Many sites with SWF content only play and block downloading.
I know English is terrible here but downloading does not mean that it didn't play. Or in your case maybe it did. Care to clarify this?
Bob
intel, avg, acer - downloaded adobe shockwave files and still can not get these files down loaded.

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