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The "download bomb" trick is a technique that involves initiating hundreds or thousands of downloads to freeze a browser on a specific page.
Across the years, there have been multiple variations of download bombs, and they have often been used by tech support scammers to trap users on shady sites that tried to lure victims into calling a tech support number to have their browser unlocked.