Okay here's a new one: the antivirus just won't finish downloading because my computer is apparently scanning it for viruses.
Ah, circular logic.
Or is it?
I understand scanning programs, but not the computer scanning something itself, if that is what's going on.
EDIT: okay, I went back to AVG and clicked on the download for the free version. Prompt shows up saying it's a binary file. That is what ends up on my computer, and what won't upload because it's an .exe file. When I go into its properties and change it to be compatible with Windows 2000, that's when a new file that shows up shortcuts to MS DOS. The big black window shows up for a second, then disappears.
We're now paying for months of little snow, with an ice storm, which I think is affecting the internet connectivity or some bull. Just wanted to add this if only for my own information, now that some of these actions are actually familiar to me.
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