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Thanks... I Looked, I searched and searched, maybe I was confused by the dance of names. @AstroSkipper the trick to get AVG from temporary files I tried even with a file monitor. But dozens of strange files with no apparent meaning are downloaded.

Thanks Is that link permanent for new versions? where did you find it?

I think better. Of course, I'm now very happy with my Pentium 4, I was going to retire it and now I don't see the need. But I wonder why this happens on computers that have more RAM and if there is a solution?

Congratulations on opening the thread, now we can make a nice list in the header. Perhaps the disadvantage is that in search engines users will look for the word antivirus, not the word malware, although I don't see a very much problem. Here are a few programs to add to the alphabetical list. I order them like I have these on my computer, rate these however you like. ANTIVIRUS Avast Free Antivirus 18.8.4804 https://install.avcdn.net/iavs9x-xp/avast_free_antivirus_setup_offline.exe Avast definitions 12-18 https://install.avcdn.net/vpsnitro/vpsupd.exe Avast Clear (uninstall) https://files.avast.com/iavs9x/avastclear.exe AVG Antivirus Free 18.8.4804 (offline downloader) https://install.avcdn.net/avg/iavs9x-xp/avg_antivirus_free_setup_offline.exe AVG Antivirus Free 17.9 (offline downloader) https://install.avcdn.net/avg/iavs9x-xp/avg_free_antivirus_setup_offline.exe AVG Internet Security 18.8.4084.0 (trial) https://install.avcdn.net/avg/iavs9x-xp/avg_internet_security_setup_offline.exe AVG Clear XP (uninstall) https://install.avcdn.net/avg/iavs9x-xp/avgclear.exe ClamWin http://es.clamwin.com/content/view/18/46/ Clan Sentinel (real time protection for ClanWin) https://clamsentinel.sourceforge.net/ Dr. Web Cure It (free with send statistics or paid) https://free.drweb.com/ eScan https://www.escanav.com/ Panda Dome (free or paid) https://www.pandasecurity.com/es/homeusers/free-antivirus/ I can't find an official offline downloader do you know of any? please comment. Virus Total.com (file analysis online multi-antivirus) https://www.virustotal.com Wise Vestor StopX https://update2.wisevector.com/WiseVector_StopX.exe ANTI-SPYWARE Adware Removal Tool https://www.techsupportall.com/adware-removal-tool/ ComoboFix ??? http://www.combo-fix.com/ Malwarebytes Free & Premium 3.5.1.2522-1.0.365-1.0.5292 https://downloads.malwarebytes.com/file/mb3_legacy Sophos HitmanPro https://www.hitmanpro.com/en-us/downloads Spybot – Search & Destroy 2.4.40.0 Oficial Legacy version for Windows XP (2014-10-22) (updatable database) https://download.spybot.info/Spybot2/ SpywareBlaster (for browsers) http://www.brightfort.com/spywareblaster.html SuperAntispyware https://www.superantispyware.com/ FIREWALL Agnitum Outpost Firewall (old) PORTS SCANNERS CurrPorts https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/cports.html The Nmap Security Scanner https://nmap.org/download OTHERS OLD VERSIONS Anti-DDOS Bothunter TrendMicro Housecall 1.50.0.1154 TrendMicro RUBotted 2.0.0.1034 beta Anti-PUP AdwCleaner 6.047 (2017-05-19) (last Windows XP) MalwareBytes Junkware Removal Tool JRT 8.1.4 (2017-09-07) Antirootkit Avast antirootkit aswar 1.0.0.1 beta (gmer based) Avast MBR scaner 0.9.9.1771 Karpesky TDSS rootkit removing tool 2.8.16.0 Malwarebytes Anti-Rootkit (Beta) mbar-1.08.3.1004 (2014-11-18) gmer 2.1.19357.0 Randoms system information tool RSIT 3.3.6.1 Disinfectant Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool (Windows-KB890830-V5.39-32-bit) (2016-08-10) (last Windows Xp) I have tried almost every antivirus for Windows XP in the past, but that was more than 10 years ago, when I decided to stick with Avast 6.0. Unfortunately now, in 2023, I am looking for a new antivirus. I'll test if any from the past are currently working and comment.

I have tested this version on 2 computers. 1- Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 DDR 2 800mhz 4 GiB RAM I open 32 tabs at the same time and the computer reaches 4 GiB RAM, at which point everything slows down having to work with virtual memory. 2- Pentium 4 3.2 Ghz DDR 333 Mhz 2 GiB RAM I open 64 tabs at a time and the computer only reaches 1.3 GiB RAM so it still works perfectly. I have already found in other versions of 360 Extreme Explorer that working with faster computers gives more problems than benefits...

