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A big bummer from Koei Tecmo Games. Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty – Digital Deluxe Edition requires Windows 10/11 No, DXVK won't help.

Vista has that starting up problem since the first Haswell arrived, early 2013. I had an engineering sample of Pentium G in 2012, so I knew it even in 2012 already. They had that cores. So?

Maybe he just trains his skills? I knew a guy who only used a huge hosts file with his XP machine instead of FW, the file was so huge, it slowed down his PC to a crawl, he edited it every couple of days or so,

It seems to me that over the years, software also got more resilient in general. I remember early days of XP when we got internet access for the first time, the computer had to be formatted the first week, thing were popping up left and right. The contributing factors must have been Internet Explorer 6 + run everything as admin by default approach. Although I can't make a clear comparison in my mind because it was on computer that was used by the entire family and I was just a dumb kid back then. Today, I can just leave them with Windows Defender + uBlock Origin in their web browser and don't have to worry about their computers getting messed up by malicious software. I remember @Sampei.Nihira mentioning at some point using PsExec in XP to run a web browser with limited rights. I wonder if anyone here uses limited account in Windows, which I personally prefer over running things explicitly with limited rights while the default is admin rights. Sudo for Windows can be used for convenience of having a right-click context menu to run stuff as admin when needed, though it was last updated in 2013 and it could have holes. Sure some naughty things can still be done with limited rights, but still there's no reason for common software to have write access to various sensitive parts of the system. AFAIK, Chrome goes out of the way to lock access to various Windows APIs from its renderer process. When life gives you those lists, use them. I mean what's the point of having a computer if you have to do everything manually then? If the person A uses those lists and doesn't get infected and person B doesn't use those lists, but spends a lot of time time effectively re-inventing those lists...why become person A if that time could be spent on something more interesting?

ZoneAlarm is a jewish software, from Israel, perhaps this is what that member meant, when he wrote his "Notes" about "improper racist nature" at MSFN. Otherwise, I have no idea why would he write that. As for my opinion, there's no racism with you, not wanting to use that particular software, you're a customer, a user, so please continue. My experience with it was short, so I can't say much, apart from what I already told about the origins of that software. I actually don't make prejudgements, so I intalled it and tried. It seemed like it was a bit overcomplicated to use and didn't have enough configuration templates, maybe a bit heavy for that old celeron XP laptop of mine. Do you recall anything odd? Like calling home to Israel? Knocking on funny IP? Perhaps give it another chance? We all now have better hardware, no? Founded: 1993, Ramat Gan, Israel President: Amnon Bar-Lev https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Check_Point

The lack? Alder Lake has them! "In Alder Lake, the system depends on the ability of the P-Cores and E-Cores to work seamlessly together. " https://techedged.com/intel-e-core/

Misspelling doesn't matter at all and was not the reason I had to laugh. It was the zoological classification of this firewall. Personally, I found it funny. And a bit of humour definitely can't hurt in this thread. In any case, thanks for your interest and support!

