Safari downloads 1x1 .gif files

A lot of things (e.g. everything from sourceforge) I try to download suddenly end up being 1x1 pixel .gif files. any idea what to do?
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I'm guessing you are running NetBarrier. One of the options in there is preventing you from accessing the files you're after.
I'm not familiar with the tool I'm afraid, so sorry for not being more specific. There used to be a post with details of what switch does correct it but that post no longer works.

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