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    As I already wrote in my previous post, I use the latest version of Serpent 52. I didn't notice any problems with the built-in download manager. All downloaded files are shown in the list correctly, but the download dialogue window looks broken from time to time as yours above. One time as usual, the next time broken. Very strange! Anyway! You can try the extension Download Manager S3 4.13! It changes the view completely.
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    Thanks for reporting here! Glad to hear ClamWin is still working. I use it in an old Windows ME partition which I haven't booted for a long time. This partition only exists for historical reasons. But thanks again!
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    Nevertheless, I reserve the right to decide whether or not to write an article about ZoneAlarm. At the moment, it is on my internal list of security programmes. Maybe, someone who is still using ZoneAlarm on Windows XP can post their experiences here. The more, the better! @Monroe Are you still using ZoneAlarm on Windows XP? AstroSkipper I forgot to mention that the last compatible version of ZoneAlarm for XP was the version 14.3.119.000. Here is a link where the EOL of ZA was announced: https://support.zonealarm.com/hc/en-us/articles/115001849832-Is-the-Windows-XP-operating-system-still-supported-by-ZoneAlarm-products- Cheers, AstroSkipper
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    Hello @roytam1! I use Grabit (in the version 32.0) instead of FlashGot in Serpent 52 (basilisk52-g4.8.win32-git-20230708) and in New Moon 28 (palemoon-28.10.7a1.win32-git-20230708). Is Grabit affected, too? I have checked both browsers and can't see any problems in terms of broken dialogues. Grabit simply does its job. FYI, Grabit is a fork of FlashGot, but I think you are already aware of this extension. Some minutes ago, I also checked Get'emAll! in New Moon 28 and couldn't observe any broken dialogues, either. Maybe, you could be so kind to describe these errors more detailed to understand what you mean. Thanks in advance!
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    Yep! But there were definition update problems in the past. And the programme itself doesn't seem to be regularly updated anymore. The last ClamWin version 0.103.2.1 is from June 2021, unfortunately.
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    Yep! Using the hosts file instead of a good firewall does not make any sense and is counterproductive.
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    Right! I definitely can confirm that. Surfing the web with IE 6, malicious windows were popping up left and right. All became better when Firefox appeared and the first content blocker extensions. I started to use Firefox with extensions from the very first. And I also think that software got more resilient over the years in general. Yep! I think so, too. Although there are a lot of things I do manually, it does not make sense to re-invent the wheels.
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    Subject: ZoneAlarm Here is my assessment on the firewall solution ZoneAlarm I wrote in another thread in June of 2022: Nevertheless, I reserve the right to decide whether or not to write an article about ZoneAlarm. At the moment, it is on my internal list of security programmes. Maybe, someone who is still using ZoneAlarm on Windows XP can post their experiences here. The more, the better! @Monroe Are you still using ZoneAlarm on Windows XP? AstroSkipper
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    Misspelling doesn't matter at all and was not the reason I had to laugh. It was the zoological classification of this firewall. Personally, I found it funny. And a bit of humour definitely can't hurt in this thread. In any case, thanks for your interest and support!
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    This thread was created by me for everyone who wants to use Windows XP as securely as possible. It doesn't matter whether novice, experienced or advanced user, or even expert. Therefore, antimalware programmes with real-time protection are particularly important. Unfortunately, they have become rare under Windows XP due to well-known reasons. One more reason to collect and preserve information about all available security programmes which still work under Windows XP in these days. If you are interested to create an own thread about browser security or whatever, just do it! But this thread is about all available security programmes targeting Windows XP only.
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    Right! So what do you want to win? Agreed!
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    The reason I wrote this post is very simple. Cloning or imaging a hard disk which has errors will usually fail due to read errors. Good copy programmes report these unreadable or unsuccessfully copied files and skip them. In such a case, much better. Generally, I use special backup programmes to make complete images of only working, error-free system partitions. I never clone a drive completely. Other files outside of my system partitions will be backuped or synchronized by different tools depending on how I want to handle them.
