Links in Safari go to "invis.gif 1x1 pixels"?

Lately Safari's been showing an odd problem: I click on a button on a web page, and it shows a new, totally blank page with the correct URL in the address bar, but the window is titled "invis.gif 1x1 pixels". For instance, I just entered my email address on a page to be sent something, clicked the Submit button, and got this result. So far as I can tell, the information was not submitted. If I go to the same page in Camino, enter the info and click Submit, I get the expected "Thank you for completing the registration process." page. But in Safari, nothing.
Anyone else seen this?

I was having this problem, but having read this thread narrowed it down to Intego NetBarrier X4 Banner Filter, which is now switched off. It was fine when it meant that I couldn't open google ads but had become so chronic that even Apple.com wasn't displaying - home page and getamac vids in particular.

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With the advent of the last several Safari updates, when clicking on a link, mostly in Google, but also in other sources as well, a tab opens with the title of invis.gif 1x1 pixels. If you highlight and copy the actual address of the link Safari will usually then find it and open it. It is a bit frustrating, since this is now happening to about 20% of the clickable links. Is there a setting I'm overlooking or is this going to be one of those irritating problems I have to deal with?

Safari v.3.2.1. The URLs are mostly from Google searches that bring up a list of possible sites, although these blank windows happen from other sources also. In Google you will sometimes get a blank window (invis.gif). When you go back and copy the actual web address under the link and proceed, you can then bring up the site. Blank sites (invisi.gif) can happen even when the reference links above and below the site that produced the (invisi.gif) will work. It doesn't seem to make any sense, but can be frustrating to have to copy the web address to access the site, or where no web address is listed, not be able to open that site.

Pages fail to load and instead show "invis.gif 1x1 pixels"

Leopard 10.5.1, Safari 3.0.4, Mac Book Pro, Airport to Linksys WRT54Gv6 to Cable Modem.
Sometimes, while viewing certain pages, Safari will fail to load the page and instead show "invis.gif 1x1 pixels" in the window title bar. The content area is plain white. Ironically, this is 100% reproducible when trying to reply to a forum post here.
With the Debug menu enabled, Web Inspector shows the following warnings:
* Resource interpreted as document but transferred with MIME type image/gif.
* http://discussions.apple.com/post!reply.jspa?messageID=6033688
* Resource interpreted as image but transfered with MIME type text/html.
* http://discussions.apple.com/favicon.ico
I've seen this failure before while randomly browsing the web, but this is the first URL I've come across that is 100% reproducible. Firefox 2.0.0.11 and Opera 9.24 don't have a problem loading the page on the same computer.
Thoughts?
Kenny

Thanks iBod! I spent an hour at the local Apple Store and walked away with no solution. But the guy did say check the discussions board and I was also running into the following messages in my title bar:
adclick (GIF Image, 1x1 pixels)
click (GIF Image, 1x1 pixels)
(GIF Image, 1x1 pixels)
I had tried a trial version of NetBarrier that came with my Virus Barrier and Personal BackUp and when I deleted the app my problems began. I had no idea it was the culprit because it happened in both Safari and Firefox.
Well after reading your reply...
I went into Preferences and deleted the folder called "Net Barrier" and no more problems.
Thanks again!
Next time I'll check here first!

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I think it's an error.. but I just can't download many files in different servers... when I click the download link.. then displays in a new window the same download adress but adds GIF extensions... IE.
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It's just an example... but dislpays that... I got it from many sites...like www.motu.com , www.sigames.com ... and others.
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Hi León,
Welcome to Discussions.
Have a read of this - it sounds like the same issue you are seeing:
iBod, "Download just opens 1x1 gif" #1, 12:36pm Sep 18, 2005 CDT

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I just installed 10.6. Now I am getting a lot of strange errors when I surf.
In both Firefox and Safari, when I try to access some pages/sites online, I just get a "GIF 1x1 pixel" blank screen.
I tried dumping cookies/cache, no dice.
Suggestions?

One that is consistently broken is http://www.facebook.com/advertising/?src=pf
and
http://www.google.com/ads/analyticsoffer
(I run our company's ad campaigns, so this is a major issue!)
I have encountered several other sites that do this, mostly news sites. I'll try to dig some up.
I looked at my firewall traffic and found no blocked sites; the word "ad" is not blocked, nor is advertising. The page worked perfectly fine right up until the day I upgraded to 10.6; now I can't open it in firefox or safari. I can access it on a PC, which means it's clearly something about my computer....
It just...doesn't display. and gives me the random gif.
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Misdirected links= 1x1 invis.gif

I am trying to figure out why some links in Safari mysteriously go to "1x1 invis.gif". The same links open properly in FF 3. Here is a sample of a bad link and it's correct path:
Safari sends me here and I get ""invis.gif 1x1 pixels":
http://altfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/10296-67722-15468-0?mpro=http://winnipeg.kiji ji.ca/c-SelectCategory
Same link clicked with FF yields: http://winnipeg.kijiji.ca/c-SelectCategory
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You're welcome

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Any link, such as ones I have emailed myself from work as well or links on third party sites are not loading. They all end up sending me to invis.gif. The redirector seems broken. If I read the URL carefully, it's obvious what it is trying to do but I have no idea why it doesn't work. For example, start with a link on the Wall St Journal (wsj.com):
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=260723100
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Ick!

I found the solution here:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=7255322
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Gif downloads display 1x1 pixels - no graphics

I'm on windows 7. Sites that have downloads of graphics show in the address bar 'file name.jsp(gif image, 1x1 pixels)'. No graphic is displayed. No problem running on Firefox 3.6.16. Any suggestions?

One that is consistently broken is http://www.facebook.com/advertising/?src=pf
and
http://www.google.com/ads/analyticsoffer
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I have encountered several other sites that do this, mostly news sites. I'll try to dig some up.
I looked at my firewall traffic and found no blocked sites; the word "ad" is not blocked, nor is advertising. The page worked perfectly fine right up until the day I upgraded to 10.6; now I can't open it in firefox or safari. I can access it on a PC, which means it's clearly something about my computer....
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When i click on certain websites i get this error (GIF IMAGE,1X1 PIXELS)

when i link on various websites this is the error i get (GIF IMAGE,1X1 PIXELS)

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