Yes, this is the online installer AVG Antivirus Free 18.8.4084.0 http://web.archive.org/web/20181227134304if_/https://install.avcdn.net/avg/iavs9x/avg_antivirus_free_setup.exe Thanks, but I don't like online installers at all. I would like to live one day without the Internet and I don't trust that online installer can work within a year.

I am experimenting. It seems that the offline version AVG Antivirus Free 18.8 does not exist. No page with old version software has it, these jump from version 17 to 20. https://support.avg.com/answers?id=9060N0000005KegQAE

I'm trying alls antivirus software to make a short list. Protegent Antivirus AV Cloud is not currently supported on Windows XP. When trying to install it unpack 2 programs in c.\PAV If it is done from XP, only Unistal-Date Care aka Crash Proof is installed, which claims to make copies of the software and is not an antivirus (it is not known what it really does, it does not give info, help, or options). Danger. It seems that he takes all the information from your hard drive and sends it to his cloud.

in that link https://install.avcdn.net/avg/iavs9x-xp/avg_free_antivirus_setup_offline.exe it downloads AVG Antivirus Free 17.9.3761.0 In this link https://install.avcdn.net/avg/iavs9x-xp/avg_internet_security_setup_offline.exe it downloads AVG Internet Security 18.8.4084.0 I understand that the Internet Security version is trial Where can I download AVG Antivirus Free 18.8?

The world is crazy... 1990 Symantec buys Norton. 2016 Avast buys AVG 2017 Norton buys LifeLock. 2019 Broadcom purchases Symantec security division and name but renamed NortonLifeLock. 2019 Accenture buys NortonLifeLock. 2020 NortonLifeLock purchases Avira through Investcorp. 2021 NortonLifeLock buys Avast creating Gen Digital as a merger. https://www.itpro.com/security/cyber-security/360540/nortonlifelock-and-avast-to-merge-in-8-billion-deal

It worked for me just putting msvcrt.dll 6.0 next to adwcleaner.exe, I didn't have to install anything. Much to my regret I have decided to install AVG 18.8 to analyze a 1 TiB disk with new content, I prefer not to try Avast 18 since I have happily installed Avast 6.0 with definitions of the year 2020. After reviewing the AVG options I don't see a default actions option. After 67% I stop the scan and see that AVG has quarantined 70 files, it has extracted small files from large zip archives (100-1500 GiB) and quarantined them. Most classify them as Malware-gen, Evo Gen, or PUP. It has also qualified as key-generator virus some open source Linux files. AVG takes the law into its own hands and decides to quarantine any key-generators, even if these are not it. I want these files, so I look for the "restore" option, but since these are files belonging to ZIP archives, it is not able to restore them. I have had to restore these to an alternate path, unzip each zip and re-include the files. OK, I hate AVG and any new program that annoys and wastes the user's time. This has qualified files as viruses that no other antivirus detects in virustotal.com, it has even detected that Thorium Browser 109 SSE2_x86, the alternative Chromium version for Windows 7 supported by Google, is a virus. Even so, I have continued investigating AVG and I see that within the folder analysis there is an option called "Actions" to establish that "no action is carried out" after the analysis. I do a test with a couple of files with suspected viruses and it works. So I decide to scan the entire USB hard drive (1 TiB). After 10 hours the analysis ends and "unpleasant surprise" I see that in 122 files with supposed viruses it has decided to send 31 to quarantine, because it feels like it, I don't see any other explanation, these don't seem like dangerous viruses. So I have to restore these back inside the zip file that extracted them. I don't remember if older versions of AVG behave this way. Do you know if Avast 18 also behaves in this way? Long live Avast 6. https://msfn.org/board/topic/182157-end-of-avast-5-6-and-7-virus-definition-updates/

I am looking better and in options there is the local and server option. How can I know which database is being used? Using it offline does not give any connection error. Edit: Report after analysis # AdwCleaner v6.047 - Archivo de registro creado 26/04/2023 en 04:50:38 # Actualizado en 19/05/2017 por Malwarebytes # Base de datos : 2017-05-19.1 [Local] # Sistema Operativo : Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3 (X86)

The last version adwcleaner for XP is 6.047 (2017-05-19) https://download.toolslib.net/download/file/1/851?s=gP7VLih67fmmhqhqfLTpmYQR0FtB2J4p and it does not have a cloud version. In 7.4.2 before to see the error message in user32.dll I had to download and attach the dwmapi.dll v. 6.0.5384.4 to executable file.

ok, I delete the list and leave the link. My interest was to get a list by editing that one.

