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All horses back! The download manager in Opera on my Android tablet shows a wrong file size. Now, I am back at my desktop computer, and the file size of FREEAV.exe matches nearly the one you posted: 93181864 B (88.9 MB). I already corrected my posts. So this time, we seem to get the same offline installer regardless of our location. Kindest regards, AstroSkipper

Doesn't look like it, already enough time passed. Enjoy, glad to be of help!

Musk now claims Twitter login requirement's "just temporary". Someone trusts him? https://mashable.com/article/elon-musk-twitter-login-requirement-temporary

Then it gives you a different file from your IP, because I got 88.87 MB, like @Saxon.

From the Belgian IP.

The banner should read: Got Panda running on XP x64 That is fantastic. Well done. I could never have done that, and I have never heard of the Application Verifier program. It looks like a program for programmers. I had a quick look and there is a lot of reading: Application Verifier is a runtime verification tool for unmanaged code that assists in finding subtle programming errors, security issues and limited user account privilege problems that can be difficult to identify with normal application testing techniques. Link to full Summary and Overview of Application Verifier I'll study what you have done and will try and give it a go when I have more time on the weekend. Panda Security should offer you a job. :-)

Greetings all, I don't remember if I have 348.12, but I'm sure I have 348.40, shall send when I return.

I can remember very well. I checked my provided link some minutes before posting and the file FREEAV.exe has indeed the size of 93 88.9 MB. It seems to depend on the country from which you access the link. You know the proof is in the pudding. So, you can try to access the link with a German IP via VPN to check if the file size changes. I'll try to download the file with a Hellenic IP.

Or, one can use this link I have fetched from the online installer (93 88.9 MB) and provided im my post about Panda Free Antivirus: http://acs.pandasoftware.com/Panda/FREEAV/193309/FREEAV.exe

Got Panda running on XP x64, you will need to install Application Verifier 4.0. And .NET Framework 4.0 too of course if you don't have it yet, the antivirus' management interface uses it. If you don't update the framework fully, might be a good idea to at least have KB2600211 as well to have some bugs of initial release fixed. Run Application Verifier (from Application Verifier folder in Programs folder). File->Add Application, you don't have to browse to any actual file, just type Stub.exe in the File name field and confirm. Repeat the process for Setup.exe. Edit both entries like so, you don't need Basics, so uncheck it, then check HighVersionLie under Compatibility. Right-click on HighVersionLie->Properties, here you need to put in Windows Vista's info (crazy, I know, it's also funny that MS's own online installer for .NET Framework 4.0 tries to download an update for Windows Vista when executed on XP x64). I was going off MS documentation really quick, so maybe some flag is missing in that Suite mask field, but it'll work for this, I only list fields I changed: Major version: 6 Build number: 6003 Service pack major: 2 Suite mask: 512 Product type: 1 CSD version: Service Pack 2 Save the changes, run the Panda installer (the official installer pulls the latest version from http://acs.pandasoftware.com/Panda/FREEAV/Promo_pd/FREEAV.exe (thanks @VistaLover), this was version 22.01.01 when this post was revised). First time around, before revising this post, the older 22.00.01 was tried from Major Geeks, there were some trouble with it and it refused to work properly next day. I only changed (checked) Offline installation option during setup. After installation is complete, delete entries from Application Verifier and save.

There is a big difference whether there is an official warning, such as that from the BSI, for a programme or not. Such official warnings do not exist for Malwarebytes, Panda and AVG, but they do for Kaspersky. Any turning off features changes nothing at all. TBH, such an official warning says it all. And finally stop with your anti- and pro-categories in this thread! That has no place here.

May I just ignore your obvious beef with the NSA? Thanx. I'm sorry, how is this relevant to Windows XP SP3 security programmes topic? Do you have proof or fact checked articles about Windows XP alleged leaking? thanx. Oh, and please stop with the politics.

