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360 Total Security Essential This article is about 360 Total Security Essential and not about 360 Total Security. These versions are different. 360 Total Security Essential is an antivirus for the basic computer protection against malware and online threats. The software uses multiple antivirus engines and intelligent cloud technology to detect infected files and unknown or hidden threats: 360 Cloud Scan Engine, System Repair Engine, QVM II AI Engine, QEX script killing engine and Avira AntiVir Engine. Furthermore, 360 Total Security Essential supports various types of system scans for suspicious files, which can be further analysed to avoid security problems. The software provides protection on the internet by blocking dangerous websites and making secure online purchases. 360 Total Security Essential has a sandbox that allows you to open files or run applications in an isolated environment without the risk of damaging the main system. Its antivirus also uses behavioural analysis to prevent the system infection and protect personal data against ransomware. 360 Total Security Essential is compatible with Windows XP and free of charge. Main features: Additional antivirus engines Privacy protection Internet security Protection of the file system and registry Sandbox Homepage: https://web.archive.org/web/20200203081602/http://www.360totalsecurity.com/en/features/360-total-security-essential/ Version number: 8.8.0.1119 Date of release: 18.12.2019 System requirements: Windows 10/8.1/8/7/Vista/XP/Server 2008 and above version Version history: Review: https://www.accuratereviews.com/best-antivirus-for-pc-software-reviews-list/360-total-security-essential/ Download link: https://web.archive.org/web/20200402234430if_/https://free.360totalsecurity.com/totalsecurity/360TSE_Setup.exe Screenshots: Screenshot of the main interface: Screenshot of the security configuration with settings I made, especially in terms of the Avira Scan Engine: In this screenshot above, you see I changed the protection mode from the default Balanced to Custom, and I enabled the Avira Scan Engine. Alternatively, you can set the protection mode to the highest level Security. This definitely improves the programme's detection rate. More about the used Avira Scan Engine can be read here. In March 2023, I had installed 360 Total Security Essential 8.8.0.1119 on my second system partition and used it for a while. This version has definitely no such bloatware and crappy desktop manager as I had to notice in the 360 Total Security 10.x follow-up versions I tested before. When installing 360 Total Security Essential 8.8.0.1119, there is an option to install additionally the browser Opera but you can untick it. The whole installation process is far more pleasant than it is, for example, in the edition 360 Total Security 10.8.0.1541. 360 Total Security Essential is quite okay as an alternative in Windows XP where the choice of antivirus programmes is very limited. Although I can't say much about the quality of its protection, you have the option of installing the Avira Scan Engine which increases the detection rate of this programme considerably, as AV-Test has shown in the follow-up version 9.2. Here is an image taken from the test: The impact of system resources by 360 Total Security Essential 8.8.0.1119 is very low. One hardly notices the presence of this programme in the background. And that in my very old, weak system! Unfortunately, 360 Total Security Essential in version 8.8.0.1119 was the last release of this edition. It was abandoned at some point in the past, but its virus definitions could still be updated when I tested it in March 2023. Therefore, I think it will probably still work in these days. But as always, the proof is in the pudding. So maybe, someone can test that and report here. Cheers, AstroSkipper

You're welcome! Thanks to @WSC4 for reporting back! So, Panda really meant what was stated as the system requirements: Therefore, we now definitely know that Panda Antivirus Free is not compatible with Windows XP 64 bit editions due to .NET Framework 4 problems, confirmed by @WSC4 and @UCyborg. Accordingly, I noted that in my article. Cheers, AstroSkipper

I have tested Malware Hunter in version 1.171.0.789 on my system, and it is still compatible with Windows XP. Accordingly, I updated my article. Cheers, AstroSkipper

Update notification! Malware Hunter has been updated on 28.08.2023 and is now available in version 1.171.0.789. It is still listed to be compatible with Windows XP. Accordingly, I will update my article as soon as I can confirm its XP-compatibility. Cheers, AstroSkipper

