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Thanks! I checked the link, RunAsDate "... doesn't change the current system date and time of your computer, but it only injects the date/time that you specify into the desired application." datechanger.exe, in contrast, changes the system clock date + time until the program is loaded/run (if I remember correctly), then immediately sets it back, also runs under Win98. Old and simple Trouble in Paradise, whose runtime could be set by datechanger, is maybe the only freeware with an expiration date. RunAsDate looks quite useful for more sophisticated software, e.g. for trial versions which have a built-in expiration date, so that you cannot first-install it past that date. Thanks again for hinting to more current software!
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My archive may contain 7 different builds of this rare ancient version of Kaspersky, perhaps 5 of them for servers, perhaps 2 for WinXP. For 3 of these builds, FTP links to kaspersky.ru with pw may have been commonly known. One server build of this ancient version is still available at an abandoned site of a former distributor of Kaspersky, together with corrupted trash, and is at archive.org. The server version of my ancient Kaspersky unfortunately does not install under WinXP SP3 (tested), it requires at least Win2000 server.
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DateChanger v1.0 (31Oct2000) was useful for using EOL software frequently, you could include it in a desktop shortcut. It was a freeware, also runs under WinXP. It seems to be a rare file now [filename: datechanger.exe, was available still in 2014, apparently not archived by archive.org] https://web.archive.org/web/20061112060512/http://www.sharewareplaza.com:80/Date-Changer-downloads_4351.html It was useful to frequently run the EOL freeware Iomega zip/jaz tester "Trouble in Paradise v2.1b", for testing the quality of zip and jaz disks, without having to set dates manually back and forth. Perhaps it's useful for EOL McAfee Stinger.
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I have just started to read the 1st page of your StartUp Manager topic and have noticed that you had an issue with Glary Soft stuff. I remember that the early versions did not contain pw-protected stuff while the later versions did. My archive is at a different location, so I cannot let you know which version was the last version without pw-protected stuff. Kaspersky flags pw-protected files. The only software with pw-protected stuff in the installer which I trust is Beyond Compare, but even then I always check whether the same files as in preceding versions are pw-protected.
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It depends on what you're downloading. The great majority is correctly flagged. I would guess your downloads are safer, with a ratio of perhaps 1 out of a 1000.
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It's worth it to me. The initial virus-checking flags about 200 per 1000 (adware, malware, virus, pw-protected). Of these 200 flagged per 1000, about 50 are kept as interesting. A re-check of these 800/1000 "clean" files, with a new signature e.g. 3 years later, flags maybe 3 more files per 800. An up-to-date signature is not that essential, at least for my purposes, and a re-install and signature update is made about 3 times per year, together with new major partition backups.
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The CIA deals with non-US persons... Chitchat makes technical postings more fun. Back to the topic: It would be interesting to know what antivirus software Chinese/Hongkongese are using.
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So sorry, I thought VPN was related to security, to prevent being spied upon. I have another program, StartUp Organizer, running in the background. I like it, for information. A window pops up when a program tries to do something upon the next restart. Usually this occurs during installations, but sometimes also when a service setting is changed. Would it make sense to add another list, at the beginning of your topic, for security-related programs? Or could this bloat your topic in all directions?
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I am not a Russian or associated, so this is of no concern to me. There is good Russian stuff and there is bad Russian stuff, it's your personal decision to choose between good and bad. For me, for example, the Russian https://www.yandex.com is the best search engine for software, even if it couldn't find an instance of my ancient version of Kaspersky.
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I have updated online the signatures of my ancient version of Kaspersky on my Pentium 3 SSE-only laptop and about 30mins later updated online the same ancient version of Kaspersky on an i7 desktop under WinXP. Both computers were updated separately and sequentially from the same router/IP, no problems. With my ancient version of Kaspersky there is no issue updating several computers. You can save the signature updates in a distribution folder and update any number of computers from it. I have no idea whether this would indicate "no spyware". My installed version of Kaspersky is not activated, activation would set an expiration date. A nag window comes up at every program start asking to activate. Just select 'No" and start virus-checking. My ancient version can be updated only once, then the update button is greyed out. A re-install is required for a new signature update.
