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Originally Posted by chrisridd
Perhaps it was triggered by it having another extension (.epub) yet actually being a zip file. That's a classic old school way used to trick someone into opening malware.
Other file formats are similar, eg Java jar files are just zips in disguise. I've seen AV software replace class files in jars with PDFs, which amazingly caused software to break 
In this case though, whatever it was that interfered with your download needs to be taught about epubs. |
Yes, I'm quite familiar with Firefox extensions which are .xpi but basically just zip files. However epubs aren't new so I find it difficult to understand why Windows Defender wouldn't know about them. It must be something specific to certain epubs.
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Originally Posted by JSWolf
Turn off your AV and see what happens.
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I would expect it would download, just like it did from kubuntu. Seems pointless unless you're actually expecting something else.