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What's blocking my file downloads in Windows 8? I suspect that the problem is either my Internet Explorer settings or my security software. I am on Windows 8 with IE1. Norton Internet Security. A friend told me to try disabling anti- virus auto- protect in Norton just for the download period, but I am not completely comfortable with that.
Use Internet Lock to control internet access, block internet connections, password protect internet connections and programs. Windows Firewall Is Blocking a Program. Updated: February 18, 2010. Applies To: Windows 7, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Vista. Some sites recently became blocked on my computer. I either get I'm not connected to the internet or redirected. Hi Slacker, Since the Internet Explorer is not working even in Safe mode with Networking, I don't think that this has anything to do with your Norton program. Is software blocking my internet access? Tags: Internet Access. Told me I had no internet connectivity. Another program I tried using required re-validation.
Event 1028 - Automatic Download Blocking. Logged Message; What Is It? Windows Internet Explorer blocked this site from downloading files to your computer.
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Peter. You have identified the most likely culprits, which is a good start. Browsers and anti- malware programs are trying to protect your PC from external threats, and this can have unintended consequences. In IE1. 0, the old Tools menu has been replaced with a cogwheel in the top right corner. Click that to pull down the menu, then select Internet Options. When the properties sheet opens, click the second tab, marked Security.
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Click the Custom button and scroll down the list to the section headed Downloads. Under File download, there are two radio buttons for Enable and Disable. Make sure the Enable setting is selected. The Security tab shows a sliding scale with three settings, and the middle one is the best choice: Medium- high. With this setting, IE1. You'd only set the slider to High if you were visiting sites that you didn't think were safe, but you could try the lower setting as a temporary fix. Are downloads blocked from just one or two websites?
If so, you could add these addresses to the browser's list of Trusted sites. To do this, click the green tick and then the button marked Sites, and paste an address into the box that says . This should stop IE1.
Now see if you can download your file. IE1. 0's compatibility modes. Do some sites always work while others always fail?
If so, it may be the website's fault. IE1. 0 is a very good standards- compliant browser, but some sites are behind the times.
The way round this, sadly, is to make IE1. To do this, go back to the Tools cog and pick . This will open a pane at the bottom of the screen. You can choose to make IE1.
IE7, IE8, IE9, or use IE1. I mention this because it's sometimes the only way to get a website to work properly, but I don't recommend it. If you think you might have made a mess of IE1.
Windows 8, you can always re- set them to the defaults by following Microsoft's instructions. It's slightly less secure than Google Chrome because of Chrome's sandboxing, but it is more stable, and in my experience, handles more tabs while consuming fewer resources. I run it alongside IE1.
If Firefox doesn't download what you want, Mozilla has a trouble- shooting page: What to do if you can't download or save files. Disabling Norton. When it comes to Norton Internet Security, I am somewhat handicapped by not having a copy. However, I would expect it to block some websites, and the files from those websites.
I would not expect it to block a file from an unblocked website unless it reckons the file is bad. If you are sure the file is safe then you can, as your friend suggested, get around the block. A Norton community member, yogesh. If MBAM says it is clean, upload the file to Symantec's website: Report a Suspected Erroneous Detection (False Positive). Again, I'd prefer to find a workaround. Two that spring to mind are using Secunia's PSI and using a file downloader instead of a browser. One- stop updaters.
You mention . One of them is to use an . The idea is to download all the Windows programs you need from the same safe store, which will update them all at once, without visiting all the separate websites. The main difference between the two stores is that Ninite has a very small selection of essential programs . This scans the programs on your PC and lists the ones that need updating for security reasons. PSI will then fetch and install each update. It's quick and easy, though some programs create problems because they come bundled with .
Also, running PSI means you don't have to put up with half a dozen updaters for separate programs, which otherwise get loaded in the background and run all the time. The . It will find and remove programs you don't need (foistware, crapware etc), clear out junk data (like CCleaner), and find duplicate files. It also includes a Software Updater that installs newer versions of programs for you. It's the Swiss Army knife of modern Windows computing.
Dedicated downloaders. Finally, there are programs designed to download files as easily as possible. These used to be very popular because they could often restart failed downloads, and because they could open multiple download threads.
For example, if you wanted to download a 1. MB file, the downloader would download four 2. MB chunks at the same time, making the download four times faster (if you had enough internet bandwidth). In those days, I used Flash. Get, which still looks like a viable option. Now, I'd start with Free Download Manager (FDM) or JDownloader (but not Orbit Downloader) as these seem to be popular choices at the moment.
I have not used FDM but I have recently started using JDownloader. It's designed for fetching files from . It looks extremely simple but it can download multiple files from password- protected websites and FTP sites, and downloads can be paused or cancelled. Windows Store apps are easier to install, run securely and, when removed, don't leave anything behind. On technical grounds, they should be your first choice in Windows 8.
But after 2. 3 years of old Windows, it takes time to adjust.