Weird.. New IMac when downloading XLS files changes the file type to XLT

On my wife's IMac, when she downloads an excel file (attachment in an email) in the download folder the file name has been changed to XXX.xls.xlt. My desktop Mac does not do this.
What's happening and what is the fix?
Thanks for any direction.
Joe

You can try "Reset Download Actions": http://kb.mozillazine.org/File_types_and_download_actions
You can also try to check the application/octet-stream key in the registry and the .zip key.
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\MIME\Database\Content Type\application/octet-stream
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.zip

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