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damadakde
New member | Level 2
7 years ago

installer could not connect to the internet

I received a notice to do an update to dropbox. It says the installer cannot connect to the internet but internet access is fine and working for everything except this update installer.  
desktop
Setting up the apps
sync
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Rich
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7 years ago

Something is blocking Dropbox's access to the Internet. Temporarily disable any firewall or antivirus software you're running, and try again.

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