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Answer» I need a crapload of help. Everytime I try to download anything on my computer, it gets lost somewhere. I'm not even sure if it really downloads or not. I tried to download an anti-virus (McAfee--my subscription had expired a few months ago), but then THAT download got lost. Now I'm PISSED because (a) I can't download anything and (b) I just a bunch of MONEY to download software I can't access now. Any suggestions on what's going on? I would run a virus scan but I can't install one in the first place. Please help!Quote from: ljrosen on July 29, 2008, 12:00:18 AM Everytime I try to download anything on my computer, it gets lost somewhere. I'm not even sure if it really downloads or not. Welcome to the CH forums. You're gonna have to tell US one heck of a lot more - what Operating System, which Browser, laptop/desktop/notebook, are you using a download manager. What do you mean about the downloads getting 'lost', do you mean that you simply do not know where the download is on your hard drive? Have you run a Search for any downloaded file? Forget McAfee, go with one of the FREE versions, AVG, Avast etc...Quote Forget McAfee, go with one of the free versions, AVG, Avast etc...Avira. I'm sure Broni would agree with me when I say AVG 8 isn't a good idea now.I've got Windows Vista on a Compaq Presario desktop and I use Internet Explorer. What happens is, whenever I try to download anything- software, a document, a game, whatever- the window pops up asking if I want to run it or save it, which is normal. Whichever I pick, it looks like it's downloading- the little bar tells me it's 100% downloaded, then nothing happens. It doesn't open the program, and it's not saved ANYWHERE- I've run a dozen searches everywhere on the hard drive, and it simply didn't go anywhere. I'm not entirely sure if it really downloads or not, or it would be somewhere on the computer, wouldn't it? Also, at this point it doesn't matter if it's McAfee or Avira or AVG- I can't download any of them. Does any of this help?Do you have a flash drive, or can you borrow one from someone? To rule out a virus, the ultimate solution would be to scan, and you could download a free portable scanner such as ClamWin (link below), and put it on a flash drive, and put that flash drive in your computer, and run it from the flash drive. This could also work with a burnable CD, by putting the software on the CD with a CD burner. This version of ClamWin can run on a CD or Flashdrive without need to be installed (though, if you copy it to the computer, it will be much faster) http://portableapps.com/apps/utilities/clamwin_portable Be sure to update it when you run it. What options have you set in IE as to the location to save downloads ? ? I'd check user name My Documents... |
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