Antimalware, firewall, and other security programs for Windows XP working in 2023 and hopefully beyond I hereby open a new thread on the topic of security programs for Windows XP. I have been thinking about that for a longer time, and then I decided to tackle this project. Windows XP is a very old operating system and a deeper knowledge of how to make it more secure is very important in my opinion. Therefore, I think it makes sense to get an overview of all the security programs still available for Windows XP. The thread "Which Antiviruses are Known for a Fact to be Working on XP SP3 as of 2019?", where I have previously written frequently about antivirus programs, has become rather bloated and confusing due to many informationless posts, is mainly focused on the topic of antivirus programs for Windows XP and has been completely unstructured from the very beginning. It is good to have such a thread full of different information for reference but there are many posts either outdated, incomplete or off-topic. Therefore, I have decided to start a completely different thread from scratch. I deliberately chose the term antimalware in the title of this topic. In these days, most so-called antivirus programs can not only identify computer viruses, but also trojans, worms, rootkits, exploits, spyware, and so on. Generally speaking: a virus is a malware, but a malware is not always a virus. Therefore, malware is a generic term for any malicious software, including viruses. For many years now, the so-called antivirus programs have actually been antimalware programs. In any case, this new topic here is about antimalware, firewall and other security programs for Windows XP. Under the term other security programs, I include among others security suites like internet security and total security, antivirus, antispyware, anti-rootkit, anti-exploit, online and offline scanner, ad blocker, protection layer, virtualization, security check and control programs and so on that make the use of Windows XP safer. And to avoid any misunderstanding, the main focus in this thread is on the concept of security. Those security programs that have been officially classified as insecure or not trustworthy are not the subject of consideration here, of course. Furthermore, many of these security programs can no longer be clearly classified in one of these categories due to their multifunctionality. I therefore define the following categories and their abbreviations: AM+ = Antimalware program with real-time protection AM- = Antimalware program without real-time protection SP = Specialized program (focused on one main antimalware function) IS = Internet Security TS = Total Security ON = Online scanner OF = Offline scanner AB = Ad blocker FW = Firewall VP = Virtualization program PL = Protection layer program SC = Security check program CP = Control program MF = Multifunctional program In addition, for the sake of simplicity, I define the following licence types and their abbreviations, reduced to the essentials: C = Commercial (any payment software including shareware) F = Free D = Donationware O = Open source In the second post of this thread, I will provide and maintain an alphabetical list of working antimalware, firewall, and other security programs for Windows XP which were each presented in a corresponding post here. This list has the following columns: Name, Version, Type, Date and Link. Name means the name of the program, Version means its last/latest version, Type means its license type, Date means its last/latest date of release or creation (in some cases, there is no date of release available anymore) and Link means the link to its corresponding post here in this thread. I will only include programs in this list that receive updates in some form, be it program updates, definition updates or database updates. With the exception, of course, that there are also programs that do not necessarily need such updates. In the third post of this thread, I will create and maintain an alphabetical list of programs that need to be tested for compatibility, features and support or whose installers have been lost and therefore could not be tested. In the fourth post of this thread, I will create an alphabetical list of programs that have recently been abandoned or should be avoided. Some of them should only be used for a while or be avoided due to security reasons. This project is very extensive and involves a lot of work. In-depth research in particular is very time-consuming, but necessary. So be patient, especially if the list of programs fills up slowly! As always: Good things come to those who wait. And just for clarification, I will not check all the programs myself to see if they can be installed properly and work, of course. Here, other members can make a perfect contribution with their knowledge or experiences already made. Furthermore, all the programs I have listed are not necessarily to be understood as recommendations. Basically, they are simply options that are still available for Windows XP. Because we all know that most manufacturers of security software have long since given up on Windows XP. If I personally consider a program to be good, I will express this in its relevant post. More about that here: Any discussions, questions or suggestions about security programs for Windows XP are explicitly welcome. But one thing must be very clear, everything should relate to this topic. Just for clarification, insulting, provocative or completely off-topic posts (especially about operating systems other than Windows XP) will not be tolerated. That means, please stay on topic! This thread is intended to be a well-structured source of information where readers can get ideas on how to make their old Windows XP a bit more secure. If you like this thread, or you find it interesting and helpful, I would appreciate any contribution, be it a comment, a like or an upvote. Thanks for your interest! Windows XP forever! Kind regards, AstroSkipper

Pretty much what the topic says, I was able to get Injustice 2 {2018} up and running, after I figured out how to install these new video drivers, I have to admit, it was not easy to find any help topics about nVidia, the search showed only bizarre results. https://msfn.org/board/topic/183688-breakthrough-new-nvidia-drivers-ported-to-vista-tutorial/ But no sound, no matter what I do. Please share the ideas. the game shows no particular errors and works fine.

I can't seem to find the exact engine it runs on, I would have to buy the game first, is a "mono" based game?

Is it only one game without sound? Did you try to change sampling rates to 48Khz?

32-bit Vista could be a temp replacement, since it doesn't.

