AstroSkipper

Never used it in an UXP browser! If I wanted to use such Google services, I would open them in a browser on my Android tablet. Google and Android is an endless love.

I added to my second post General solutions the method Restoring AU/MU/WU using a proxy server created by @ItCoder. As I already mentioned, I didn't test this method. As far as I know, this method is supposed to be working, though. Cheers, AstroSkipper

OT: I learnt British English. I am not really familiar with the nuances of American English. The problem with "you" is that it has different meanings. "You" can be meant as the 2. person singular or plural. Or it is equal to "one" to express uncertain persons. Therefore, I try to use it rarely or in situations where it is very clear. That's why I prefer very often the passive voice to avoid "you" although native speakers rather prefer the active voice. But, thanks for your clarification! Eloquentia conatum difficile est. End of OT.

Ok! I'm going to go a round further now as I'm getting fed up with this nonsense. Obviously @bluebolt is not willing to disclose any meaningful information here and share his knowledge with us in this forum. And that will have its reasons. First of all, here are the facts: The still downloadable online installers don't work anymore. BitDefender must have removed the online sources which these installers need to download. Offline installers are no longer available. All links seem to be removed. In one of @bluebolt's pictures, one can clearly see that a connection to My BitDefender is no longer possible. Here is a quotation from this picture: "My Bitdefender: Could not connect to server" Regarding these facts it is also pretty obvious why @bluebolt only spreads information here that is not really helpful. I assume or, even stronger, I am quite sure that even if such an offline installer exists, a successful activation of a new installation via the user interface won't be possible any longer. The reason for this was provided by @bluebolt himself: No connection to My BitDefender means no login into the user's account which unfortunately is necessary for a successful activation. Therefore, a new activation is no longer possible. I therefore consider BitDefender 1.0.21.1109 obsolete and no longer usable. No entry in my "list of working antimalware, firewall, and other security programs for Windows XP", but at most in the "list of programs that have recently been abandoned", although it actually was abandonded for more than a year. And further information is no longer necessary either, certainly not such pointless information that is not actually intended to help potential users of this program here in the forum.

Although in Germany the Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) warned against the use of anti-virus software from the Russian manufacturer Kaspersky on 15 March 2022 https://www.bsi.bund.de/DE/Themen/Unternehmen-und-Organisationen/Cyber-Sicherheitslage/Technische-Sicherheitshinweise-und-Warnungen/Warnungen-nach-Par-7/Archiv/FAQ-Kaspersky/faq_node.html, I don't really share such concerns. The developers of Kaspersky software would ruin the entire company if they implemented malicious code in their software. For me, it's about a general statement, a sign of solidarity. And that may not always be fair, however Kaspersky has to thank for that a certain person.

For me, it is basically irrelevant in which country the software I use was developed. But every rule has its exceptions. What these look like in detail in my case cannot and won't be discussed here for well-known reasons. China exists to benefit Windows XP diehards? Nice try! As we all know, imagination knows no boundaries.

Yep, I totally agree with this assessment.

I found an offline installer for Kaspersky Free 19. No official link but a link to a file hoster. I am not sure if I am allowed to post it here. On the official Kaspersky servers, the folder KFA19 has been deleted. This version does not exist there anymore. The folder KFA18 still exists, though. That's probably why the online installer of KFA19 can't load its necessary files. And TBH, that was of course foreseeable.

Yep, Shadow Defender is already on my internal list. And of course, many other security programs for Windows XP, too. But first of all: Hello and thank you for your suggestion! I installed this program in my Windows XP system years ago.

Nice pictures but unfortunately they don't really help. What we need are details about the installer. I didn't find any offline installer. Any link to a working, full offline installer? The name, size or date of this installer would be helpful, too. Since then, no further information from you! At this point, I would ask you to share your knowledge with us. Any detailed information about this offline installer would be helpful such as name, size, date and version. Even better would be a working download link or, if there is no longer one, an upload link. Thanks in advance! Kind regards, AstroSkipper PS: Due to the lack of a working installer, I added BitDefender 1.0.21.1109 to the list in the third post. @bluebolt I have now asked you twice to share information about a working offline installer for BitDefender 1.0.21.1109. All what you provide are pictures. But pictures can't be installed and tested. I'm glad for you that your old installations are still running and seem to be updated , but unfortunately that doesn't help us at all . Can BitDefender 1.0.21.1109 still be reinstalled in 2023? I personally fear that this is no longer possible. So I ask you a third and then last time to give us information about the offline installer you mentioned in the quoted posts above. Any detailed information about this offline installer would be helpful such as name, size, date and version. Even better would be a working download link or, if there is no longer one, an upload link. Thanks in advance! Kind regards, AstroSkipper