I am looking for an antispyware type "adwcleaner", do you recommend any? I have downloaded Zemana which claims to be compatible with XP but it really doesn't seem to be. https://zemana.com/us/antimalware.html There is a list for Windows Vista, maybe for XP it will be similar

Hello, is there a list of updated antivirus and antispyware for XP?

I have again installed Windows Vista Enterprise and the result is the same. When I write "Bootrec /Fixboot" when starting the hard drive the BIOS shows the message "A disk read error occurred" + strang symbols. When executing third-party programs to modify partitions I see that the active partition C: FAT32 is not correctly recognized. These do not identify the format and name of the partition. This is only recognized by Acronis Disk Director and by Windows Disk Management, both from NT5 and NT6. This begins in sector 63. I have formatted this active partition in Fat32 again and manually copy the boot files: -From Windows XP ---> When restarting boot directly ntldr. -From Windows Vista ---> Don't let it format it. -From Windows Seven Console ---> When restarting boot directly Bootmgr. -From Eassos Disk Genius 5.4 ---> When restarting boot directly Bootmgr. -From Minitool Partition Wizard 7.8 ---> When restarting an intermittent cursor appears. Then I execute "Bootrec /Fixboot" and starts correctly Bootmgr. The same if I execute the command with the other options. -From Minitool Partition Wizard 11.6 ---> When restarting an intermittent cursor appears. Then I run "Bootrec /Fixboot" and returns the error "A disk read error occurred" + strang symbols. The partition is again defective. -From Minitool Partition Wizard 12.5 ---> When restarting an intermittent cursor appears. The same errors as in version 11.6 This application, Minitool Partition Wizard, has ceased to be useful in its last versions.

Writing /kernel=ntoskrnl.exe also begins Windows Vista from NTLDR to hal's error. As I see that there are no people interested in this issue I do not continue to experiment with NTLDR. I have restored the original files that I had replaced from Windows Vista and now I try to start this same Windows Vista from Bootmgr. The Bootmgr menu appears to choose an operating system, I choose Windows Vista and the result is that now it seems that the same HAL problem happens as when I tried to start from NTLDR. Now I try to repair the beginning of Windows Vista with the DVD. I introduce the commands: "Bootrec /Fixmb" (OK result) "Bootrec /Fixboot" (OK result) "Bootrec /RebuildBCD" (result no Windows facilities) When restarting the BIOS says: "A Disk Read Occurred Error" + Strange symbols. I repeat the commands and the result is the same. Automatic repair does not work either. Third parties programs do not find errors, repairing the MBR does not work, the hard drive and its partitions are accessible from XP. Chkdsk does not give error. I have the following on this hard drive: 1-FAT32 Active Partition with boot manager. 2-NTFS Windows Vista. 3-FAT32 Windows 2003. 4-FAT32 Data. Then I start the Windows Seven repair disk console and I introduce the "BOOTSECT /NT52 C:" (not available in Windows Vista). Now the BIOS boot the hard drive with boot.ini and Windows 2003 starts perfectly. I enter the command again: "Bootrec /Fixboot" And the result is again that the hard drive is not accessible from the BIOS. "A Disk Read Occurred Error" + Strange symbols. Then I introduce the "BOOTSECT /NT60 C:" command: " And now the Bootmgr menu to start Windows Vista reappears. I enter the command again: "Bootrec /Fixboot" And the result is again that the hard drive is not accessible from the BIOS "A Disk Read Occurred Error" + Strange symbols. My conclusions about the experiment to repair the start of Windows NT6 or higher is "impossible mission". Strange errors also happened to me when trying to repair Windows Seven. https://msfn.org/board/topic/184546-reov-boot-windows-lononghorn/?do=findcomment&comment=1242025 I will install Windows Vista again and I will enter the command again "Bootrec /Fixboot" To get out of doubt. In any case, the option to repair the start of Windows Vista has been from Seven's DVD "Bootsect /NT60 C:" and to exotate this this has been "Bootrec /Fixboot" from Vista's DVD.

Well, no problem. I have tried rebuild 8 and this works very well. I understand that all versions from Rebuild 7 are Ram-Friendly right? I have tried it in Intel Atom Notebook 2010 Year with 1 Gib Ram and in Pentium IV with 2 Gib Ram, now this work very well. At this time I do not find links to download any version. links are down?

