IE hangs in "Getting File Information" while downloading file

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Published on 2009-05-15T13:46:19Z Indexed on 2010/03/22 9:01 UTC
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Internet Explorer 8.0 hangs in "Getting File Information" while downloading file.

What could it be? I can download this same file from FireFox.

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