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Thank you for your test results and for trying to shed some more light on the Kaspersky issue! TBH, your test observations are not really surprising. I have to totally agree to a part of your statements as Kaspersky of course contains and hides Russian spyware which I already wrote many months ago. And that's why the BSE in Germany recommended to remove existing Kaspersky installations and to avoid this software years ago. However, I cannot agree at all with some of your other statements or assessments. The categorisation of Western and non-Western antivirus software is simply inadequate and does not accurately reflect reality. The terms Western and Eastern need to be considered in a more differentiated way. Lumping American and European software together is completely wrong, just like Russian and Japanese software. As I have already made clear in several posts, there are clear laws regarding data protection and security in the EU, for example, and especially in Germany. And this is also monitored. However, due to the NSA's thirst for knowledge and influence, I also have considerable reservations about American security software. Besides Russian "security" software the same applies to Chinese ones. In dictatorships and other non-democratically run countries, there is no data protection and security. If a German or other core European manufacturer were to incorporate spyware into a security programme, it would be the downfall of this company, as this would violate both European and national laws. And one thing is clear. This would come to light quite quickly and would have bitter consequences.
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My Browser Builds (Part 5)
AstroSkipper replied to roytam1's topic in Browsers working on Older NT-Family OSes
When I said "same modules from one production series", I actually meant modules manufactured directly one after the other with consecutive serial numbers. That is best. -
My Browser Builds (Part 5)
AstroSkipper replied to roytam1's topic in Browsers working on Older NT-Family OSes
I have had very good experiences with used RAM modules so far. They generally have a very long service life and very often survive mainboards, at least that was the case for me. I've had all kinds of hardware die, but never a RAM module including the ones I bought used. -
You're welcome! NirSoft tools are great. I use many of them for many, many years. Most of these tools are still XP-compatible and even get updates from time to time.
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Of course, it does. However, it's probably better to ignore such unqualified comments about the age of hardware. But I'm not that kind of person.
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I always use RunAsDate from NirSoft for this purpose.
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Thanks for your confirmation! I also thought that a time bomb had been implemented in the executable. McAfee probably wanted to prevent users from using outdated versions of Stinger. But I wanted a confirmation from others to be sure it's not related to my system only.
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Thanks for testing! However, it is quite unusual that the virus definitions of McAfee VirusScan Enterprise 8.8 with such an old scan engine can still be updated in these days. BTW, for updating the scan engine to version 5900, you can try to use this which I found by accident: https://download.nai.com/products/licensed/engine/intel/5900/ I don't know whether this scan engine update is the right one for your installation, though. Thanks! It worked well!
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My Browser Builds (Part 5)
AstroSkipper replied to roytam1's topic in Browsers working on Older NT-Family OSes
Mixing RAM modules from different manufacturers with different timings is always problematic. More like a game of chance. It is best to replace them all with same modules from one production series. That's what I did with my lady's Fujitsu notebook, built in 2010. I bought the modules second-hand a few years ago as new ones were no longer available. I completely replaced two 1 GB modules with two 4 GB ones. It worked perfectly and still works in these days. -
McAfee Stinger seems to have abandoned Windows XP in 2021. For testing purpose, I tried to open several stinger32.exe files from 2021 which are supposed to be still XP-compatible but I am always getting the following messsge: "McAfee Stinger executable has been modified and may be infected". Can anyone confirm this?
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Thanks for your interest! In the end, I couldn't figure out why the described issue occurred in one Windows XP partition but not in the other. One of the rare issues that I couldn't fix. The good thing is that I am now using a much better startup manager. So, thanks to Glarysoft for this issue!
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Of course! I am definitely not interested in collecting malicious files. I don't put that kind of filth on my disc. Thanks to good real-time protection and my online behaviour!
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You might want to think about your download behaviour. And about your choice of favourite search engine. Yandex is a very bad choice but a good one to get crap. 200 out of 1000 files flagged that's a quota of 20%. Far too much! All what I can say is .
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I already created a separate thread with the title Startup Managers under Windows XP which can be found here: https://msfn.org/board/topic/184648-startup-managers-under-windows-xp/ StartUp Organizer from MetaProducts is a commercial programme, though. Most users are not willing to buy a licence for those tools. And TBH, there are enough tools free of charge. But nevertheless, such programmes can increase system security, however, only if security features have been implemented in.
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Are you really serious? A new installation after every update? And all this effort for an ancient programme with a totally outdated AV engine? I'm losing faith.
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VPN has been discussed in different threads on MSFN but is not really a security programme and therefore rather off-topic here. Proxy settings are not necessary for using VPN, especially if you are connected directly to the internet. So what do you want to achieve with the proxy settings of a programme when it comes to VPN? And what does that have to do with this thread?
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I never had any problems when updating virus definitions via VPN.
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In the EU, there are clear laws regarding data protection and security. And this is also monitored. In dictatorships and other non-democratically run countries, there is no data protection and security. Software, especially antimalware programmes, from such countries cannot provide security for the user. They only protect their own interests.
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No. Maybe that's what you want. But that has nothing to do with reality. One can only suggest something that exists. No. Kaspersky is spyware. Nothing is good there. This can be read in their own documents. That's it. Dr Web is simply trash. Never read any good about it. Not true. Very risky.
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The McAfee Anti-Malware Engine 5800 is from August of 2015. Are you really sure that the most recent dat files for updating definitions are still compatible with this old engine? Did you try updating using the most recent dat file? BTW, the McAfee Anti-Malware Engine 5900 from February of 2017 seems to be the last compatible with Windows XP as far as I could read. All this with special consideration that the latest engine is 6710 which is of course no longer compatible with Windows XP.
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The McAfee Anti-Malware Engine 5800 is from August of 2015. Are you really sure that the most recent dat files for updating definitions are still compatible with this old engine? Did you try updating using the most recent dat file? BTW, the McAfee Anti-Malware Engine 5900 from February of 2017 seems to be the last compatible with Windows XP as far as I could read.
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For example, website exploits, websites known malicious or suspicious download files. However, all some months or more ago. It always depends on the user's surfing behaviour. The more risky, the more notifications. Whether they would run under Windows XP, I cannot say as they were immediately blocked by my antimalware programme and deleted after asking me what to do. In my Windows XP installation, almost nothing happens without my permission contrary to more recent Windows OSes or antimalware programmes which are designed to do what the creator decided without involvement of the user or administrator.
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Of course! Various threats and of course also false positives as is the case with all scanners. But better one too many than one too few.
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If I had used KY back in 2014, around the military invasion into Ukraine with subsequent annexation of Crimea in violation of international law, I also would have immediately ceased to use it on my system(s). But as I already mentioned, KY was never an issue for me due to many well-known reasons.
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There is nothing wrong with a little more security, no matter how experienced you are. But it must not lead to the computer being totally overloaded. My real-time protection is always partially switched on or off as required. Web protection and exploit protection are always activated. My old computer copes very well with this.