... Just a short while before you posted this, I had finished applying your fix locally ; unfortunately, this, again, involves messing with the omni.ja archive... The file to be patched according to the GitHub commit resides in: "<St52-appDir>\!omni.ja\modules\DownloadUtils.jsm" (! = expanded) After you've finished patching the file, locate "<St52-appDir>\!omni.ja\jsloader\resource\gre\modules\DownloadUtils.jsm" and DELETE it; this is a compiled version of the (original) file in the previous location; by deleting it, you'll force St52 to load the edited raw source file rather than the compiled one (minute performance degradation to be expected ). Once finished, repack (and re-optimise) to an omni.ja file, overwriting the original... So far, so good ...

my workaround seems working fine here, so it will work again in next build. and BTW if you get this and go to github, you can have similar error message regarding other intl object.

Also unable to replicate at checkout -

@Roytam1 in the latest 64bit version New Moon 28 the downloads drop box in the toolbar is unresponsive.. In addition, Downloads part of Library tool remains empty. Previous version of omni.ja restores a correct behaviour. (I didn't tested 32bit version of NM28) Edit: Please disregard my complaint. After I restored omni.ja to the current version, everyting returned to normal. I am clueless,,, Sorry for bothering! have a nice day!

I wouldn't want to try my luck with it. Enough products from farmers here.

Hello, nice to see really new faces here, please tell us something we don't already know, anything you are comfortable to share with us. Enjoy your stay!

Found it! Choose IDE. https://www.computeruniverse.net/en/c/hardware-components/cables-adapters

Antonino, not more than 4-5 pc or noutbooks, but can do it very fast now. That is the important thing. I was used a tools with wimlib, but the speed is much slower, about 5-6 times slower.

Maybe nothing to worry about yet, it's user agent simplification, which was implemented in Chrome first, then in FF. https://wiki.mozilla.org/Changing_the_UA_String

@jaclaz You compared Sacramento data center, that runs expensive Enterprise hard drives 24/7, with the consumer grade hard disks MSFN members use, really? My consumer grade hards don't even have that parameter SMART 189 High Fly Writes. What's the point of such comparison? Please enlighten.

@ribbon, hello, new users is what we need, welcome!

Unsure if it's been mentioned yet - is Clamwin still around?

I was going to ask if @roytam1 could do that, but I figured it wasn't worth the trouble - then, it turns out, he had already done so long ago! FYI, under Win 7, Widevine 1.4.8 is recognized and appears in the "plugins" section of about:addons under St 55, but it doesn't seem to work (Bitmovin's test page reports "No DRM" under the Media Source Extensions side of the page). I suppose it's a moot point, though, since 1.4.8 has long been blacklisted anyway.

I'm sorry, I have to disagree, Hard disk Sentinel warns ahead of any failure, especially if we talk about Seagate (which one shouldn't purchase anyway, due to the high failure rate). From my observations, Seagate will fail within several days or weeks after HDD Sentinel showed its warning. One thing to point out, this software does not always know newest HDD models.

So I went out and bought TerraTec AUREON7.1PCIe 7.1 PCIe internal audio card. I'm out of ideas...

A real-time antimalware may be useful for novice users, but it makes little sense for users with a high level of mastery such as those who frequent this Windows XP section of the forum. After subjecting a system to on-demand scanning by multiple antimalware, online and offline, I can consider the system safe; rechecking every time I use components that have been in the system for many years and used countless times without problems is just a waste of time and computational resources. Since at least ten years I have been performing only periodic scans, and since the scans end regularly without reporting problems, gradually the period has automatically lengthened; and in any case, a possible infection would not create big problems and would be detected immediately. It is necessary instead carefully monitor new grafts, external elements entering into the system. To test new programs the procedures are well known to users of this forum: Virtual Machines, SandboxIE, other forms of sandboxes, etc. I typically test the installation of new programs under SandboxIE, and I use two scripts to derive a report of the changes that the installation would make to the system (new or changed files, changes to registry, etc.), reports that I archive along with the program. For incidentally, from this structural information I almost always build a portable instance of the program, which I keep off the system partition (20 GB, of which only 13.2 GB is occupied). If the program installs drivers in the system, SandboxIE is generally not usable and it is necessary to run the test in a virtual machine; even in this case I create and keep a report of the changes that the installation makes to the system. But today in reality the main source of infection is the Web, and the most dangerous vehicles are browsers; here the variables and defense mechanisms are virtually infinite, so I subscribe to the need posed by @UCyborg to create a new dedicated thread: Maybe we need a thread about surviving on the modern internet without an antivirus? Notes: 1. Similar considerations apply to Android, where the real usefulness of antimalware is even more doubtful, and many other defense tools exist. 2. I consider improper that in this technical forum are allowed expressions and positions of a decidedly racist nature, further confirmation of the well-known maxim that the first casualty of a war is truth (and common sense, I might add); but this too surely requires a dedicated thread. Greetings

My startup manager gives a notification for every newly created startup entry. Trust is good, but control is better.

