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Be on your guard with it! Blacklisting certain ciphers makes your HTTP2 fingerprint 100% unique, just sayin'. NSA (or whom you were afraid earlier, I forgot) will place red flags on such visits. Probably better to not touch that values at all and run default.

@Multibooter At this point, I would like to ask you to stop posting offtopic. No more Kaspersky stories and family difficulties! And who is a US citizen or not is of no interest here in this technical thread and is also offtopic apart from that. Same applies to your shopping list. This thread is about security programmes under Windows XP. If you have anything meaningful to contribute to this matter without digressing, please feel free to do so. Otherwise, as always: talk is silver, silence is golden.

In Germany, Kaspersky is not prohibited, but not recommended by the BSE. It is advised to stop using Kaspersky software and to uninstall it completely. Kaspersky is simply undesirable. Take a look at my list! There you will find all the alternatives I have collected so far, each of which I have documented with an article.

@Multibooter I really don't understand what you want to achieve here. I offered you alternatives to replace your Kaspersky software, a programme which you are not willing to provide any further information about. In any case, this is not a Kaspersky discussion thread. It will lead nowhere. Kaspersky is more or less a discontinued model, as you yourself have written above. This thread is about antimalware programmes that have a perspective and can be an option under Windiws XP.

I can, with the list of all flags the OP provided, I think it's related to IP. Without these, of course. --cipher-suite-blacklist="0xc013,0xc014,0x009c,0x009d,0x002f,0x0035

I use Kaspersky Virus Removal Tool 2015 for offline scanning (still updated, ~260 MB download). https://support.kaspersky.com/utility Well, I scanned my registry for kasp and found 19 entries, most of them not related to the tool. Now hold your breath... I have McAfee Enterprise 8.8 installed (still working on XP) but disabled, found 1465 entries and will probably find hundreds more related to McAfee if I scan for network associates, nai, intel and trellix... NSA in disguise but I don't care. "You have no privacy. Get over it." — Scott McNealy, Sun Microsystems BTW, there's only one way to uninstall McAfee... https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bKgf5PaBzyg

I'm sorry, we (Danish) are naturally cautious, can't simply take your word for it. The fact you don't tell the version number makes you writings look even more suspicious. And now you're adding this to the mix. OMG, why?

I'm a French national. I'm an ex-military. But not retired completely. As of now, I work in a private sector. I visit different countries. And what if I visit United States to collaborate with, say also military men who are on active state duty, as a private contractor, not clear from these explanations. It can be a prolonged period, say 4 months or even more. I see you're quite familiar with the subject. Could I use Kaspersky, then?

What do you mean by "persons". Is it a somewhat specific group of people, or maybe officials, like person-non-grata? Probably you wanted to write citizens? Strange, suspicious English, mind you.

I'm from Denmark. We don't have German here, it's Danish, yes, like the cookies! Thanks for the advice. Intentionally or not, you missed out the most important part of my post (with the link) where the poster caught Kaspersky with that sign-up email. How the allegedly uninstalled software knew someone uninstalled it? Clearly, not only "trash" registry keys left.

There's a new version for 124, 1.2.0.5065. Direct download here.

Do they actually work in this new 124 version? Did you test them? https://browserleaks.com/client-hints

What do you mean "maybe"? Western software is everywhere, and on the leading positions. "Maybe" is not the right word in this case. There's simply no alternative. I tried some software from Eastern Europe, including Avast, it was terrible. It's not only my opinion, it was a huge scandal with Avast. Regarding "freedom", written by you in CAPSLOCK, it's a very old KGB playbook, literally everyone is aware of it, it's when our foes use Western freedoms against our systems. I support the US Government decision to ban Kaspersky. I have another question, why did they allow it in the first place? It's more a rhetorical question now, but in any case, it points out to something fishy among the midst of US services, because it's always too obvious with Russia, what it will do and so on. I wish it was just humour! Nevertheless, thanks for the compliment!

