


This warning lets a user make an informed decision on whether to download the file. The download warning ensures that users know that the file they're downloading could be read by malicious attackers on their network. Modern browsers display warnings about this type of content to indicate that this download may be transferred insecurely even though the original page was accessed securely. The final download location was loaded over an insecure HTTP connection.Įither of the preceding scenarios is a mixed content download because the request was made using secure HTTPS and both HTTP and HTTPS connections are used to reach the final destination.

One or more of the download location's redirects was loaded over an insecure HTTP connection.What are mixed content downloads?Ī mixed content download happens when you start a download from an HTML page that was loaded over a secure HTTPS connection, but one of the following conditions exists: This article applies to Microsoft Edge version 85 or later.
