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I am using Windows XP SP3, I have problem with file download while resuming downlod giving error "file...could not be saved, because the source file could not be read." Please help me

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mohanbjoshi
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I am using Fire Fox 5 beta version. After pausing the long file download, when I press the Resume download button the above message appear each time asking "Contact to Administrator". This problem was not with Fire Fox version 3 and above. Please Help Immediately. Thanks in advance...

I am using Fire Fox 5 beta version. After pausing the long file download, when I press the Resume download button the above message appear each time asking "Contact to Administrator". This problem was not with Fire Fox version 3 and above. Please Help Immediately. Thanks in advance...

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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.