Long time ago, on my father's PC, upon testing Kaspersky software, we discovered it can't be uninstalled completely, it only says "it's been uninstalled", which is not true. Many encrypted, hidden and protected files, registry entries were left on the computer, even after running the official Removal Tool. My father had to wipe out the whole PC to get rid of that spying files. It's still unresolved! "How to completely remove hidden Kaspersky files" - remains unanswered. https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/how-to-completely-remove-hidden-kaspersky-files/c2223ab4-16e9-410b-b3ba-3fa94f272805 I don't recommend Kaspersky product.

You can't compare McAfee for the masses with the Enterprise version, it's like night and day. Light on resources, let's see what NHTPG has to say. Once upon a time this old Thinkpad was part of a company domain. It was a spare computer we kept in a safe and when the company upgraded to WIN7 it wasn't on the list since it was decided that 4GB RAM was the minimum for WIN7. Our global IT department never asked for it so after about a year in the safe it "disappeared"... You're partially correct about updating, when I removed it from the AD and made it a workgroup computer it couldn't connect to any of the ePO servers. It was a hardcoded list of servers BUT one of McAfees ePO servers was also on the list so it was still able to update the engine/databases but not upgrade the software. That worked until Intel bought McAfee 2010 and changed things but you were still able to manually download the databases. Then STG bought the Enterprise part of McAfee 2021 and Trellix is part of STG. You're still able to download the databases for this old version, believe it or not... https://www.trellix.com/downloads/security-updates/ https://www.techspot.com/downloads/151-mcafee-superdat-update.html https://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/mcafee_virus_superdat_definitions.html Spelling errors are my own and may be distributed under the GNU General Public License.

I've just updated to Supermium 124.0.6367.245, and it seems to be working fine on XP SP3 x86. It didn't however work with the version of progwrp.dll that I was using before, which was 1.2.0.5058. When I changed to the version which was bundled with the browser, which was 1.1.0.5016, it all came good. Is that the best version to use, or is there a better one?

Do you have any actual proof that McAfee works with NSA, or (maybe) it changes Windows system files like Kaspersky does?

I guess I should have started there, lol. All it took for a v114 successful login was to fake an older Chromium user agent or to fake a Firefox user agent. Seems they only have certain versions of Chromium-based user agents being served that attribution-reporting JUNK. I didn't spend time to track down exactly which ones, but I kind of have to suspect v100 and higher. At any rate, I can stick with my beloved v114 for longer, lol.

I just go with less is more approach when it comes to uBO. Though even if a lot of data is added and deleted from the SQLite database, uBO will always vacuum it once per session if browser is left idle for a minute or two. BTW, another broken app that used to work: https://regex101.com/

When I read over my old postings of 2010 below, I remembered that Kaspersky used cloaked files, i.e. invisible files containing code. Perhaps the files your father could not find/remove were cloaked files. Perhaps the cloaked files feature was added to Windows for "special" purposes. "Unfortunately the license key file is a little hard to find. According to the Wikipedia "Kaspersky antivirus software also uses techniques resembling rootkits" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rootkit and the license key file is actually inside of a "cloaked" folder, seemingly invisible. But under Win98, in contrast to WinXP, there is an excellent tool, MS Find: When entering in field Named: key and in field Look in: \windows\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\, the license key file is displayed and can be backed up. The license key file gets deleted by KAV 6 during the next startup of the opsys where KAV 6 was installed. If KAV 6 was installed under WinXP, the license key file can probably be backed up by booting after installation into another opsys, where it should be found in I:\Documents and Settings\<user name>\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\" from: https://msfn.org/board/topic/149134-kaspersky-anti-virus-60/ I have installed WinXP on a FAT32 partition, not on an NTFS partition, as a security precaution, so that Win98 can look into the WinXP partition.

I ceased to use KY back in 2014, around Ukraine's coup d'etat, figuring it was going to go the way of "western" AV (i.e., serving another version of echelon). Back then there was a tool that worked quite well: KAV Removal Tool 1.0.179.0 © 1997-2011 Kaspersky Lab ZAO.