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    @Monroe! Cloning or imaging a hard disk is the best method to get a backup including the file system structure if the drive is error-free. But if your hard disk has already errors, it will be better to copy all files using a copy programme such as TeraCopy (or similars) which reports all unsuccessfully copied files and skips them. You can set TeraCopy to check the hash of each copied file. It will backup all files that are readable, and you'll definitely know which files are problematic and to be restored.
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    Comodo Firewall was founded in in the United Kingdom by Melih Abdulhayoğlu in 1998. The company Xcitium, formerly known as Comodo Security Solutions, Inc., is a cybersecurity company, in the meanwhile headquartered in the USA, New Jersey, since 2004. It was a very good firewall in the past. A lot of settings could be done. I would say Comodo Firewall was rather targeting the more advanced user. Anyway! I used it in the past until I became aware of Windows Firewall Control from Sphinx. Users reported in the Comodo Forum that the last error-free working version under Windows XP has been Comodo Firewall 8.4.0.5165. More recent versions didn't seem to work properly under Windows XP although they were advertised to be compatible to this OS. That had annoyed many users. I personally never used it again after I had changed to Windows Firewall Control. But in that days, Comodo Firewall was one of the best. Unfortunately, its installation packages became bloated due to implementing an antivirus solution. These packages are called Comodo Internet Security. I don't like bloated software packages, though. Hope I could help you a bit.
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    What I always do is to monitor the S.M.A.R.T. values. You can do that with tools like Hard Disk Sentinel or CrystalDiskInfo. I have a license for Hard Disk Sentinel. Therefore, it is always running in the background to notify me if the S.M.A.R.T. values have changed.
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    I explained that some weeks ago. I always try to write in British English but I often mixed up some words with American English. Starting some weeks ago, I now try my best not to do so anymore. But, I am not a native speaker and surely not perfect.
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    Hello @Monroe! Thanks for sharing! Most of the programmes in that article are already part of my private archive. On Lifewire, one can find a lot of articles with software presentations in terms of different topics. In any case, good find!
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    Hello @Saxon! Thank you very much for the kind words! I'll try to do my best. Researching and writing is unfortunately very time-consuming. Real life and physical health are two reasons my list of security programmes is increasing quite slowly. Comodo Varanus! That's very funny. I will do that with pleasure when I am back at my desktop computer.
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    You speak from my soul.
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    In my firewall Windows 10 Firewall Control XP from Sphinx, custom rules can be created to block or allow certain IPs. So if you want to use a programme which tries to connect to a server and you want to prevent that, it is very easy to control its connections by creating such a rule.
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    Hello @Andalu! Have a look into this post: https://msfn.org/board/topic/178377-on-decommissioning-of-update-servers-for-2000-xp-and-vista-as-of-july-2019/?do=findComment&comment=1221841 There you find a link to an attachment down below. The link https://www.fileeagle.com/software/470/Process-Explorer/16.26/ doesn't work anymore. Alternatively, you can download it from here: http://process-explorer.findmysoft.com/
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    Your screenshot was obviously taken from Process Hacker. The System Information window of Process Explorer looks a bit different.
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    On Windows XP, Process Explorer v16.32 works, but doesn't show the menu bar icons and graphs. Therefore, a less recent version than 16.32 will be more suitable. But unfortunately, Process Explorer doesn't have the above mentioned, additional security features of Process Hacker. BTW, I already wrote about other task managers like Process Explorer: All in terms of security programmes, of course! Process Explorer as a task manager is really good. It's portable and easy to use.
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    It is very light. No significant CPU load and very little RAM consumption. My computer has a very old single core CPU. So, no problem at all.
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    Such a startup manager, which controls all startup entries, notifies newly created one, and gives the option to block it, I also consider a security programme. So, it is already on my internal list of security programmes for Windows XP..
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