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I tried downloading some short video clips from a Brazilian tv website, they turned out to be 0 bytes, that does not worry me too much as I am sure it wont work everywhere, but now every time I start Firefox I get 3 zero byte files dropped on the desktop with the same names as the previously failed ones.
Firefox 18.0.1 on Macos 10.6.8
How can I stop these things being deposited?

How are these files named, exactly?
Is there any trace of them in your Firefox download manager window (CTRL+J)?
If so, could you try to clear it?

Zorra Total - Mais essa Agora Adelaide quer levar marido para hotel 5 estrelas -1.mp4
Zorra Total - Babu na triste Val ria est cabisbaixa por que quer ser a pr xima.mp4
Doce de M e - Dona Picucha encontrada no cemit rio globo tv.mp4

these are the file names, they are not mentioned in the download manager at all

And they get recreated whenever you start Firefox?
If so, could you try disabling FlashGot from Tools|Add-ons and check whether this actually keep happening?
If not, that's probably a Firefox bug, and you may want to try deleting the downloads.sqlite file from your profile (while Firefox is not running).

Thanks for that info, I removed flash got, got rid of the downloads.sqlite, restarted firefox, freshly reinstalled flash got and the zero byte files are no longer appearing.
Many thanks to you.