Has anyone achieved it, is there any method? Experimentally I am trying to start Windows Vista 6.0.6000.16386 (Vista_RTM.061101-2205) Enterprise from NTLDR. I have managed to get hast here. Any tips to continue? Windows Lonchorn/Vista, at least between versions 6.0.5048 and 6.0.5112 install bootmgr, but are also boot from ntldr version 2005 (Required*). *Required NTLDR version 2005 (ntldr not OK version 2003 and not ok version 2008) I am using this ntldr version and I have modified boot.ini on 6.0.6000 multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)\Windows="Windows Vista" /NOEXECUTE=OPTIN /FASTDETECT /ACPI /HAL=HALMACPI.DLL /KERNEL=WINLOGON.EXE But arriving at the point in the photo this gives the error "Load Needed Dlls for Hal" I have tried to replace the original HAL 6.0.6000 with the HAL of 6,0,5112 but there is no difference.

I have little knowledge about Windows NT6 start. This is evident. I am now obliged to use an application that is no longer compatible with XP by imposition of the Government of Spain (Autofirma 1.8) to be able to send official documents to the country's administration. Before using any superior version of Windows 2003 on my personal computer, the first thing I want to know is how they start. And not vice versa. Use these and these not start. Or what is worse, that the data of my main computer are erased. With all respect for who knows more, although some people have less knowledge can contribute a lot, if they work with collective intelligence. Well, all people have different points of view. I am now doing tests in Windows Seven. I have restored a backup copy of the starter boot. I try to repair the installation from the Windows Seven console on another computer. I have connected the hard disk by USB. I follow the official steps, but the installation is not repaired.

Some nuances about my previous comments. The versions that start Windows with Bootmgr+NTLDR are the Shorthorn versions "Based Longhorn" Since although the installer is Bootmgr these versions are really NTLDR. On the other hand, Longhorn Pre-Reset from 4000 to 4093 use a 32-bit installer but these are NTLDR and not Bootmgr implements. Longhorn Post Reset, at least between versions 5048 and 5112 install bootmgr, but are also starting from NTLDR version 2005 (required*). These versions boot from both methods but these only install bootmgr. The latest Longhorn version that can be installed in Fat32 is 5001. That is, it coincides with the last one that NTLDR has.

It is possible that when the text did not appear "press a key to start the CD" the BIOS boot priority changed without realizing it, but when the message did appear I confirm that CD start priorities in the BIOS were correct. The Windows NT 5 (2000-XP-2003) installation CD was not able to start, when it was frozen for some reason, not being capable of detecting the hard drive modified by Longhorn/Shorthorn before being able to start the file installation load. To work again it was not effective to erase the hard drive and partition again. The only solution was to convert the hard drive to GPT and covert it again to MBR. The NT6.x DVD, yes did start correctly with this same hard drive before performing the conversion operation. I continue to do tests: 1-I have installed Windows Seven on the Notebook computer. 2-I have installed Shorthorn on the computer desktop. My purpose is to try to start Windows Seven with the Windows Longhorn boot, copying Shorthorn files into Windows Seven. I still cannot comment conclusions, because in several tests the following has happened to me: -As deleting the boot files from the active partition all partitions disappear. That is, with the hard drive connected as an external USB to Windows XP. I delete the "Boot" folder and all partitions disappear. I have performed more tests and also happens when Bootmgr, Ntldr, Boot.ini, etc. erase at the same time. This has not happened when one by one erase. I have copy and paste other folders that have not boot files and the problem has not happened to me. I indicate that in certain circumstances Windows does not let these files erase, in others erases them without problems and in others the partitions disappear. Hard drive 4 partitions in Notebook computer: 1-Primary FAT32 Active partition with boot manager. 2-Primary NTFS Windows Seven. 3-Primary Fat32 Windows XP. 4-Primary FAT32 Data. From XP I install Windows seven in the second partition. I confirm that now the number 1 partition begins in sector 2048 (I don't know if before). Then I extract the hard drive and connect it to the computer, it is the external USB and I started Windows XP. I erase some start files and partitions disappear. This does not always happen. I don't know what depends. Then I have copy the original boot files of the Windows Seven and I have tried to repair the boot with the Windows Vista DVD. 1-I undo automatic recovery message Windows seven partition. 2-I execute the commands: Bootrec /Fixboot Bootrec /Fixmb The result is that Windows Seven not starts. Then I try to recover automatically, but the message repair Windows Seven now does not appear. However, Windows Vista DVD says trying to repair. The result is that not only does Windows Seven not start, but now the Windows Seven partition is in RAW and inaccessible. In addition the fourth partition appears inaccessible. I try to recover the partitions with Easeus Partition Master but the program does not finish progress and does not find the correct partitions. Then I again erase the Boot folder of the active partition and the partitions disappear again. Then, after disappearing again, Easeus Partition Master does find and recover the correct partitions. I am struck that this program also has the following MBR recovery options. -2000/XP/2003 -Vista/2008 -7/8/10/2012 Is the Vista MBR and Windows Seven different? I am investigating the initial sector by partitioning from the record administrator, it could be the following: Sector 63 -> Windows NT 5.x -> Align hard drives with 63 sectors per track (512 bytes per cluster). Sector 2048 -> Windows NT 6.0 -> Align hard drives with 4096 bytes by Cluster. Sector 4096 -> Windows NT 6.1 and Superior -> Optimizes alignment in hard discs 4096 bytes by Cluster. The Eassos Disk Manager program allows you to choose the initial alignment when partitions are created and also allows partitions to the initial sector 63 since 2048 or 4096. I do not extend anymore, this requires an integer post apart ... Ok, then I now try to recover the installation of Window Seven with Windows Seven DVD with the hard drive connected to the USB desktop. I can't repair Windows Seven installation. I execute: -Auto recovery = It has not been completed. -Console: Bootrec /Fixboot Bootrec /Fixmb Bootrec /rebuildbcd Bootsect /NT60 C: No option manages to repair the boot. With how easy it is to repair the NT 5.X boot it seems that NT 6.x boot resists me. I can't repair Windows Seven boot.

