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Internet Explorer 9 will not let me download firefox, What do I do?

dewbieman2001
dewbieman2001
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Everytime I try and download firefox, it says that the file contains a virus, a deletes it before I can download it.

Everytime I try and download firefox, it says that the file contains a virus, a deletes it before I can download it.

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Xircal
Xircal
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Do you have an older version of Firefox installed already? If so, go to Help | Check For Updates and update it that way.

If you do have an older version installed, go to Tools | Add-ons | Extensions and see if you can see Ask Toolbar in there. If so, remove it.

If you don't have Firefox installed at all, try and download it from here: http://www.mozilla.com/

If it still doesn't work, download Malwarebytes from http://www.malwarebytes.org/products/malwarebytes_free and run a full system scan to check for malware.

the-edmeister
the-edmeister
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Temporarily disable your anti-virus application for only as long as it takes you to download Firefox.

dewbieman2001
dewbieman2001 Question owner
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I'm not sure how to disable the application.