Downloads constantly fail?

[Neverhavemoney]

Hey everyone,
I am having an issue when downloading certain files online. I keep getting errors. I use google chrome (most recent update), and also get the error with IE. When downloading certain file types, the downloads stop and i get a message saying "Failed - Network error"
My wifi does not loose connection, and i dont have any firewall even installed. I have avast and it doesnt shoot any errors. Also free of malware. Anyone have any ideas?!

Thanks,
Ben

 

[matts6887]

Sounds like the winsock needs to be reset. Go to a elevated command prompt and type netsh int ip resetlog.txt then reboot computer

 

[Neverhavemoney]

Sounds like the winsock needs to be reset. Go to a elevated command prompt and type netsh int ip resetlog.txt then reboot computer

Just reset. Since the downloads were failing randomly, i guess i wont know until/if it happens again.

Thanks,
Ben

 

[Boscoe]

I had the same issue, disabling Avast seems to have solved it. I've contacted Avast support to see what they say. Let us know if this solves your issue. I'm annoyed as hell right now because I switched to Avast after AVG started stealth-murdering my iTunes playlists (no prompt, log entry or recoverable file, they just vanished).

This is why I can't bring myself to pay for antivirus. Since the dawn of Norton, they constantly gank my system up, each in their own unique way.

 

[ShamrockRig]

Avast may have been blocking them as they may have contained unwanted files/programs.

 

[Boscoe]

Avast is not popping up any warnings and to be honest, I can't find where the logs are accessed, but the downloads simply hang at 99% or on RARE occasions "complete" leaving a corrupted file. Other times the same file that wouldn't complete before, will complete if I try enough times, or sometimes if I reboot or switch browsers.

The behavior is so random that I can't accept the idea that it is a "feature" of Avast. ) Especially since this problem began suddenly about a month ago. Before that I had no problems at all.

 

[ShamrockRig]

I use avast currently and havent had any problems

 

[Boscoe]

Interesting... maybe suggests that Avast is conflicting with something? After turning off Avast solved the problem I assumed this was just a coincidence, but this problem first started to crop up right after we got a new wireless router. Does it seem possible that somehow Avast is conflicting with the router?

 

[ShamrockRig]

i doubt it, do you have more than one anti virus running?

 

[Boscoe]

Yeah, I didn't think it could be the router either. But I think you nailed it! It turns out I did have BitDefender installed also. Turning Avast on and BitDefender off appears to solve the problem. Must've come up when one or the other auto-updated, because they apparently coexisted just fine before.

Thanks!

 

[3D Jed]

Hey everyone,
I am having an issue when downloading certain files online.

What are the 'certain files' ? AV's have 'certain files' such as keygens, loaders, hacks etc in their definition list and will often flag them up as trojans even if they are safe (I guess Adobe, Microsoft etc pay them for this service). The AV's can even detect stuff in a zip or rar. How the AV reacts to such a 'threat' varies - ranging from automatic deletion to flagging a warning.

Disabling the AV in order to download 'certain files' obviously has risks.

 

[Boscoe]

I think you're confusing my remarks with the OP's, he never said anything about disabling his AV.

In my case it was a lot of MP4's from Youtube. But again, the behavior was utterly bizarre and inconsistent, nothing that would appear to be legit virus detection activity. Normally antivirus doesn't merely cause the download to hang infinitely or result in a corrupted partial file. But as I indicated above, my problem appears to have been dueling AV's.

The OP's situation may be different.

 

[3D Jed]

Some YT mp4s are not downloadable, but anyway forum rule 4 bans such discussions (as I found out the hard way).

 

[ShamrockRig]

Your welcome mate, glad it sorted your problem!