Unfortunately, no good news! I already wrote about WiseVector StopX. Here is my last post: And here is my list of programs that have recently been abandoned: No hope anymore! This program is dead. Sorry to report such bad news! Of course, it might be used for a while if it was already installed. But there are no new definition updates (since January!) which are important to let the program work properly, though. I already uninstalled it completely.

I downloaded nothing. It's a picture uploaded by @bluebolt. And there is unfortunately no timestamp of the downloaded definition files visible in the GUI.

And what about this post? There is a picture inside: It says "LAST UPDATED: Today", and the date is 24.03.2023. Is it fake?

Avast Internet Security and Avast Premier All features of Avast Free Antivirus which are listed in the post are of course included in Avast Internet Security and Avast Premier. Both versions are commercial. Additional features are: Firewall, Anti-spam, Real Site, Ransomware Shield, Sandbox, Data Shredder (only in Premier) and Webcam Shield (only in Premier). Comparison of Avast Security programs in form of a table: Homepage of Avast Internet Security: https://web.archive.org/web/20181120211012/https://www.avast.com/internet-security Homepage of Avast Premier: https://web.archive.org/web/20181120211119/https://www.avast.com/premier Version number: 18.8.4084.0 Date of release: 15.11.2018 System Requirements: A PC with 256 MB+ RAM and 1.5 GB of hard disk space. Avast Antivirus is compatible with Windows 11, 10, 8.1, 8, 7, Vista, XP SP3. Download links: Online installers: https://install.avcdn.net/av/avast/iavs9x/avast_internet_security_setup_online.exe https://install.avcdn.net/av/avast/iavs9x/avast_premier_antivirus_setup_online.exe Offline installers: https://install.avcdn.net/iavs9x-xp/avast_internet_security_setup_offline.exe https://install.avcdn.net/iavs9x-xp/avast_premier_antivirus_setup_offline.exe Avast Uninstall Utility (Avast Clear) in the correct version of 18.8.4084.0: https://web.archive.org/web/20181116091922if_/http://iavs9x.avg.u.avcdn.net/iavs9x/avastclear.exe How to uninstall Avast using Avast Clear: Sometimes it's not possible to uninstall Avast the standard way using the Add/Remove Programs in control panel. In this case, you can use the uninstallation utility Avast Clear: Download avastclear.exe on your desktop. Start Windows in Safe Mode. Execute the avastclear.exe. If you installed Avast in a different folder than the default, browse for it. (Note: Be careful! The content of any folder you choose will be deleted!). Click REMOVE. Restart your computer. Screenshots: All I wrote in my article about Avast Free Antivirus also applies to Avast Internet Security and Avast Premier. Very good protection but very bloated. They are definitely options for Windows XP, but I personally can't and won't recommend them here due to my reservations and experiences from the past as I already wrote in the post about Avast Free Antivirus. Kind regards, AstroSkipper

DreamMail Pro - Update information! DreamMail Pro has been updated again and is now available in version 6.6.6.10. It is still XP-compatible, and the development is ongoing! I have not been able to find a version history on their homepage. Therefore, I generated an official version history translated to English and provide it here: And here is the download link of DreamMail Pro 6.6.6.10: https://dl.cy-email.com/dm6/Download/dmpro_setup6.6.6.10.exe To force the updated installer of DreamMail Pro 6.6.6.10 to use English instead of Chinese as the installer language, I updated again my small loader that does this when it calls up the setup program. It must be executed in the same directory in which the setup file is located with its original file name dmpro_setup6.6.6.10.exe. Here is the download link of my loader Force_En_Install_DM_Pro_66610.exe: https://www.mediafire.com/file/ijovdtlxbzc6pkp/Force_En_Install_DM_Pro_66610.7z/file Although some virus scanners detect this file as malicious, it is just a false-positive as always. Use my loader to force an English install, only if you trust me, of course! Cheers, AstroSkipper