Please provide fact checked articles to support your claims. There's a huge difference between reporting to "home" (company) and directly to security services. So don't mix all in one bag. Did you read the article? Or you just saying this to supress any discussions about Kaspersky? The article shows pros and cons, a very balanced and polite article, I'd say. Light on memory on one hand, not recommended to use due to the newly checked facts - on the other. Everyone decides for himself.

Yes, a very underrated OS. The last amazing OS after XP. Try Ex7ForW8 (Explorer from Windows 7 ) on it and see how the OS flies. Modern OSes (10,11...) started with 8.0... well I wrote a lot about it... I don't want to say the same again, but I'm happy to see when people appreciate this nice OS and I hope we have a good KernelEx for it one day.

I think the reason is this, most likely. Fact checked, as you like. ...Google Removed Most Twitter Links From Search Results... "Twitter Users Say Elon Musk's Limits Are Pushing Them..." "William LeGate, posted on July 4 and viewed 2.1 million times, read: "BREAKING: Google has removed the vast majority of Twitter links from their search results... Elon's decision to block the Google "bot" from crawling their site is reportedly to blame. "Twitter will now be invisible on the world's largest search engine"" https://www.newsweek.com/fact-check-google-twitter-link-search-results-removed-elon-musk-1811293

Twitter silently removes login requirement for viewing tweets? A coincidence? A drop in the usage? People flee to Mastodon? Press them harder? https://techcrunch.com/2023/07/05/twitter-silently-removes-login-requirement-for-viewing-tweets/

Windows 8 is fast & there isn't much it can't run when updated. it's fluent & Fun. I installed it on a rubbish PC. I'm quite amazed how fast, stable & capable it runs

TBH, I do not use 10 years old, unsupported browsers at all. And that wouldn't make sense either , at least as long there are more recent ones which is the case under Windows XP. Your statement was: I replied: New Moon 28 is an old, legacy browser but still updated, thanks to @roytam1. And there is no problem to access your linked website https://web.archive.org/web/20140701122330/http://lights.helloenjoy.com/. As I already stated, it is a problem of defining what an old web browser is. So, if I take you literally, then your statement is not correct. The website web.archive.org works in old browsers to view archived web sites. The proof is here: Kind regards, AstroSkipper

It is. I revised the post, gave the whole procedure a second try from the beginning, went smoother this time around.

Dear Astro , we had the same discussion in the past, without any conclusive result ; the link you re-posted just now, http://acs.pandasoftware.com/Panda/FREEAV/193309/FREEAV.exe , is still valid, I just tried it mere seconds ago, but from my location it just fetches the exact same binary (sized 88.9 MiB, not 93) as the link I posted in my previous post, http://acs.pandasoftware.com/Panda/FREEAV/Promo_pd/FREEAV.exe , with the exact (dual, i.e. SHA1+SHA2) digital sig of 2023/09/17 ! In any case, "the more the better" , interested MSFN members can try both for themselves! Kindest regards ...

Zzz Zzz Zzz. Snorefest. This gets sooo old!

Here's the latest Fact-checked article By Kristina Jarusevičiūtė, which will help you. "Kaspersky antivirus latest review: is it safe to use?" October 2023. Fact-checked by Paulius Masiliauskas* "The Russian-owned company has been reported to be in communication with Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) and is responsible for providing them with real-time intelligence and identifying data of customers’ computers." https://cybernews.com/best-antivirus-software/kaspersky-antivirus-review/ *Paulius Masiliauskas is a content lead at Cybernews. An avid tester and spreadsheet lover, he currently specializes in website builder, VPN, antivirus, and password manager reviews https://cybernews.com/author/pmasiliauskas/

Sorry for the delay, Karla, after extensive testings, I'm sticking with your first variant, the fantastic 348.01, for now. Dell 348.17 is overbright. Again, thank you!

