PHPBB Problem?

[netmaestro]

Here is a link I placed on one of my posts: http://lloydsplace.com/quickupload.zip

When I click this link it goes nowhere. But if I copy the text of the link and paste it in the address bar of the browser, it works.

One more weird thing: If I change the link to https:// (which my site does not support) the browser will give safety warnings and when you do the whole advanced->proceed anyway thing... it works!

This is more than enough to qualify for my daily weird, of which there is always at least one.

[DarkDragon]

Probably security limitations of the browser. Http is basically forbidden nowadays. Letsencrypt can get you a free certificate for https.

CORS or CSP might be involved.

[GoodNPlenty]

Works with Firefox and Internet Download Manager. It appears Internet Download Manager handles the download in the background eliminating the issue. If I turn off Internet Download Manager Firefox reports a security risk and aborts the download. Not sure if this is helpful but I thought I would point it out.