Can't install executable files downloaded in Firefox

I just got a new computer with Windows 7 (32 bit) and downloaded the most recent version of Firefox. I downloaded a couple of free applications to install (an FTP client and a printer driver). When I try to run the executable file, I get an error that says "Program to big to fit in memory". I have 4 gb of ram on this machine, so I am not sure that this error is representative of what is happening. Interestingly though, if I download the exact file in IE, the executable launches and installs without any problems. Any ideas as to what to do and why this is happening?
== I got my new machine last week ==
== User Agent ==
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.0; en-US; rv:1.9.1.9) Gecko/20100315 Firefox/3.5.9 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)

I want to update what I originally wrote. We have now been able to isolate the problem to .exe or .zip files downloaded through Firefox onto the network server (which is 64 bit). If I download the file to my desktop (32 bit), I can launch the files. Since I work in a small office, I typically download a file to the server so that it can be installed on all of the workstations. This now doesn't work. But, if I download the same file through IE to the network server, the program launches fine.

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