@WULover Yes, I meant I have the downloaded files. I double checked my archive it actually 15MB not 26MB, 11 MB files are duplicates. @ward201185 I used a standalone installer for IE6 back in 2009. It was that version I used to visit the site from my recollection it worked with both Wks/Srv and what it displayed depended on what was installed. I doubt Embedded was supported. I think the Jan 2005 file works with IE5.x, in IE5.01SP2 it gives me these results in pick of the month with a odd random number update. @mina7601 Thanks Here's the archive. https://workupload.com/file/tJXSdpcE4vs It contains the following. WindowsUpdate folder with the following sub folders. - backup contains only root files of the WindowsUpdate folder - Downloaded manual downloads from Microsoft Download Center - Downloaded2 manual downloads from Microsoft Download Center - New Folder original contents of WindowsUpdate folder with 26MB downloaded cab files. And a crude readme file noting one update didn't appear in MS download centre. I've also included two animated gif files demonstrating IE6 showing updates using the 'New Folder' contents copied to C:\Program Files\WindowsUpdate. While checking out these old files I was able to get the latest updates displayed in IE6 in Wks/Srv as you can see from the screenshots. Which helped me remember why I 'temporary' kept those files, back then the site wouldn't work correctly on my system. It would give the stop error but when click the back button it suddenly started working and realised the those inventory files were linked to it. I used it to help me download files from Download Center saved it the those Downloaded folders, when I tried install to those same new updates through site it just fail but when installed updates manually and revisit site the number updates displayed reduce until there was no more. Once I had the update files I needed I meant to delete inventory files but I forgot to.

Lately, I started to have these weird dreams where I'm around the dead ones, they don't look dead, but I know they are. I talk to them , we do some stuff, like walking, exchanging items (yes, I know it's a very bad omen, actually). They are constantly trying to show me something, trying to explain (?), I have no idea what's this all about. I usually can't watch the dreams 'till the end. Something always wakes me up! Today it was a very loud, annoying dog (which are extremely rare here!... weird, again). I had a similar dream in the 1990's, later I was almost killed in a shootout. Someone had anything similar ? Are these mental issues or not? P.S. I already checked, I'm not cursed, no spells on me.

Yes, exactly! I didn't mean to offend anyone here, and by pointing out that you all talk too much, I meant no harm, I totally understand for all of you it's very important to talk. So like I wrote, better for me stay away.

Poor woman! Please pass my greetings to your war veteran sister. With people like her we shall win! I don't have PTSD or any forms of it, perhaps due to the fact I'm always prepared to what one could expect from such countries and their populace, seen lots of similar examples during my military days. They also love to put "surpises" inside of toys and other civilian items, just like their elder brother russkie... and then caboom!

On one hand: "Why do people put a space before a question ..." https://www.reddit.com/r/TooAfraidToAsk/comments/fwejui/why_do_people_put_a_space_before_a_question_mark/ 7 Apr 2020 — "It's for emphasis, tone or to symbolize your speech as relaxed or casual. Sometimes punctuation directly after a word can seem really harsh." On the other: It is also required by the rules in several major European languages, French or Portuguese, for example. I remember my short-lived pen-pal from Belgium always did it. Belgium has three major languages: Dutch, French and Frisian. In France we are demanded to put a space by the rules ! So, as we all can see, as a deputy helper, you deserve the bread you eat ! The fella you talk to, might not be English, or maybe he just reads Reddit too often, I dunno. In English, there is no space between the last word of a sentence and its question mark, that's what I remember from school. @Vistapocalypsesorry for the off-top, I didn't start it.

