Double Extension Added to Downloaded Files

I am trying to download a QIF file for Quicken and on completion of download the extension appears at download.qif.txt. When I remove the .txt extension leaving just the .qif extension the file type changes to quicktime. Checking Quicktime I do not see QIF as a type of file extension approved. Any suggestions on how to get to work. I can download other QIF files but this one site is causing issues. I tried down loading to a PC and emailing the file however the files shows up as text in the email and not as an attachment. I tried installing the 10.4.7 combo suggested in a previous post but no luck.
Regards.

What is happening - when you first start capturing, the Mac OS is instructed by FCP to allocate disk space for the capture. If you have not set capture limits in the preferences, it allocates almost all the hard disk, and gives it a temporary file extension of .av. When the capture successfully completes, with the video recorded to some of that space, the system renames the space used by the video to the capture file name, typically filename.mov. It then frees up the unused space in the .av file.
If you fail to complete the capture successfully, by force quitting FCP, the end cleanup never takes place, and the .av file remains filling up the disk. If you try the capture again, it will fail due to no free disk space. To recover, delete the .av file from the finder, and restart FCP. Better yet, reboot and restart FCP.

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