Firefox latest beta 25 keeps downloading 0byte files on OS X

Several times a day I run into the problem that when downloading a file with either FF 24 stable or FF 25 latest beta I receive the correct filename in my downloads folder but with 0bytes on OS X 10.8.5.
Not sure what to do about it. Troubleshooting info can't be attached since I'm reporting via WebKit. Firefox 25 doesn't allow me to click the "ask this" button.

Since I just ran into this yet again, I played with some of the much too many suggestions:
* changing download folder > does not resolve this, all that happens is, I now have 0byte files in a different location
* clear download history > does not help
* no download manager plugins installed here
* disabled all plugins and retried > no improvement
* switch browser.download.manager.scanWhenDone in about:config to false > no success
* switch browser.download.manager.scanWhenDone in about:config to true > no success
Now what?

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