Please advise on bet virus scanner for Win XP Pro SP3 32 bit.
I need to get this laptop working with some protection.
Please provide links.
I have tires some that say they are compatible but will not install
saying not compatible.
Thank you.
Please advise on bet virus scanner for Win XP Pro SP3 32 bit.
I need to get this laptop working with some protection.
Please provide links.
I have tires some that say they are compatible but will not install
saying not compatible.
Thank you.
Please advise on bet virus scanner for Win XP Pro SP3 32 bit.
I need to get this laptop working with some protection.
Please provide links.
I have tires some that say they are compatible but will not install saying not compatible.
Thank you.
Please advise on bet virus scanner for Win XP Pro SP3 32 bit.
"MyName" <MyName@NoSpam.com> wrote
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| Please advise on bet virus scanner for Win XP Pro SP3 32 bit.
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https://clamwin.com/
I also have some rootkit hunters and an MS malicious
software tool, but none are recent versions. Personally
I haven't used AV for about 20 years, except occasionally
when I get suspicious about something. So I don't know
about software that you leave running all the time.
"MyName" <MyName@NoSpam.com> wrote
| So much for that.
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| I tried to download on two different PC and nothing happened when
| clicking on download "Download the latest version here".
|
https://sourceforge.net/settings/mirror_choices?projectname=clamwin&filename=clamwin/0.103.2.1/clamwin-0.103.2.1-setup.exe&selected=cytranet
I don't even allow script and it works for me. I just clicked
the "Problem Downloading?" button where it says my download
has started. Then I clicked the "direct link" link near the top.
"MyName" <MyName@NoSpam.com> wrote
| So much for that.
|
| I tried to download on two different PC and nothing happened when
| clicking on download "Download the latest version here".
|
https://sourceforge.net/settings/mirror_choices?projectname=clamwin&filename=clamwin/0.103.2.1/clamwin-0.103.2.1-setup.exe&selected=cytranet
I don't even allow script and it works for me. I just clicked
the "Problem Downloading?" button where it says my download
has started. Then I clicked the "direct link" link near the top.
"MyName" <MyName@NoSpam.com> wrote
| Thanks.
| Got it at the direct link.
|
A caution... I'm trying a run of the latest Clamwin
on XP. I got a warning from my firewall that it was
trying to go online, which was apparently triggered
by an alleged virus discovery. Clamwin never asked
nor informed me that it was going to go online.
The alleged virus is fontsub.dll, with "Win.Keylogger.Metel".
I copied that file, then compared it byte-by-byte to
a copy I took from a SP3 CAB. They're identical. And
this particular XP is on FAT32, so it can't be an ADS file.
This is one reason I avoid AV. I once tried MalwareBytes
and it found 10 bogus problems. One was my bootloader
EXE from BootIt! ...So if you run Clamwin just be careful
not to let it handle any issues by itself. You could end up
with a messed up system.
This kind of thing has been documented in VB6 groups, as
well. Karl Peterson, an MS MVP for VB, once wrote an
article about how he triggered virus false positives by
hardcoding an HKLM Registry address into an EXE. I've
had trouble myself with certain compile configurations.
I changed the compile options and cleared the false positive.
I only knew about it because a customer wrote to me. I
then tried to inform the AV company, only to find that there's
no one minding the store. You can report a virus but you
can't actually reach a human.
I think this highlights 3 widespread problems. One is that a false positive is much better for ther reputation than missing real
malware. Another is a tech-wide problem: It's cheaper and
easier to automate as much as possible and eliminate humans.
And then there's just the simple fact that AV is out of date.
The idea of checking signatures started when signatures were
1 MB and came out once per month. Now they come out several
times per day and go into the 100s of MB.
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