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i cant run anything i download

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davideb333
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say i want to download yahoo messager ,i go to that site,click the down load,the pop up window comes ask me what i want to do,i click save file,the download window pops up,what i want to download comes up on it as canceled,i double click on it and it begins to download,once its finished im unable to open it or install it

say i want to download yahoo messager ,i go to that site,click the down load,the pop up window comes ask me what i want to do,i click save file,the download window pops up,what i want to download comes up on it as canceled,i double click on it and it begins to download,once its finished im unable to open it or install it

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cor-el
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It is possible that your anti-virus software is corrupting the downloaded files or otherwise interfering with downloading files by Firefox.

Try to disable the real-time (live) scanning of files in your anti-virus software temporarily to see if that makes downloading work.

See "Disable virus scanning in Firefox preferences - Windows"