Kaspersky will be prohibited to US persons in Germany (German Green Card holders, US companies), US law applies to them in Germany regardless of what German law says. In the UK, because of the special extradition arrangements between the US and the UK, some Kaspersky users may perhaps be arrested and extradited to the US, like Julian Assange (OT: FREEDOM. I am so happy for Julian Assange)

You command of English shows that you are non-US person, are therefore allowed to use Kaspersky and can be spied out according to the U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act For persons who want to continue to use Kaspersky Anti-Virus here is the definition of US-person: "According to the National Security Agency web site, federal law and executive order define a United States person as any of the following: a citizen of the United States an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence an unincorporated association with a substantial number of members who are citizens of the US or are aliens lawfully admitted for permanent residence a corporation that is incorporated in the US" from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_person in section "Data collection and intelligence"

Thanks for your recommendations. It's good to have alternatives, but they are all Western. eScan is part of Microworld Technologies in New Jersey, I couldn't find any info about them at wikipedia. Also, not sure whether their malware collection is up to the 19.000,000+ signatures of Kaspersky. Kaspersky may be a discontinued model for US persons. The U.S. government did not prohibit your use of Kaspersky in Germany if you are a non-US person. I definitely do not want to dwell too long on Kaspersky. Can you recommend another non-Western anti-malware program, maybe from China or Russia?

I enjoy your humor "The new restrictions on inbound sales of Kaspersky software, which will also bar downloads of software updates, resales and licensing of the product, kick in on Sept. 29, 100 days after publication, to give businesses time to find alternatives. " https://www.reuters.com/technology/biden-ban-us-sales-kaspersky-software-over-ties-russia-source-says-2024-06-20/ "The White House has made the ban official by banning the sale, resale, and licensing of any Kaspersky security products or services within the US or by US persons" https://uk.pcmag.com/antivirus/152911/us-expected-to-ban-kaspersky-antivirus-software-over-russian-ties If I remember right, Eugene Kaspersky went personally to Iran because of the US-Israeli Stuxnet virus, maybe that's why Kaspersky has so much negative headwind. "He [Eugene Kaspersky] hired the researcher that identified the Stuxnet worm, which is believed to be the first instance of state-sponsored cyberweapon... They [Kaspersky Lab] also exposed Equation Group, which developed advanced spyware for monitoring computer use and was believed to be affiliated with the National Security Agency in the U.S" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugene_Kaspersky "Kaspersky Lab concluded that the sophisticated attack could only have been conducted with nation-state support. F-Secure's chief researcher Mikko Hyppönen, when asked if possible nation-state support were involved, agreed: "That's what it would look like, yes".... On 1 June 2012, an article in The New York Times reported that Stuxnet was part of a US and Israeli intelligence operation named Operation Olympic Games, devised by the NSA" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuxnet If you want to be protected from Russian and Chinese government spying, maybe Western anti-virus software is a good choice. If you want to be protected from US government spying, maybe non-Western anti-virus software is a good choice. Or maybe use both Western and non-Western anti-virus software if you don't trust anybody In any case: Everybody should have the FREEDOM to use the virus-protection software of his choice.

@Multibooter The fact that your offline scanner could soon stop working should not worry you too much. As I already mentioned, there are still plenty of alternatives whose scan engine is definitely more up-to-date than a scanner from 2012. Have a look at my list here: https://msfn.org/board/topic/184730-antimalware-firewall-and-other-security-programs-for-windows-xp-working-in-2023-and-hopefully-beyond/?do=findComment&comment=1244365 You will definitely find what you are looking for, even if the list is not yet complete. Maybe, Malwarebytes Free, eScanAV Anti-Virus Toolkit (MWAV) or RogueKiller? All of them are on demand AV/AM scanner.

In Denmark we call that boxed Windows disk: "retail version", in Canada, were I'm currently in, they have all sorts of interpretations, including the RTM variant, like in the posted video.

Yes, right, that's exactly like my grandpa told me.

I've changed my mind about Brave, all due to the latest developments on their forum.

Thanks for getting back on topic. What's there you don't understand? There's real and there's fake. Like fake Supermium, for example.

Restoring WU/MU by using the WSUS + WUMT method This is an alternative method to search for updates using a WSUS server and the tool WUMT. IE or an additional proxy isn't needed. In my system it's working fine and is used as an additional method. This is the original link: https://forums.mydigitallife.net/posts/1628508. Credits to @abbodi1406 at MDL and MSFN.