Many Facebook users are encountering an unusual announcement upon logging into their accounts today. They are being prompted to download the file named gzip_detect.php . As many users contemplate whether this is an action of their computer for an update, an unwanted virus, a patch from Facebook itself, or the beginnings of the awakening conscience of HAL within their own desktop, many other users are blissfully unaware of any issue at all.
Since the file download is apparently an issue that is arising when users of Internet Explorer log into Facebook is conflicting with the Facebook code itself. There is no official announcement yet as to the source of the file, only that common reaction is to cancel the download and try again.
If you want to ensure that you do not see gzip_detect.php announcing its arrival on your PC or laptop again or for the first time, follow these steps:
1. Ensure that you have your computer up to date with Microsoft Updates, especially the Internet Explorer files.
2. Clear your cookies. This one can hurt, because those same cookies surely make logging into all of our favorite sites so much smoother. For instructions on how to clear cookies, go here.
3. Reboot. A hard reboot of our computer is something we forget about and take for granted, but on a Microsoft based PC or laptop, it is a necessary action to do regularly!
4. My friends would, as a last resort (or perhaps a first?) , would advise me to get a Mac and avoid all these issues. I am not ready to take that step yet however.
If none of these actions seem to help, you can temporarily log into Facebook using another browser such as Google Chrome or Firefox until Facebook can work this out.
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