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I am unable to download firefox on my laptop why?

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mlb661
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I have tried to download this to my laptop and it gets tot he last part of the download 99 percent then says unable to download so i retry. what is the problem. i have windows vista 64 bit and am unable to download flash player either. i have windows explorer 9 and wanted firefox

I have tried to download this to my laptop and it gets tot he last part of the download 99 percent then says unable to download so i retry. what is the problem. i have windows vista 64 bit and am unable to download flash player either. i have windows explorer 9 and wanted firefox

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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.