[Full-disclosure] IE/Windows blocking Firefox downloads?

[Colin Copley]

>This is weird. I am sitting on my dad's computer running freshly
>installed Windows XP (no service pack- vanilla version) and whenever I
>try to open a site related to Firefox with IE, it fails to open.
>However, all other sites are working fine.

I think its more likely some malware you've picked up (or thats picked you up).  Check your hosts 
file, or try visiting some antivirus sites and see if they open.

Colin