Panda Dome is cloud-based, so there are no downloadable definition updates. WiseVector StopX has been abandoned, so you can't get any new definition updates. It is AI-based and only partly based on local definition updates. Furthermore, such downloadable definition updates were never offered anyway. For MWAV - eScan Antivirus Toolkit, have a look here: And here is the direct download link to the definition updates: http://www.microworldsystems.com/akdlm/download/tools/esupdatebd.exe Cheers, AstroSkipper

For many years, with the soviet help (of course), ex-DDR communists had been developing a top notch, nasty, modern PC virus, imagine such scenario, now they've breached your fortress-house, carrying an infected USB flash drive, unfortunately you (your family) went to visit the Bavarian friends on a holiday and missed the daily AV update definitions, so the only thing that will save the World your PC - that simple, yet powerful tool, which blocks the autorun Virus without the updates and/or user interactions !

The links will probably change from time to time when an update or upgrade is due. I extracted the link to the offline installer from the online installer.

You're welcome! The list with working security programs is most important and will be maintained by me as regularly as possible. I also count on members who notice that a program has been updated or abandoned. When I created this thread, I already added the tag "Antivirus" and others, so the search function should be able to find my thread. Therefore, it shouldn't actually be a problem. Thank you very much! Most of your listed programs are already on my internal list, though. But, any help is welcome! Thanks again! Much appreciated!

Congratulations on opening the thread, now we can make a nice list in the header. Perhaps the disadvantage is that in search engines users will look for the word antivirus, not the word malware, although I don't see a very much problem. Here are a few programs to add to the alphabetical list. I order them like I have these on my computer, rate these however you like. ANTIVIRUS Avast Free Antivirus 18.8.4804 https://install.avcdn.net/iavs9x-xp/avast_free_antivirus_setup_offline.exe Avast definitions 12-18 https://install.avcdn.net/vpsnitro/vpsupd.exe Avast Clear (uninstall) https://files.avast.com/iavs9x/avastclear.exe AVG Antivirus Free 18.8.4804 (offline downloader) https://install.avcdn.net/avg/iavs9x-xp/avg_antivirus_free_setup_offline.exe AVG Antivirus Free 17.9 (offline downloader) https://install.avcdn.net/avg/iavs9x-xp/avg_free_antivirus_setup_offline.exe AVG Internet Security 18.8.4084.0 (trial) https://install.avcdn.net/avg/iavs9x-xp/avg_internet_security_setup_offline.exe AVG Clear XP (uninstall) https://install.avcdn.net/avg/iavs9x-xp/avgclear.exe ClamWin http://es.clamwin.com/content/view/18/46/ Clan Sentinel (real time protection for ClanWin) https://clamsentinel.sourceforge.net/ Dr. Web Cure It (free with send statistics or paid) https://free.drweb.com/ eScan https://www.escanav.com/ Panda Dome (free or paid) https://www.pandasecurity.com/es/homeusers/free-antivirus/ I can't find an official offline downloader do you know of any? please comment. Virus Total.com (file analysis online multi-antivirus) https://www.virustotal.com Wise Vestor StopX https://update2.wisevector.com/WiseVector_StopX.exe ANTI-SPYWARE Adware Removal Tool https://www.techsupportall.com/adware-removal-tool/ ComoboFix ??? http://www.combo-fix.com/ Malwarebytes Free & Premium 3.5.1.2522-1.0.365-1.0.5292 https://downloads.malwarebytes.com/file/mb3_legacy Sophos HitmanPro https://www.hitmanpro.com/en-us/downloads Spybot – Search & Destroy 2.4.40.0 Oficial Legacy version for Windows XP (2014-10-22) (updatable database) https://download.spybot.info/Spybot2/ SpywareBlaster (for browsers) http://www.brightfort.com/spywareblaster.html SuperAntispyware https://www.superantispyware.com/ FIREWALL Agnitum Outpost Firewall (old) PORTS SCANNERS CurrPorts https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/cports.html The Nmap Security Scanner https://nmap.org/download OTHERS OLD VERSIONS Anti-DDOS Bothunter TrendMicro Housecall 1.50.0.1154 TrendMicro RUBotted 2.0.0.1034 beta Anti-PUP AdwCleaner 6.047 (2017-05-19) (last Windows XP) MalwareBytes Junkware Removal Tool JRT 8.1.4 (2017-09-07) Antirootkit Avast antirootkit aswar 1.0.0.1 beta (gmer based) Avast MBR scaner 0.9.9.1771 Karpesky TDSS rootkit removing tool 2.8.16.0 Malwarebytes Anti-Rootkit (Beta) mbar-1.08.3.1004 (2014-11-18) gmer 2.1.19357.0 Randoms system information tool RSIT 3.3.6.1 Disinfectant Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool (Windows-KB890830-V5.39-32-bit) (2016-08-10) (last Windows Xp) I have tried almost every antivirus for Windows XP in the past, but that was more than 10 years ago, when I decided to stick with Avast 6.0. Unfortunately now, in 2023, I am looking for a new antivirus. I'll test if any from the past are currently working and comment.

