can't install flash after uninstall winxp sp3

[bluffwood]

firefox current, IE8, Chrome current

flash wouldn't update or uninstall properly. Used adobe removal tool, to get it out.

now flash won't install.

[andys75622553]

Click on the following Adobe link. Go down to the bottom where it says, "Still having problems?". Click on the link for your browser.

Installation problems | Flash Player | Windows

[bluffwood]

Not helpful. The download gets only partly done, and there error occurs at the 50% point in the download. Way before it has to deal with installation issues and browser types.

More help?

[andys75622553]

I do not have any more suggestions.

You might try posting back during the week  when Adobe staff respond to problems on this forum.

Good luck in solving the problem.

[bluffwood · Accepted solution]

You know what?  I've been dealing on another forum (bleepingcomputer.com) because of an infection/rootkit. Over the past week, we've been dealing with it, and cleaning it out in stages. As recent as yesterday, Flash aborted at 50%.  I was recording a session to submit here, today, and lo! the install worked.

Perhaps it's a good idea to suggest that this problem could have been caused by an infection.

Otherwise,  please close this ticket.