advertising company. I doubt that you'd want anything from them!

[nailit]

Thanks fender, already got that on my lappy :-)
Chris, its actually match.taboola.com. Is that the same? And what the hell is (was...) it doing on my device?

[Old_Geezer]

Match.com is that dating agency you joined.

[Buenchico]

Yes, it's the same, Nailit. The domain name is always the bit immediately in front of .com (or .co.uk or whatever). Anything before or after it can be ignored when working out who owns the site.

[Buenchico]

It's just an ad on a website you've visited downloading some data.

If you've already got Malwarebytes Anti-Malware on your computer, run a scan with it.

If not, download AdwCleaner instead (because it avoids mucking about with a free trial of a paid-for program) and run it.

https://www.malwarebytes.com/adwcleaner/

[nailit]

LOL O-G, I gave up that lark a long time ago...
Cheers Chris, ive got ccleaner installed, isn't that a similar thing?
(sorry, I'm a bit thick with tech stuff. Actually Im just a bit thick full stop...)

[Buenchico]

CCleaner is a great program but it's not an anti-malware tool. Give AdwCleaner a try. (I suspect that it will find a few nasties on your computer, which you can then zap).

[nailit]

Thanks again Chris for ur speedy response. Forgive me for asking again...just trying to learn a bit here...but I'm a bit stumped as to the diference between Ccleaner and Adwcleaner. If Adwcleaner gets rid of malware, just what does Ccleaner get rid off?

[Buenchico]

CCleaner can be used to get rid of redundant registry entries, which can slow a computer or even cause it to crash.

It can also be used to identify software which hasn't been used for ages, allowing you to consider uninstalling it.

Another use for CCleaner is to clear all of your internet history, so that anyone who has access to your computer can't see what you've been doing.

However it doesn't get rid of malware.

[nailit]

Cheers Chris, that explains it, thanks. :-)