Unfortunately, I was not aware that you are also a Windows XP 64 bit user. Anyway! Search for two files, NDP40-KB2600211-x86.exe and NDP40-KB2600211-x86-x64.exe, via Google! You will find them immediately! Or try this link: https://web.archive.org/web/20190515222337/http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=29053 BTW, did you try to install Panda as admin? And there is already a nice thread about .NET Framework: One of its posts contains a list with (all?) security updates of .NET Framework 4 until 2023 made by @Cixert: Greetings, AstroSkipper

And to contribute a bit more on topic again, @NotHereToPlayGames (you are the only one I know who uses Windows XP 64 bit) might be so nice to open the offline installer of Panda Antivirus Free on his Windows XP 64 Bit machine to check whether the same problem, @WSC4 reported here, occurred or not. No need to install it. So, don't be worried! No raccoons in there either!

@WSC4! I assume both installers of Panda Anitvirus Free do either not recognise your installation of .NET Framework 4 correctly, or your installation is heavily corrupted, or a missing .NET Framework 4 security update is the cause. Maybe, you can check, for example, via WU/MU if an update is still available. For example, one of the last updates offered for Windows XP 64 Bit was KB2736428 (checked via Microsoft Update Catalog). If checking your installation by using the tools I already linked for you in my previous post does not help, I personally would uninstall .NET Framework 4 completely (via the .NET Framework Cleanup Tool) and do a fresh reinstall. When doing so, please keep in mind to keep a special order in terms of .NET Framework 4 installation under Windows XP 64 Bit. All is described here: After a reinstallation of .NET Framework 4, you still have to install all existing security updates, for example, via WU/MU. BTW, I had no problems at all to install Panda Antivirus Free under a fully updated Windows XP Professional SP3 32 Bit including all POSReady updates. Cheers, AstroSkipper

Thanks for the info! But I would appreciate it very much not to totally slide into discussions that have nothing to do with the actual topic of this thread. Greetings from Sheldon Cooper! The owner of a forum would say: And the creator of a thread like me has to say as usual: A bit off-topic in a thread is never a problem. But please, let's get back on topic again! Thanks in advance! Cheers, AstroSkipper

Check your installation of .NET Framework first! Here are two links to posts where I already wrote about that: https://msfn.org/board/topic/177099-which-antiviruses-are-known-for-a-fact-to-be-working-on-xp-sp3-as-of-2019/?do=findComment&comment=1240673 https://msfn.org/board/topic/177099-which-antiviruses-are-known-for-a-fact-to-be-working-on-xp-sp3-as-of-2019/?do=findComment&comment=1240692 Cheers, AstroSkipper

Right! I love such Latin phrases as you already know. And the proof is (as always) in the pudding.

Update notification! My fork Check My IP Address & Location has been updated from the version 1.2 to 1.3. I added four further time intervals for checking IP changes: 1 Sec, 5 Sec, 10 Sec and 30 Sec. Here is a screenshot: And here is the download link for Check My IP Address & Location 1.3: https://www.mediafire.com/file/xvmk2ntk0f4i2e7/Check_My_IP_Address_%26_Location-1.3-pm.xpi/file All about Check My IP Address & Location can be found on its homepage: https://msfn.org/board/topic/183923-extensions-and-custom-buttons-for-uxp-browsers-corrections-modifications-adjustments-and-special-recommendations/?do=findComment&comment=1250308 Cheers, AstroSkipper

Hello @VistaLover (and of course all others interested in extensions for our beloved UXP browsers)! In the next post, I provide an update for my fork Check My IP Address & Location. I added four further time intervals, all less than 1 min. If you are still using my extension, then you should update to the new version and use the 1 sec interval for checking IP changes. If you use this interval, the detection of an IP change takes place without any significant delay (at most 5 seconds for VPN connections, almost no delay for direct connections).

If a manufacturer specifies the following as system requirements then the programme, in this case Panda Free Antivirus, should actually run under Windows XP 64 Bit. But let's face it, most manufacturers probably don't really test their programmes under all old, abandoned operating systems anymore. Therefore, the users simply have to test it themselves. And that means we have to do a part of the manufacturers' job if we want to use their programmes under these legacy OSes.