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Good idea. I had tried NordVPN four years ago, but I couldn't get it going under WinXP. Can you recommend a VPN which works under WinXP? My ancient version of Kaspersky has proxy settings but I doubt that they would work with the requirements of the VPN provider. I couldn't get uTorrent v3.3.2.30488 (17Jan2014) under WinXP to work with NordVPN four years ago. Re "finger-printing": ebay and paypal are good guys, they send an email message to confirm new devices, like "Desktop Pale Moon Windows XP NT 5.1" or "Windows (Palemoon 28.0)" This shows that using WinXP with compatible browsers makes us white elephants, at least without VPN.
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One man's opinion. I disagree, however. No non-Western antivirus suggested. Kaspersky seems to be the only good non-Western antivirus, although I haven't tried Dr.Web https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr.Web Kaspersky could be installed on a dedicated virus-checking computer, always off-line except for getting updates. No risk and no WinXP requirement.
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Thanks for the hint about https://www.quad9.net Seems to be a better DNS server (is located in Switzerland) than the one by OpenVPN (by Cisco) which I have been using. I have changed the DNS settings in both my router and under WinXP to quad9 for a while, can't hurt. Perhaps improvements in connections with embargoed countries, perhaps improvements in security.
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"1979" was added by you. From the context it is clear that dmiranda did not refer to the Soviet invasion of 1979, but to the American invasion of 2001. Also, in 1979 there could not have been a project "Kaspersky" in the plans in Russia, whatever that means. 1979 was the year CP/M 2.2 came out for 8-bit computers, if I remember right, no 16-bit PCs, no MS-DOS, no viruses. "November [1983]: The term "virus" is re-coined by [the American] Frederick B. Cohen in describing self-replicating computer programs". Before 1983: invented by Americans and popularized in science fiction novels by American writers, but no Russian plans. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_computer_viruses_and_worms
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For example? Under WinXP? Would these threats run under WinXP or under SSE-only?
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Have they detected anything? False positives?
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The space used by my ancient version of Kaspersky, when updated with current signatures, jumps from about 100MB to 1.2GB, with 13,000 additional files. This is an issue because it would really bloat the size of my frequent partition backups, which I have kept since about 2008. My regular partition backups, to avoid bloated backups, contain only the small ancient version of Kaspersky with about 100MB. The signature updates are stored and archived separately in a "distribution folder". The distribution folder is a nice feature because it is possible to update different computers, e.g. from the initial Pentium to i7, offline from a single signature download. Whenever my ancient version is set to effective EOL [=cannot be updated from the server anymore], one can still make a fresh install on another computer and update from this distribution folder.
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Yep. I agree, except for on-demand scanning of downloads from risky sources. I would even dare to say a majority of home users advanced enough to use WinXP in 2024 do not use malware protection components running in the background under WinXP.
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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.
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Being cautious is good. I was looking yesterday for the installer of my ancient version of Kaspersky on the internet. It is just not available for download anymore, it is gone. archive.org has archived the download and description page, but the .exe installer was not archived. I did find and download, however, the corresponding server version. During my searches for this ancient version of Kaspersky I also came across my ancient topic about Kaspersky under Win98 at msfn.org, of 2010, 14 years ago: https://msfn.org/board/topic/149134-kaspersky-anti-virus-60/
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I uninstall my ancient version of Kaspersky via normal WinXP Add-Remove, then use Kaspersky Removal Tool v1.0.365 (14Sep2012), then run an older privately built .reg file which deletes 3 registry keys. Not sure whether running the .reg file is necessary, but it doesn't hurt. This uninstall procedure has always worked OK with my ancient version of Kaspersky. For Win8 I have another privately build .reg file which deletes 4 registry keys. My feeling is that the stuff in the registry is related to license keys. Natalya Kasperskaya https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natalya_Kaspersky was saying that they were in the business of selling license keys, not software, i.e. focused on making money, not on making spyware. 2011-2012 seems to have been a troubled period for the Kasperskys, with their divorce and the kidnapping of their son, major corporate changes, followed by the conviction of a key researcher for espionage for the US and continuous attacks by the US. Maybe because of all these troubles my ancient build of 2012 was overlooked and not set to EOL.
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First of all congratulations to your excellent English! I am not a US lawyer, so I cannot give you legal advice, which would be OT anyway. My feeling is that if you visit or temporarily work in the US, you are a non-US person and can use Kaspersky, but again no idea. Careful, US customs may confiscate your laptop. Enjoy your next trip!
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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)