Unable to download files from Internet to Desktop

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Unable to download files from Internet to Desktop

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Friend was having trouble opening pics in Yahoo to view but not download. Also doesn't download to a folder either.
Said it was complete but when I looked it wasn't there.

AVG was saying something about not finding her license so I un-installed AVG and tried to download the exe file to the Desktop. That didn't show up so I tried to download it to a folder and it showed it was finished downloading but the file couldn't be found.
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Was this person using the Yahoo browser or Yahoo webmail?
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Fixed....................

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AVG was the culprit.

AVG was acting funny and wouldn't let me totally un-install it and I couldn't get to \"Revo\" to download so I just kept searching for AVG and when I got it \"gone\" the download feature worked again.
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As a person who uses AVG on a lot of different systems ... I can tell with high certainty that the reason your \"AVG was the reason\" is because it got seriously corrupted ... and like a good protection program, it shut down many access options in it's attempt to protect you while it was essentially crippled.

Now replace it with a good (not corrupted) copy, or with Avira, or with Avast!

Cheers.
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Avast! antivirus x2.
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Couldn't install it until I did it in SafeMode. Know all is well.
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