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I have an HP Compaq 6710b laptop running Windows XP Professional, version 2002, service pack 3. Since the security was lacking, I recently downloaded 3 new security programs (Avast! Free, Spybot, and Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware).
Avast gave met this error when I attempted to install it:
There was an error while completing the setup process.

[setup log]

25.09.2009 08:20:14 general: Started: 25.09.2009, 08:20:14
25.09.2009 08:20:14 system: Operating system: Windows XP ver 5.1, build 2600, sp 3.0 [Service Pack 3]
25.09.2009 08:20:14 system: Memory: 53% load. Phys:483308/1039596K free, Page:2070940/2501080K free, Virt:2071184/2097024K free
25.09.2009 08:20:14 system: Computer WinName: T001A4B82FFB4
25.09.2009 08:20:14 system: Windows Net User: —/——
25.09.2009 08:20:14 general: Old version: ffffffff (-1)
25.09.2009 08:20:14 system: Using temp: C:DOCUME~1——LOCALS~1Temp_av_inet.tm~a02380 (61574M free)
25.09.2009 08:20:14 internet: SYNCER: Type: use IE settings
25.09.2009 08:20:14 internet: SYNCER: Auth: another authentication, use WinInet
25.09.2009 08:20:14 general: Install check: Program folder does NOT exist in registry
25.09.2009 08:20:14 general: SGW32P::CheckIfInstalled set m_bAlreadyInstalled to 0
25.09.2009 08:20:17 general: progress thread start
25.09.2009 08:20:17 general: Destination: C:DOCUME~1——LOCALS~1Temp_av_inet.tm~a02380
25.09.2009 08:20:17 general: Starting download: http://www.avast.com/go.php?verb=get-avast-home&type=cnet&langid=eng
25.09.2009 08:20:17 internet: ERROR:HttpGetWininet, catch returned 0x00002EE7
25.09.2009 08:20:17 general: Download finished from server www.avast.com, result: 0×20000004, server response: 12007
25.09.2009 08:20:17 general: Stats www.avast.com, server response: 536870916
25.09.2009 08:20:17 general: POST result: 0×20000004, server response: 0

The other two programs installed successfully, but when I try to update Malwarebytes’, it says:
An error occurred. Please report the following error code to the Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware support team.
Error code: 732 (0, 0)

When I attempt to update Spybot, it says:
Error retrieving update info file!

A few things to note:
Internet Explorer says it cannot display any web page I visit, while all the other web browsers on my computer work fine.
When diagnosing connection problems with the XP network diagnostic, it claimed that the internet was not working and it said the connection problem was most likely caused by the firewall; though the internet is working fine (wireless connection through home router).
Spybot takes an exorbitant amount of time to load.
As another note, Malwarebytes’ discovered malware in the system yesterday. I believe the name was Hijack.regedit. I removed this as soon as I found it.