I have installed Malwarebytes Premium 3.5.1.2522 on my Windows XP computer and use its real-time protection. There is a three-layer protection: Web protection and Exploit protection are permanently activated, Malware protection only if I surf unknown or a bit dirty websites. So my real-time protection is a bit on-demand due to my underperforming computer.

Thank you for the flowers! I'll try to do my very best.

Thank you very much for the kind words! Thanks for this find! I will check it when more time is available. However, it is a very specialized program whose function should normally be covered by an antimalware program with background guard.

Hi, a very nice topic indeed ! What else one could expect from @AstroSkipper ! Found an antivirus programme for you, for XP. "Protects removable disks against "autorun viruses" https://www.softpedia.com/get/Security/Security-Related/Anti-Autorun-7.shtml

Sphinx Windows 10 Firewall Control XP Windows 10 Firewall Control XP is a great firewall from Sphinx in the form of a special version for Windows XP. This firewall allows the user to perfectly control all incoming and outgoing network connections. There is a preset of zones and rules, but you can additionally define custom ones according to your needs. Never again any unwanted or clandestine connections to other servers! Windows 10 Firewall Control XP 7.5 is the last working version in Windows XP. In terms of version 7.5, there are only two versions for Windows XP: the free version Windows 10 Firewall Control XP Free and the paid version Windows 10 Firewall Control Plus XP. Feature comparison: Features listed on Sphinx's homepage: 100% compatibilty with any Windows version from Windows 10 to Windows XP (special Windows XP edition) Easy to use Per-application security settings Light setup ~ 5MB, small memory footprint Automatic applications listing/prompting Permanent network activity monitoring and instant notifications of blocked/allowed network incoming/outgoing events Remote management, remote applications protection Automatic network activity detection and applications listing Strict network activity statistics for every application Zone based network permissions management Flexible permissions settings, 30+ predefined security zones for applications, single click the zones usage Ability to compose new security zones and update/modify the existing zones Detailed blocked/allowed events monitoring, management and logging. Instant notifications Complete IPv6 support Ability to manage applications permissions and control applications network activity locally and remotely Group zone and application permissions management Predefined mode for decreasing expenses of mobile/satellite internet connection Integration with Windows Explorer for direct access permission management Applications connections monitoring and management Automatic Port Forwarding-to-applications management/synchronization Homepage: https://www.sphinx-soft.com/Vista/ https://web.archive.org/web/20151229143305/https://www.sphinx-soft.com/Vista/order.html Version number: 7.5.105.217 Date of creation: 06.01.2016, released in the period from 06.01.2016 to 10.01.2016 System requirements: Windows XP (32/64-bit,SP 1,2,3) and Windows Server 2003 (32/64-bit,SP 1,2) Version history and release notes: Reviews: https://msfn.org/board/topic/174417-sphinx-windows-er-10-firewall-control/?do=findComment&comment=1107771 https://chefkochblog.wordpress.com/2018/04/06/windows-10-firewall-control-review/ Download links: Download link of Windows 10 Firewall Control Free XP 7.5.105.217 (English version): https://www.sphinx-soft.com/download/W10FC7.5/Windows10FirewallControlFree-XP-Setup.exe Download link of Windows 10 Firewall Control Free XP 7.5.105.217 (German version): https://www.sphinx-soft.com/download/W10FC7.5.de/Windows10FirewallControlFree-de-XP-Setup.exe Download link of Windows 10 Firewall Control Plus XP 7.5.105.217 (English version): https://www.sphinx-soft.com/download/W10FC7.5/Windows10FirewallControlPlus-XP-Setup.exe Download link of Windows 10 Firewall Control Plus XP 7.5.105.217 (German version): https://www.sphinx-soft.com/download/W10FC7.5.de/Windows10FirewallControlPlus-de-XP-Setup.exe Older versions are still available here: https://www.sphinx-soft.com/Vista/order.html. In the lower right corner, you can select various older versions from their "Archive". Screenshots: More screenshots on https://web.archive.org/web/20151229143305/https://www.sphinx-soft.com/Vista/order.html by clicking onto the item "Screenshots". The paid Plus version is definitely worth its money. It is very light on system resources. The installer is totally unbloated and its size (English version) is only round about 5 MB. I use it for years, and for me it is the best firewall solution for Windows XP ever. Using Windows 10 Firewall Control XP Plus means to have full control about all incoming and outgoing connections in your system in a very convenient way. Here is a link from December of 2015 where you can compare the Free versus the Plus version and get more information: https://web.archive.org/web/20151229143305/https://www.sphinx-soft.com/Vista/order.html A key for Windows 10 Firewall Control XP Plus has to be requested by contacting the support because it is no longer offered officially. I mention this due to the circumstance that a regular key doesn't work with the XP version. Cheers, AstroSkipper

