Safari downloading pages instead of opening them

so, this is weird. in the last two days, safari has occasionally downloaded a page rather than opening it. my download manager opens up, and a new file appears on my desktop. opening it gives me garbage.
there is no pattern to it--it happens maybe 20% of the time, and it doesn't happen to the same pages consistently.
it happens both when i follow links and when i type in urls directly.
anyone got any ideas? thanks!

When you say download manager do you mean a third party manager such as speed download? Or do you mean the safari download system?

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