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I tried to download Firefox and my antivirus stopped it and kept it from loading. WHY?

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MaryCW
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I tried downloading a newer version of Firefox and my antivirus stopped the download saying it found viruses. How can an upgrade on the Mozilla website contain viruses? Why can't I download it?

Thanks.

I tried downloading a newer version of Firefox and my antivirus stopped the download saying it found viruses. How can an upgrade on the Mozilla website contain viruses? Why can't I download it? Thanks.

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cor-el
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Your anti-virus software might have a problem with the small stub installer.

Try this instead: