Infected!?

[vinceboi]

hi i was wonderin if my comp is infected becuze ive been noticing that when i dl with firefox all my downloads are corrupted. when i try installin it or opening it sometimes it works and sometimes doesnt. when i open the file the .exe it begins to install itself normally but durin the installation it would say error blah blah corrupted file when its nearly done or half way and at times it says the file is corrupt when i just open the newly downloaded file. But after i clean out cookies, history and cache on firefox i dl the same file again it works fine. could u guys help me, fix this problem?

 

[iJeff]

does this problem happen with more than one file on different sites?

if it's just the one file on the one site, it could be the path from your computer to their server is crappy somewhere along the line, leading to corruption/an incomplete download.

 

[vinceboi]

this happens to any downloads from any site

 

[LordVampyre]

wonder if its noise on your line.. or a hard drive going bye bye.. or even memory

 

[TechLarry]

Are you using an NForce-4 based motherboard with the firewall and other nvidia protection software installed?

-Larry

 

[BlindedByScience]

wonder if its noise on your line.. or a hard drive going bye bye.. or even memory

...or the phase of the moon, or the way you hold your jaw when you start a download, or, or, or....

Time for some basic tests to rule out the simple things that hardware could be causing. Will the system pass an overnight run of Memtest86+ with all tests enabled and "No Errors"....?? Will your hard drives pass the extended tests available on their manufacturer's web site...?? Is the system basically stable; will it run Prime95 / 3DMark for at least four hours....??

Start there - if this is all good, it's time to look closely at the software environment.

Good Luck - B.B.S.