Several strange things have happened to me that I cannot solve after trying to install the versions of Shorthorn that were not allowed to be installed from XP, because they said "the files cannot be found in the temporary path". 1-I can not repair the bootloader of the hard drive in XP format. 2-On boot the NT 5.x installation CD does not get past the "press any key to start the CD" screen with this hard drive. 3-Finally the boot CD does not start (it does not show the message press a key to start from the CD either). I tried to install Shorthorn Main Development 3801 from CD on another computer with a hard drive with 4 FAT32 primary partitions. When I reboot the BIOS it does not find any operating system. I check that in the boot partition there is the bootmgr, ntldr and boot.ini file but there is no Boot folder. I try to repair the boot by starting the Windows 2003 CD with the fixboot and fixmbr commands but the hard drive won't boot. I copy ntldr, ntdetect.com and boot.ini from Windows XP to the boot partition and run fixboot and fixmbr again. But the hard drive still won't boot. I delete all partitions from Windows XP and recreate 4 primary partitions in NTFS from Minitool Partition Winzard. I reboot with the Windows 2003 installation CD in the CD drive and get the message "press any key to boot from CD". I press a key but the installation CD does not start. I try the Vista installation disk and it does start. I delete the partitions again with Easeus Partition Master and the CD does not start either, then with Eassos DiskGenius and the CD does not start either, then with Macrorit Partition Expert and then the message "press a key to start from CD" no longer appears. from any NT 5. If NT 6 CDs are booted. The problem only occurs with this SATA hard drive, after the operations performed. Edit: I have managed to solve the problem by converting the disk to GPT and then converting it back to MBR with Acronis Disk Director. So I have installed Shorthorn 3801 on a single NTFS partition. As a curiosity I comment that from this boot.ini I can start my other hard disk with w2000 and XP but from the boot.ini on the 2000/XP disk it does not start Shorthorn/Longhorn. Is there a way to boot windows vista from a boot.ini? It seems that this could be one way.

Caution only change the letter if the operating system previously used another letter. The letter change means that Windows does not find the paths of many files and does not work well. The drive letter is determined within the operating system registry. Part 1: Change the drive letter from the operating system itself: -Start+run+regedit -HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\MountedDevices -To change C: to D: \DosDevices\C: rename to \DosDevices\Z: \DosDevices\D: rename to \DosDevices\C: \DosDevices\Z: rename to \DosDevices\D: -Restart. Part 2: Changing the drive of one operating system from another operating system. Edit the registry remotely: -Start+Run+regedit -Select HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE -Go to menu File+Load subtree -Find the SYSTEM file in the folder of the other operating system (on XP \WINDOWS\system32\config) -Load SYSTEM and choose any name. -Follow the steps indicated in part 1. -Select the loaded subtree. -Go to menu File+Download subtree.