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I've now tried as a test removing the cache folder completely from my Panda installation. Rather unexpectedly, the program has not recreated it. It's been running for ages now like that with no crashes, but it's not updating, presumably because it has nowhere to put the files! Doing a manual update from the option in the settings does nothing. I guess I could leave it like that, but of course, like the version of Malwarebytes I used on XP for years, it will eventually become useless for protection because of no updates. I tried Avast on my system a few years ago and never got it to work on my desktop system. Even the supposedly compatible version for XP would not run, its core service obstinately refused to start, reason unknown. I even worked with Avast's technical support people about it, and even they couldn't determine what the problem was. I tried a test install on my netbook under XP, and that worked perfectly, so what the problem was with the desktop remains a mystery.

For experimenting with Avast, you should avoid the last XP-compatible version. As far as I can remember, is a previous version associated with fewer problems. I have to look in my archive for the exact version number. As far as I can remember, there were repeated reports on the Avast forums that avast! Free Antivirus 18.5.2342 runs much better than the latest XP-compatible avast! Free Antivirus 18.8.4084.0.

Regarding panda forum reporting, to be able to uninstall panda you have to be able to stop the antivirus running. right clicking task bar icon does not always respond. after a few reboots my task bar icon informed me that my computer was not protected, a tiny red circle with the x. then it was easy to uninstall from add/remove. I also used their generic uninstaller which removed everything from my pc. I did a clean install but unfortunately the song remained the same. 5 minutes later it crashed. I have not got the foggiest how to go about it.

Well, I guess of those here still using XP, very few use Panda Dome, even though it's one of the vanishingly few security programs which is still supposed to work on XP. I found one instance on the virtually dead Panda forum reporting the same problem (with no response). https://support.pandasecurity.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=12151&sid=a73549f228b82be2dde1657a770a28e4 My installation is still crashing all the time. It stops if I clear the recent files in the cache folder but starts again as soon as the folder repopulates.

Somehow, I have a sixth sense. The PSANHost.exe process just crashed after running without errors for three days. Here is the error message and the contents of the PSANHost.exe.mdmp dump file extracted with WinDbg: As I said, you shouldn't get your hopes up too soon. This time, it also has to do with the DLL file PSANModProcMon.dll. Maybe try turning off Process Monitor . I'm glad there's no Panda Dome on my primary Windows XP partition at the moment.

Define "properly"? XP (ie, most of you) has different "smooth edges" font settings and not all of you are using the same OS SETTINGS. Are you smoothing the edges of fonts? If so, are you using Standard or ClearType? Even if the browser is denied that "Bitter" font, it still has to fall back to something, and if that font isn't even installed, then it falls back to something else entirely. Then there is also GDI versus DirectWrite. There are a lot of factors at play here.

@Tangy Perhaps you can try Panda Dome 21.01.00. I am under the impression that this version is working better on Windows XP. It's definitely worth a try. @Dave-H That's what I replied to @Tangy.

COMODO Internet Security Premium 12.0.0.6818 Download link: https://web.archive.org/web/20190502052352/http://cdn.download.comodo.com/cis/download/installs/1000/standalone/cispremium_only_installer.exe I was curious to test this COMODO Antivirus, so here are my test results: Day of testing: 5th of July 2026, few days ago I didn't install Comodo Firewall from installer Asks me to reboot before using the program hmm, OK I rebooted With Internet OFF, all scans don't work hmm, all say 'Scan Aborted' after 1 second hmm; if I try any type of Scan it says 'STATUS: Updating' and then 'STATUS: Scan Aborted' after 1 second hmm. With Internet ON, all scans don't work hmm, all say 'Scan Aborted' after 3 seconds hmm; if I try any type of Scan it says 'STATUS: Virus Database Update (1.7 %): Checking for updates...' and then 'STATUS: Scan Aborted' after 3 seconds hmm. So my conclusion with this COMODO Antivirus for now is: All scans don't work hmm, all scans abort after 1-3 sec hmm There are few places in the Options where you can 'disable Virus database Update before Scan', I disabled all of them (I think) and all other similar options, but I still couldn't get it to work, I couldn't get 1 proper Scan hmm. Has anyone tried this COMODO Antivirus? Does the Scan work properly for you, or you also get 'STATUS: Scan Aborted'?

You have to download the last XP-compatible version 11.4.0. Here is the original website with this version: https://web.archive.org/web/20240830175125/https://www.iobit.com/de/malware-fighter.php Download link: https://www.filepuma.com/de/download/iobit_malware_fighter_free_11.4.0.1360-40845/download/ Please test this version to find out how it works and whether it still receives definition updates or not!

While browsing on filepuma (where I got Avast 18.5.2342) I saw IOBit malware fighter free and from what I know them - all their programs run on WinXP. Has anyone tried it? I'll give it a go and also test 18.5 Avast.

Here are a few words about my plan C. More than 3 years ago, my good old friend @D.Draker had recommended the anti-malware programme Vir.IT eXplorer. I still had it on my internal list, but as there were no further tests or information available, I couldn’t report on it. At that time, it also seemed to have some temporary issues with VB100 certification, but these had long since been resolved. I was also worried that support for Windows XP had long since been discontinued, as it is no longer listed as an OS on the website. So I downloaded the very latest version 9.5.981.0 and was delighted to discover that the programme is still compatible with Windows XP. For some days, I have been testing Vir.IT eXplorer Lite. More on this coming soon.

Thank you for your effort. I shall certainly do that. Perhaps it won't belabor the csrss. As I know now there are 2 instances of csrss (client-server kernel communicator) running on StupidWindows™ (NT 6.x) and only one on Win2K/XP. So it shows Avast bastards are deliberately doing this, simply acting as there was never WinXP. Let them wallow in their own mire.

The file version of the installer file is meaningless, unfortunately. It isn't the version of Panda Dome that it will install. It's probably just the version of the packaging process used. As far as I can see, the only way to find out what Panda version it is, without actually installing it, is to extract it with 7-Zip and look in the extracted \Program Files\Panda Security\Panda Cloud Antivirus\ folder. There you should find a file called version.ini, which, if you open it, will list the Panda version and build number.

@AstroSkipper Off line installer version 15.14.5.0. However being a tad stupid and click happy I clicked on the update from settings. What I am planning to do tonight is to reinstall and refrain from clicking update. Let us see how this pans out. Keep you posted. Cheers

I don't have blurry fonts on that page. First try Options>Fonts and Colors>Advanced>"Allow pages to choose their own fonts, instead of your selections above" If that doesn't help try: Font Contrast https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/font-contrast-fix/

@Dave-H Don’t you find it a bit odd that the three of us – you, @modnar and of course me – are the only ones reporting problems with Panda here in this forum and looking for solutions? Apparently there are 68,145 members here on MSFN, and allegedly 23,865 of them are most online . Where on earth are they all? Doesn’t any of them use Windows XP anymore? Or have passivity and apathy completely taken hold, and are people just waiting for others to have wasted their time on it but certainly not their own?