Hello @Jody Thornton! I have just checked the extension New Tab Tools in my testing profile of Mypal 68.13.2b. As far as I can see, the version 90.3 runs fine there. Here is a screenshot: Maybe, you simply try New Tab Tools in the version 90.3. TBH, I never used this extension before. And some extensions still have some problems with Mypal 68. In some cases, I could observe that an installed extension had simply disappeared, although it was compatible and worked properly. I think Mypal 68 is not yet fully developed as far as extensions are concerned. For example, the automatic update of extensions does not work yet either. Cheers, AstroSkipper

@WSC4! I already investigated the possibility to port definition updates from Malwarebytes v1 to Malwarebytes v2 here: That is the reason why I have come to this conclusion: For fun, I also tried a connection via my TLS 1.3 proxy, unfortunately also without any success. The version I tried was Malwarebytes Anti-Malware 2.2.1.1043. The last database version was apparently 2022.5.20.4. Rest in peace! Therefore, I don't think there will be ever a working solution for porting definition updates. Cheers, AstroSkipper

Thanks for your genuine concern ; I live in Northern Greece, in a region that was spared by that enormous physical disaster, whose magnitude was never before seen in European territories (but I do remember the floods in Germany a year or more (?) ago); Thessaly (and, especially, Magnesia), the most fertile Greek region, has suffered the most acute blow of Daniel, but the mourning sentiment is shared by the whole Greek nation (the floods only accentuated the sense of sorrow already caused by the August wildfires, which practically completely charred the last virgin forests of Dadia, in the Evros region, close to the Turkish borders... The infrastructure in Thessaly will take from 3-5 years to be restored, the estimated cost from the wildfires+floods is in the €2bn region ... Comforting to know , since, according to the media here, Saola was pretty intense Glad to hear that you both, @VistaLover and @roytam1, are not directly affected. But, one thing is clear in any case. All those who seriously claimed that the climate changes on planet Earth are of natural origin have finally been proven wrong, especially in the last few years. And the unteachable can no longer be helped anyway.

Hello @NojusK! Good decision! You can find all about Malwarebytes Free and Malwarebytes Premium here: Cheers, AstroSkipper

... Again, cautionary words from "upstream" : https://forum.palemoon.org/viewtopic.php?p=242821#p242821 ... So, as I've stated multiple times in the past myself, "use e10s at your own risk" (I'm not, if you care to ask ) ... Browsers like Serpent and Mypal 68 in single-process mode, that's what I only use under Windows XP. Stable and ideal for old computers.

Hello @WSC4! I am glad that Malwarebytes 1.75.0.1300 is working for you under Windows XP 64-bit with the help of my instructions. I personally couldn't test it under this OS because I only use Windows XP Professional SP3. Therefore, thanks for your report!

I like such websites. Fast, easy and unbloated. The way it used to be. Without nonsensical frills.

Although a little off-topic, the joke of the whole story is that OnlyFans runs much faster and better in New Moon 28 than in 360Chrome on my old Windows XP computer. And I mean that natively without ProxHTTPSProxy.

Update notification! Both versions of my Root Certificate and Revoked Certificate Updater for offline use have been updated and are now of 08/22/2023. You can find them in the section 11.2.4. Downloads related to Root Certificate Updates in the first post of this thread. Cheers, AstroSkipper

Update notification! My main article ProxHTTPSProxy and HTTPSProxy in Windows XP for future use in the first post of this thread has been updated in terms of ProxyMII. Changes have been made in the sections 0, 8, 10, 11 and 12. Cheers, AstroSkipper

Browserleaks is a great website. I always use https://browserleaks.com/tls to check the used TLS protocol and its cipher suite. Very good service!

Greetings back! I meant the homepage onlyfans.com and their contained links. They work with ProxyMII in New Moon 28, but not in 360Chrome.