Alphabetical list of programs that need to be tested for compatibility, features and support or whose installers have been lost Name Version Type Link Status Vir.IT eXplorer 9.5 AM-/AM+ Link Further detailed user experiences, Lite/Pro reviews, tests and screenshots needed Comodo Antivirus 12.x.x.x AM+ Link Further detailed user experiences and information Comodo Internet 12.x.x.x AM+ Link Further detailed user experiences Security and information Comodo Firewall x.x.x.x FW Link Further detailed user experiences and information Huorong Internet 6.0.2.3 AM+ Link Further detailed user experiences Security and information Trend Micro 1.2.2.1001 AM- Link Further detailed user experiences, Sysclean information, tests and screenshots needed

I just use the firewall built into windows. But in truth, most systems that don't leave one's home (hopefully trusted) network, do not need host firewalls as any old SOHO/consumer Firewall+NAT router basically eliminates those threat avenues.

https://www.sphinx-soft.com/download/W10FC7.5/Windows10FirewallControl-Portable.zip https://www.sphinx-soft.com/download/W10FC7.5/Windows10FirewallControlFree-XP-Setup.exe Thanks a lot! But - I don't want to spend any more money on/to my old PCs ;o) BTW: I just found some XP-ready Freeware Alternatives ... cheers :o) Privatefirewall 7.0.30.3 (Privacyware) https://www.softpedia.com/get/Security/Firewall/Privatefirewall.shtml SterJo NetStalker (Standalone Blocklist Firewall, Traffic Monitor, portable, multilingual) https://www.sterjosoft.com/netstalker.html PS: Thanks at all ! Please no Installer or ''Bloatware'' like Comodo, Zone Alarm, Norton etc. ;o)

Thank you , but no . Why ? A very "big brother" country. Cameras on every square mm. Pro-commie tendencies are very high. Besides , too close to Russia. I think I don't have to explain ,esp. considering the latest news . (russian tanks moving towards Oekraïne (Ukrain), etc). "US StateDept places Ukraine on LEVEL 4: DO NOT TRAVEL due to high risk of Russian military offensive". Heard of it ? Now look at how close Poland and Ukraine. Bordering countries ! Even if Poland will stay out of it , there will be lots of refugees for sure , much more than from Belarus now ! Bordering countries ! Don't forget about Poland's history too . A military communist country , only some decades ago ! Also, I would advise against Prague , the "famous" KGB nest . If you ask me , I don't beleive people can change . Proof : https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FHEPBnNXMAAuOLS?format=jpg&name=large

This is what's happening here , in Holland already ! Source: @PvanHouwelingen

On the other hand , it's so bad what he did to the poor lizard ...