Can't install newest reader. Error: "Can't retrieve essential parameter"

I get this error: Can't retrieve essential parameter (12250.305.770).
Then the installation just hangs at 66% completion and nothing more happens. Win XP, latest patches, IE 7.
TIA!
/Hans

If possible, temporarily disable your AntiVirus/Windows Smartscreen and run it. You can also boot into Safe mode with networking, download and run it.
Virus scan of the file showing it's clean. Flagged by Symantec/Norton as being non popular. Though not on this list Windows 8+ Smartscreen will also tend to block the download if Smartscreen is enabled (system-wide)
https://www.virustotal.com/en/file/7eb221fb465b338a0c58a5eab6d4d3bb70e5f4cba4fd6781387d522341cf7c84/...
The main reasons why any exes I make are flagged.
1. Not popular so it has no reputation online of being good/bad so bad is assumed. Kind of like a person on Ebay with zero feedback.
2. Doesn't have an embedded SSL cert pointing back to my site.

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