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Author:  RedBeam [ 24 Mar 2023, 14:49 ]
Post subject:  Windows XP SP3 : Antivirus Discussion

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)

Author:  RedBeam [ 24 Mar 2023, 14:51 ]
Post subject:  Antivirus That Are Working on XP SP3 as of 2023

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)

Author:  RedBeam [ 24 Mar 2023, 14:52 ]
Post subject:  Antivirus That Are Working on XP SP3 as of 2023

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

Author:  RedBeam [ 24 Mar 2023, 14:52 ]
Post subject:  Antivirus That Are Working on XP SP3 as of 2023

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)

Author:  RedBeam [ 24 Mar 2023, 14:53 ]
Post subject:  Antivirus That Are Working on XP SP3 as of 2023

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/

Author:  xperceniol_sal [ 02 Jan 2025, 20:58 ]
Post subject:  Windows XP SP3 : Antivirus Discussion

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.

Author:  xperceniol_sal [ 03 Jan 2025, 20:59 ]
Post subject:  Windows XP SP3 : Antivirus Discussion

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

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

Author:  kmuland [ 04 Jan 2025, 16:10 ]
Post subject:  Windows XP SP3 : Antivirus Discussion

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)

Author:  xperceniol_sal [ 04 Jan 2025, 21:28 ]
Post subject:  Windows XP SP3 : Antivirus Discussion

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

Author:  Bird [ 09 Jan 2025, 18:39 ]
Post subject:  Windows XP SP3 : Antivirus Discussion

@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.

Author:  UCyborg [ 09 Jan 2025, 20:33 ]
Post subject:  Windows XP SP3 : Antivirus Discussion

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.

Author:  xperceniol_sal [ 09 Jan 2025, 21:07 ]
Post subject:  Windows XP SP3 : Antivirus Discussion

Thank you, Bird and UCyborg really appreciate it.

Author:  K4sum1 [ 19 Feb 2025, 12:50 ]
Post subject:  Windows XP SP3 : Antivirus Discussion

For me I just use a good firewall and if I need to scan something, Virustotal works.

Author:  kmuland [ 25 Mar 2025, 11:36 ]
Post subject:  Windows XP SP3 : Antivirus Discussion

xperceniol_sal wrote: *  04 Jan 2025, 21:28
^What program do you recommend to "freeze" the system, I think that would be better than real-time.
Shadow defender in the one Im using in all my machines

Author:  xperceniol_sal [ 25 Mar 2025, 23:05 ]
Post subject:  Windows XP SP3 : Antivirus Discussion

kmuland wrote: *  25 Mar 2025, 11:36
xperceniol_sal wrote: *  04 Jan 2025, 21:28
^What program do you recommend to "freeze" the system, I think that would be better than real-time.
Shadow defender in the one Im using in all my machines
Thank you and I hope you are well.

Author:  xperceniol_sal [ 25 Mar 2025, 23:07 ]
Post subject:  Windows XP SP3 : Antivirus Discussion

xperceniol_sal wrote: *  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/
FTR ... rogue killer is now aldice protect. I use it now.

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