"Silent.dms" downloaded by itself - virus?

[josephlevie]

Happened to me today too. Also at 3:35. I was downloading an mp3 at the time and thought they were related. I’m upset that I tried to open it, but, my Mac said it couldn’t open, so, I hope that’s a good thing. My gut feeling is that it’s a benign download, but, it’s very scary.

 

[Feenician]

If you do a Get Info in Finder on it, does it say where it was downloaded from? Downloaded files ought to.

 

[josephlevie]

If you do a Get Info in Finder on it, does it say where it was downloaded from? Downloaded files ought to.

I deleted it too quickly. I doubt it was enough time to be in Time Machine.

 

[Feenician]

I deleted it too quickly. I doubt it was enough time to be in Time Machine.

Ah. Shame. Might have told you which ad network it came from. In any case, if you’ve seen it here you might want to post in Site and Forum Feedback. The admins are generally pretty on that stuff when they know about it

https://forums.macrumors.com/forums/site-and-forum-feedback.66/

 

[josephlevie]

Ah. Shame. Might have told you which ad network it came from. In any case, if you’ve seen it here you might want to post in Site and Forum Feedback. The admins are generally pretty on that stuff when they know about it

https://forums.macrumors.com/forums/site-and-forum-feedback.66/

Thank you, Feenician!

 

[calmasacow]

Safari keep downloading Partner.dms files from websites including this one after update. This is Uber annoying what is causing it and how do I make it stop?

 

[calmasacow]

so does anyone know what is going on with this and how to stop it?

 

[Feenician]

so does anyone know what is going on with this and how to stop it?

Seems like (though can’t be sure until someone checks the origin) that it’s a bad ad. Effective adblocking ought to stop it if that is the case.

 

[iam_andy]

It looks like the partner.dms file is from: https://ads.servebom.com/partner?cb=10847&svc=us&id=56&uid=

Hope that helps,

Andy

 

[294307]

Use an ad-blocker like Adblock Plus. It's situations like this that should be giving everyone more reason to use one.

 

[TehFalcon]

I am also getting the partner.dms file automatic download every time I visit MacRumors on all 5 of my Macs and my Windows PC. Super sketchy

 

[inhalexhale1]

I am also getting the partner.dms file automatic download every time I visit MacRumors on all 5 of my Macs and my Windows PC. Super sketchy

Same. Macrumors gives me the download almost every time. “Partners.dms”

 

[kipwheeler]

Same. Macrumors gives me the download almost every time. “Partners.dms”

Seems to be true for me too.

 

[inhalexhale1]

Seems to be true for me too.

Maybe someone from MR will comment. If its not coming from them, maybe they can explain why it would download from their site.

 

[iriejedi]

Happening to me as well. Happened on 3 or 4 different sites...Macrumors, I believe iMore, maybe the Verge. Definitely seems like something is up with an ad network.

My Safari just downloaded "PARTNERS.DMS" as I read this forum post (like a shooting star to the downloads icon on the task bar) ... maybe its some form of 'file' we get all the time for adds and other web clutter - that Safari is treating differently.....

 

[S.B.G]

When using a Pi-Hole, this is a non-issue.
https://pi-hole.net

 

[The Hammer]

There may be some info here.https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/safari-erroneously-adding-dms-extension-to-downloads.2080108/

 

[Elbert C]

It looks like the partner.dms file is from: https://ads.servebom.com/partner?cb=10847&svc=us&id=56&uid=

Hope that helps,

Andy

Get Info from the dms file that just downloaded from here showed the same origin.

 

[josephlevie]

I haven't received it since the first time, though three times that time. I've been coming to this sight a few times each day and also tried opening it fresh.

 

[jwatsonk]

Same thing happened to me today on a website - the file was called st.dms - I downloaded easy find as above and deleted. Thanks

 

[MSastre]

just started happening to me as wel. Eevry time I got to a MacRumors topic.

 

[ELE386]

Could I have you zip the file, and upload it somewhere for me to analyze?
I've just heard rumors about it now, and would like to get to the bottom of it.

ENJOY!

 

[torifile]

Is there like an annual necromancy spell cast on this thread?