ITunes/Quicktime won't install

I try to download iTunes and half way through it says that there was an error downloading Quicktime and that iTunes can not run without Quicktime. I have tried installing it a few times as well as trying to download it from filehippo with no luck. I tried downloading Quicktime by itself with no luck. I try to uninstall quicktime completely and I get an error "Fatal Error During Installation" even though I'm trying to UnInstall. All pop-up blockers and security programs were turned off during this, as I have been told that they may block iTunes from installing.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you.

Go to the section named *General Installation Troubleshooting* in this article
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93976
Click on the link for "Clean up iTunes installer files on the computer"
Get rid of all iTunes and QuickTIme and try a fresh install

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