@tekkaman This thread is exclusively about security programmes for Windows XP . Therefore, your observation or problem is unfortunately off-topic. You should post it in the Windows 7 forum. BTW, I had no problem to install Panda Antivirus Free in the version 22.00.01 under Windows XP. And the installer didn't want me to install .NET Framework 4 either, presumably because my Windows XP was and is fully updated. Cheers, AstroSkipper

emoji test -- Okay, this polyfill works for your milk delivery thumbnails without breaking emojis at MSFN - which could be why I already had this in my arsenal as an "all-in-one" polyfill. // ==UserScript== // @name Inject Change Array by Copy All-in-One Polyfill [110] // @version 0.0.1 // @match *://*/* // @run-at document-start // @grant none // ==/UserScript== ((arrayPrototype, typedArrayPrototype) => { "use strict"; const typedArrayLength = Function.call.bind( Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(typedArrayPrototype, "length").get ); function toIntegerOrInfinity(arg) { let n = Number(arg); if (Number.isNaN(n) || n === 0) { return 0; } if (n === Number.POSITIVE_INFINITY) { return Number.POSITIVE_INFINITY; } if (n === Number.NEGATIVE_INFINITY) { return Number.NEGATIVE_INFINITY; } let i = Math.floor(Math.abs(n)); if (n < 0) { i = -i; } return i; } function toObject(val) { if (val === null || val === undefined) { throw new TypeError(`${val} is not an object`); } return Object(val); } function lengthOfArrayLike(arr) { if (!(typeof arr === "object" && arr !== null)) { throw new TypeError(); } let len = toIntegerOrInfinity(arr["length"]); if (!Number.isFinite(len)) { len = 0; } return Math.max(0, Math.min(len, Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER)); } /** @typedef {Int8Array|Uint8Array|Uint8ClampedArray|Int16Array|Uint16Array|Int32Array|Uint32Array|Float32Array|Float64Array|BigInt64Array|BigUint64Array} TypedArray */ /** * @param {unknown} v * @returns {TypedArray} */ function assertTypedArray(v) { typedArrayPrototype.keys.call(v); // @ts-expect-error return v; } /** * @param {TypedArray} arr * @returns {TypedArray[typeof Symbol.toStringTag]} */ function typedArrayNameInternalSlot(arr) { return Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(typedArrayPrototype, Symbol.toStringTag) .get.call(arr); } /** * @param {TypedArray} example * @param {number} length * @returns {TypedArray} */ function typedArrayCreate(example, length) { assertTypedArray(example); const arrayName = typedArrayNameInternalSlot(example); switch (arrayName) { case 'Int8Array': return new Int8Array(length); case 'Uint8Array': return new Uint8Array(length); case 'Uint8ClampedArray': return new Uint8ClampedArray(length); case 'Int16Array': return new Int16Array(length); case 'Uint16Array': return new Uint16Array(length); case 'Int32Array': return new Int32Array(length); case 'Uint32Array': return new Uint32Array(length); case 'Float32Array': return new Float32Array(length); case 'Float64Array': return new Float64Array(length); case 'BigInt64Array': return new BigInt64Array(length); case 'BigUint64Array': return new BigUint64Array(length); default: /** @type {never} */ const n = arrayName; throw new Error(`Unexpected TypedArray name ${n}`); } } /** * @param {TypedArray} example * @returns {boolean} */ function isBigIntArray(example) { assertTypedArray(example); const arrayName = typedArrayNameInternalSlot(example); switch (arrayName) { case 'BigInt64Array': case 'BigUint64Array': return true; } return false; } function transfer({ count, src, srcStart, srcStep = 1, target, targetStart, targetStep = srcStep }) { let from = srcStart; let to = targetStart; for (let i = 0; i < count; i++) { target[to] = src[from]; from += srcStep; to += targetStep; } } /** * @param {TypedArray} example * @param {unknown} value * @description convert `value` to bigint or number based on the the type of array * @returns {bigint | number} * @throws if one of the override methods throws. e.g. `@@toPrimitive`, `valueOf`, `toString` */ function typedArrayNumberConversion(example, value) { let asNumber; { if (isBigIntArray(example)) { asNumber = 0n; } else { asNumber = -0; // important to use `-0` and not `0` } // @ts-ignore : using `+=` to emulate ToBigInt or ToNumber asNumber += value; } return asNumber; } defineArrayMethods({ toReversed() { const o = toObject(this); const len = lengthOfArrayLike(o); const a = new Array(len); transfer({ src: o, srcStart: len - 1, srcStep: -1, target: a, targetStart: 0, targetStep: 1, count: len }); return a; }, }); defineTypedArrayMethods({ toReversed() { const o = assertTypedArray(this); const len = typedArrayLength(o); const a = typedArrayCreate(o, len); transfer({ src: o, srcStart: len - 1, srcStep: -1, target: a, targetStart: 0, targetStep: 1, count: len }); return a; }, }); defineArrayMethods({ toSorted(compareFn) { if (compareFn !