Windows XP SP3 : Antivirus Discussion

RedBeam · Unread post by **RedBeam** » 24 Mar 2023, 14:49

as windows xp gets older it's also gotten harder to find a good solid antivirus that works on it and this topic should help clear things up in this post I will be listing and researching the different antivirus for windows and post them here for anyone to download (inspired by the antivirus thread on msfn)

RedBeam · Unread post by **RedBeam** » 24 Mar 2023, 14:51

after doing a little bit of research I found this page by AVG (a subsidiary of avast) https://www.avg.com/en-us/windows-xp-antivirus#android which is the windows xp support page for avg antivirus as well as the download for the last version on windows xp (it only gets definition updates thou)

RedBeam · Unread post by **RedBeam** » 24 Mar 2023, 14:52

and the wonderfull avast free antivirus https://www.avast.com/windows-xp-antivirus (which I would consider the best choice)

RedBeam · Unread post by **RedBeam** » 24 Mar 2023, 14:52

as well as malwarebytes anti-malware for windows xp https://archive.org/details/malwarebytes_for_win_xp#ia-carousel (you have to download it from archive.org now as the original download is gone and I can't find the original page for it)

RedBeam · Unread post by **RedBeam** » 24 Mar 2023, 14:53

and clamwin seems like the better option to any of these (it's open source I think) and supports everything down to windows 95 https://clamwin.com/

xperceniol_sal · Unread post by **xperceniol_sal** » 02 Jan 2025, 20:58

I've switched over to Glarysoft Malware Hunter now and I quite enjoy it.

https://www.glarysoft.com/malware-hunter/

I use the free version and that is OK with me because I don't use real-time anyway.

xperceniol_sal · Unread post by **xperceniol_sal** » 03 Jan 2025, 20:59

^Scratch that - that program isn't going to suit me so I'm back to Rogue Killer

https://www.adlice.com/roguekiller/

kmuland · Unread post by **kmuland** » 04 Jan 2025, 16:10

I always use freeze programs instead antivir software for XP and never got any problem.... just reboot and forget about stay updated and consume resources.
I also used portable viruscanner (Drweb) for the appz that I downloaded and I wanted to conserve on external HD. Im not sure if Drweb continue working on XP (I use all my XP machines offline)

xperceniol_sal · Unread post by **xperceniol_sal** » 04 Jan 2025, 21:28

^What program do you recommend to "freeze" the system, I think that would be better than real-time.

Bird · Unread post by **Bird** » 09 Jan 2025, 18:39

@xperceniol:
A quick-reacting hand (or foot) in reach of the power cord of your computer? Or the power switch...

Still running the Windows XP machines without any antivirus. No website it encountered was a threat so far. Being reluctant with enabling Javascript seems to be the key.

UCyborg · Unread post by **UCyborg** » 09 Jan 2025, 20:33

I only tried Deep Freeze Standard many years ago.

There's also Windows' own Enhanced Writer Filter solution (seems to be named wrongly on that page), though not included with standard XP out of the box.

xperceniol_sal · Unread post by **xperceniol_sal** » 09 Jan 2025, 21:07

Thank you, Bird and UCyborg really appreciate it.

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