Update notification! Both versions of my Root Certificate and Revoked Certificate Updater for offline use have been updated and are now of 04/25/2023. 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

BitDefender 1.0.21.1109 can't be verified here to be working in Windows XP. The online installers for this version don't work anymore. BitDefender must have removed the online sources which these installers need to download. An offline installer would therefore be necessary. @bluebolt You made the following statement in March of this year: Since then, no further information from you! At this point, I would ask you to share your knowledge with us. Any detailed information about this offline installer would be helpful such as name, size, date and version. Even better would be a working download link or, if there is no longer one, an upload link. Thanks in advance! Kind regards, AstroSkipper PS: Due to the lack of a working installer, I added BitDefender 1.0.21.1109 to the list in the third post.

Thanks for pointing out a gap in my knowledge! I do appreciate that. TBH, no one is perfect. And don't worry I do not feel any pressure here as always. I generally do what I think to be done.

And one thing is clear. I won't test any Kaspersky security program. I never liked it and I made bad experiences using it when it was installed in my system. That is years ago, and in these days ...

Yep, just an assumption as I already stated. And there are others than Avast. The AV scan engine is not reinvented with every edition of a version. And BTW, assuming does not mean knowing. There is a difference.

Hooray! There are still real Windows XP users here in the Windows XP Forum. Now we are already three! @NotHereToPlayGames, @tekkaman and @AstroSkipper. Even if that doesn't really help me now, I'm still glad to hear something like that.

Based on my recent research I did for many different security programs, Kaspersky 18.0 was the last XP-compatible version. Starting with Kaspersky 19.0, the system requirements changed, and Windows Vista was listed as a minimum requirement. But KIS 18 was tested by AV-TEST, and I assume KFA and KIS 18 are based on the same scan engine as most AV companies usually do. Therefore, the scan results can be used to get an idea. Here is a test of KIS 18: https://www.av-test.org/en/antivirus/home-windows/windows-7/february-2018/kaspersky-lab-internet-security-18.0-180557/ Cheers, AstroSkipper PS: I totally forgot. Also happy birthday to MBAM 3.5.1!

Avast Free Antivius 2015 (last version for SSE only CPUs): This version is the last compatible version of Avast Free Antivirus for Windows XP running on a computer with a CPU that does not have more than the SSE instruction set. It still receives definition updates on a regular base. Features: Datasheet: http://files.avast.com/files/marketing/materials/datasheets/en/v2015/avast_free_2015_en.pdf Homepage: https://web.archive.org/web/20151004232841/https://www.avast.com/index Version number: 10.4.2233.1299 Date of release: 17.09.2015 System requirements: Windows XP (with at least SP2), Windows Vista, 7, 8, 8.1 and 10 in both the 32- and 64-bit variant. Pentium 3 processor or higher with 128 MB RAM and 2 GB of hard-drive space. Test: https://www.av-test.org/en/antivirus/home-windows/windows-10/october-2015/avast-free-antivirus-2015-153713/ Review: https://tecoreviews.com/reviews/avast-free-antivirus-2015-review/ Download links: Offline installer: https://www.afterdawn.com/software/security/antivirus/avast_free.cfm/2015__10_4_2233_ or https://www.filepuma.com/download/avast_free_antivirus_10.4.2233-9698/ Avast VPS update for versions 9 to 11: https://install.avcdn.net/ivps9x/vpsupd.exe Screenshots: I listed here Avast Free Antivius 2015 only for all owners of a very old computer whose CPU lacks of SSE2 and up. The program itself is very old, but Avast still rolls out regularly definition updates online and offline for this version. Kind regards, AstroSkipper

I revised my article about Avast Free Antivirus again: I added new screenshots, new links and further facts. I think it should be complete now, at least I do hope so. If you find any mistakes or miss something, please just post it here! Kind regards, AstroSkipper

Although this thread is actually only targeting the Windows XP operating system, I have nevertheless added the necessary system requirements to my articles in which I present security programs, in order to let our fans of Windows Vista in particular know whether the program in question is compatible with this operating system or not. Cheers, AstroSkipper