== void 0 && typeof compareFn !== "function") { throw new TypeError(); } const o = toObject(this); const len = lengthOfArrayLike(o); const a = new Array(len);; transfer({ src: o, srcStart: 0, target: a, targetStart: 0, count: len }); arrayPrototype.sort.call(a, compareFn); return a; }, }); defineTypedArrayMethods({ toSorted(compareFn) { if (compareFn !== void 0 && typeof compareFn !== "function") { throw new TypeError(); } const o = assertTypedArray(this); const len = typedArrayLength(o); const a = typedArrayCreate(o, len); transfer({ src: o, srcStart: 0, target: a, targetStart: 0, count: len }); typedArrayPrototype.sort.call(a, compareFn); return a; }, }); function calculateSplice({ start, len, deleteCount, values, argsCount }) { const relativeStart = toIntegerOrInfinity(start); let actualStart; if (relativeStart === -Infinity) { actualStart = 0; } else if (relativeStart < 0) { actualStart = Math.max(len + relativeStart, 0); } else { actualStart = Math.min(relativeStart, len); } const insertCount = values.length; let actualDeleteCount; if (/* start is not present */ argsCount === 0) { actualDeleteCount = 0; } else if (/* deleteCount is not present */ argsCount === 1) { actualDeleteCount = len - actualStart; } else { const dc = toIntegerOrInfinity(deleteCount); actualDeleteCount = Math.max(0, Math.min(dc, len - actualStart)); } const newLen = len + insertCount - actualDeleteCount; return { actualStart, newLen, actualDeleteCount }; } function doSplice({ src, target, actualStart, actualDeleteCount, values, newLen }) { let i = 0; while (i < actualStart) { target = src; i++; } for (const E of values) { target = E; i++; } let r = actualStart + actualDeleteCount; while (i < newLen) { let fromValue = src[r]; target = fromValue; i++; r++; } } defineArrayMethods({ toSpliced(start, deleteCount, ...values) { const o = toObject(this); const len = lengthOfArrayLike(o); const { actualStart, actualDeleteCount, newLen } = calculateSplice({ start, deleteCount, len, values, argsCount: arguments.length }); if (newLen > Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER) { throw new TypeError(); } const a = new Array(newLen); doSplice({ src: o, target: a, actualStart, actualDeleteCount, values, newLen }); return a; } }); defineArrayMethods({ with(index, value) { const o = toObject(this); const len = lengthOfArrayLike(o); const relativeIndex = toIntegerOrInfinity(index); const actualIndex = relativeIndex < 0 ? len + relativeIndex : relativeIndex; if (actualIndex < 0 || actualIndex >= len) { throw new RangeError(); } const a = new Array(len); for (let k = 0; k < len; k++) { const v = k === actualIndex ? value : o[k]; a[k] = v; } return a; } }); defineTypedArrayMethods({ with(index, value) { const o = assertTypedArray(this); const len = typedArrayLength(o); const relativeIndex = toIntegerOrInfinity(index); const actualIndex = relativeIndex < 0 ? len + relativeIndex : relativeIndex; const asNumber = typedArrayNumberConversion(o, value); if (actualIndex < 0 || actualIndex >= len) { throw new RangeError(); } const a = typedArrayCreate(o, len); for (let k = 0; k < len; k++) { const v = k === actualIndex ? asNumber : o[k]; a[k] = v; } return a; } }); /** @type {(def: { [N in "with" | "toReversed" | "toSorted" | "toSpliced"]?: typeof Array.prototype[N] }) => void} */ function defineArrayMethods(def) { defineMethods(arrayPrototype, def).forEach(name => { if (name !== 'with') { // 'with' is already a keyword arrayPrototype[Symbol.unscopables][name] = true; } }); } /** @type {(def: { [N in "with" | "toReversed" | "toSorted"]?: (this: TypedArray, ...args: Parameters<Uint8Array[N]>) => TypedArray }) => void} */ function defineTypedArrayMethods(def) { defineMethods(typedArrayPrototype, def); } function defineMethods(obj, def) { return Object.entries(def).map(([name, method]) => { Object.defineProperty(obj, name, { value: method, enumerable: false, configurable: true, writable: true, }); return name; }); } })(Array.prototype, Object.getPrototypeOf(Int8Array.prototype));

