Comments on: Can’t successfully install AdAware or AVG/Avast AntiVirus on XP

By: Taty

Taty — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 03:50:00 +0000

Yes, downloading the whole program before you start the installation should fix that. But do check your memory. It sounds like you might be out of harddrive space.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 13:38:00 +0000

The first thing I would look at is how much room my hard drive has. It almost sounds like you don’t have the hard drive space to install the programs.

Along with the steps advised above I would go to http://www.pcpitstop.com/ and run their free scan. After the scan completes it will give you advise based on your PC.

By: Terry Hollett

Terry Hollett — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 12:34:00 +0000

Assuming that you don’t already have a virus/adware on your system, my guess its the SP1. Try to upgrade to SP2 and see if it makes any difference.

If you can’t install, try an online scanner to check for virus/adware:

http://www.eset.com/onlinescan/
http://www.kaspersky.com/virusscanner
http://security.symantec.com/sscv6/home.asp?langid=ie&venid=sym&plfid=00&pkj=VOONYHGBYNCJEIMXQKC&bhcp=1

By: John

John — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 11:26:00 +0000

Try downloading the files and saving to your desktop. Then right click on the installation file and click on run as administrator. You may need to disable any anti virus software before running.