Glad to be of help! I think I found even better! Dell Quadro Driver 348.17 for Windows 7 (32-bit) and Windows 8.1 (32-bit). https://www.dell.com/support/home/en-uk/drivers/driversdetails?driverid=k82g1

Thanks for the reply bud, glad i'm not the only one who recognises it's brilliance & yes, it's very underated. I'm gonna install it on one of my much faster systems as i'm so impressed with it.

When it comes down to speed Windows 8(.0) was very underrated. I also installed it on an old Netbook (Mini 1012) and it was the only OS that ran fluently. Windows 7 and 10 couldn't compare (11 obviously not)

Verdict - Best for Twitter Users: Mastodon it's home to a thriving culture with serious, thinky posts https://www.pcmag.com/picks/quitting-twitter-try-these-alternative-social-media-networks

No, more European companies will emerge on the market, good.

On topic > I don't know if either of you heard these sad news, Twitter is now fully blocking Nitter! Twitter has become absolutely isolated, no way to read it for free!

It's again off-topic and has no relation to the German Mastodon and/or Twitter, which is the topic here. I'm asking you once again, please stop off-topic, don't derail the thread. Thnx

I totally agree with your statement. The headline of this topic is crystal clear. Promoting Kaspersky in each and every thread, which has nothing to do with security programmes, is definitely off-topic, propagandistic, annoying, and embarrassing. The desperation must already be pretty great when someone feels compelled to do something like this. The motivation for such behaviour is of course clear, but we leave that to the reader's imagination.

Many will stay and pay.

I too don't understand why he is so strangely and annoyingly promotes Kaspersky virus in each and every topic, even here! And looks like he is talking about politics without any consequences! I created this topic to talk about Twitter's owner outrageous behaviour and how we find a better replacement for that ruined network.

You can read a lot somewhere, and rumors are ten a penny. AFAIAA, @feodor2 posted the link to the nightly build himself (under his GitHub account). Anyway! I hope he is well and unharmed. Best wishes from here!

I tested this nightly build of Mypal 68.13.0 with some websites which caused problems in Mypal 68.12.5b. The assets on GitHub are loading again. MEGA is working, too. And, the online dictionary LEO also seems to be fixed. Unfortunately, VirusTotal stopped working completely in Mypal 68.13.0b. Neither the main site https://www.virustotal.com/gui/home/upload nor the reduced site https://www.virustotal.com/old-browsers/?style=bright works. On the main site, no way to upload a file. All elements in the middle of the website aren't loaded, only the outer frame. On the reduced site, the Google captcha doesn't work (endless loading).

Why unfortunately? A zip file is great, better than an installer. You have just to copy the new files over the old ones. That's why I simply wrote installer. With this archive, you install Mypal 68.13.0b. By the way, Mypal 68 is not fully portable. The browser creates entries in the registry. Therefore, to be absolutely correct, it's a zip archive for manual installation.

Good News! @feodor2 has just released a nightly build of Mypal 68.13.0. It's not beta or final, presumably less stable, but is supposed to have a much more up-to-date JS engine. Here is a link to the issue on GitHub: https://github.com/Feodor2/Mypal68/issues/160 and the direct download link of the release: https://mega.nz/file/FfhCVaZJ#7Yt5Ai8lAz-KeGXBiNnfFcS61-5YVdztKxlPYdq7ZZg I am so glad to see progress in development of Mypal 68 despite the difficult circumstances. And then, an official release will come soon, presumably. Cheers, AstroSkipper

Blaming it on Chinese is narrow-minded. Any program of such complexity could be exposing bugs in the kernel space. DAVE, Opera and 360 chrome are basically the same - based on chromium and even owned by the same chinese company for ages. But if you say it's off-topic, then be it. @UCyborg, I for one had actually modded Opera (not just the "translation" thingy), and I can tell you - the similaraties with all chinese made browsers are astonishing, I shall not write about them here, because DAVE doesn't want me to. They usually add more crap upon the clean chrome engine (even new APIs for telemetry), so no , it's not "narrow-minded". More crap - means more chances to crash, esp. on the older OS, like XP. Blaming it on Chinese should kinda be the default option. Check what they added first, and only then - the actual chrome engine.

Long time ago, my mom had got crashes with XP and Opera, when she could still use PCs (now she's very old) . But then again, Opera is chinese, so maybe the issue is the same with all chinese browsers and XP ?

Gee ! I thought you were older, like 40+. So everything is ahead of you ! Don't speed things up, all is going according to plan. And I got curious about sexuality in my early 10s. Maybe earlier. Got several girlfriends that obviously got old with time, whom I had to get rid of. Had to give them money to rent their own places, yes, I'm very kind. So don't be in a hurry, find someone much-much younger.

This monitor ?

no.

This is really strange because I trust this experienced user @UCyborg . He just helped me with Riva Tuner on Vista . What is their framework level ?

Would also be very good to find a standalone version installer (or portable) of Riva tuner without MSI. I know there's one inside , but I guess not everyone will figure that out. Is there a site with various older versions ? EDIT: Your version works with Vista , thank you lots ! If I don't bother you that much , perhaps you know how to switch OFF this stupid "cannot connect to update server". Of course I blocked it with the firewall , since I can't allow it to update (obviously). Switching off the update checker in the settings doesn't help . EDIT-2 : It really shows fps count only with *some* games , but no crashes like the OP described, so older versions are still needed. EDIT-3 : Quit showing FPS at all . If I look at the main window - it's just stuck at the highest monitor refresh rate. But in the games there is no FPS counter at all. EDIT-4 : Finally got this to work with Vista ! I had to frankenstein the hell outta the both versions . So nevermind , all is OK now. Thanks again for your help.

Thank you , appreciated , will definitely try . And the OP might have a problem with his higher version of framework , like I suggested earlier.

Oh , that's bad . I'm kinda gamer too . Are there any other alternatives ? (please not from kaspersky or the such) , thank you.

Version 7.3.1 works just fine with 7 and SP1 , I know there are literally millions of updates' fans here , so I installed a quick rollup update pack with all of the most popular updates "windows6.1-kb3125574-v4-x64" just for you ! And all is absolutely good with "Show in On-Screen Display" ON , "On-Screen Display support" ON too , shows FPS just fine , no glitches , nothing. Oh , and the framework is 4.5.1. Perhaps you need to remove the newer framework ? I dunno . I cannot attach screenshots 'cause my monthly limit is up. Perhaps I should try with Vista too ?

Tell me the exact version number you're having problems with and provide with it's link . I will install Windows 7 on a spare machine and test it . Though, I do not have any modern cards to test it with . My latest card , as of now , is GTX Titan 6GB (mfg date February 2013) . I sold GTX980 recently . Perhaps it hangs up due to some conflict with newer GPUs ?