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@Dave-HYes , I do confirm your findings. Panda is fully functional ! PS : Let us monitor the situation for a few days to make sure that this is the case.

@Dave-H With exclusions in place, Panda has been working flawlessly. Tonight I'll remove exclusions to see what happens. Keep you posted.

@Dave-H Panda 22 has been installed. Items added to exclusions start menu, SendTo, Recent, as you suggested. I also included Microsoft Office as well as system explorer ( task manager no connection to internet) So far it has been working as prior to 2nd of July. I' ll monitor the situation and report back.

@Dave-H what is your microsoft office version on your xp? Mine is 2007. Could please add that to your panda exclusions ? Thanks When I scanned my system using panda cloud cleaner ( just wanted to make sure that it works ) I got this pop up which I did not read properly, it was almost 5 am that ms office icon was not real or something along these lines. I cancelled the cloud service before getting the results it was taking more than 5 minutes and I wanted to call it a day. Then I realised that ms office would not work along with system explorer. I do not want to jump into any conclusions but I think it might be related. PS. Very hard to access this forum since Monday

@AstroSkipper I mean RAM. I got 8 GBs. MY xp reads around 3 GBs. There is something that my system does not like about it. I have not put any effort to find out what is causing that. Could it be that my xp is 32bits ?

Unfortunately most of online scanners require 64 bits windows ( Trend micro, Eset . F Secure etc.) #2 bits support has been dropped. I have installed panda cloud cleaner. @modnar You fot a point regarding the Italian one. My system No antivirus ( computer idle desktop) memory usage is 16%. Panda installed memory 19% - 20%, Avast installed memory 21% - 23% . Italian one 29% - 46% . Also PC tools seems to be alergic to it. Had to uninstall it. I am not willing to pay for something that can render my pc almost inoperable. About comodo have not used it for ages and if my memory serves my right it is very hard to get rid of it. @Dave-H I am willing to reinstall panda and do what you have suggested. Keep you posted.

@AstroSkipper Free . I am sure you are aware that reviews have been unfavourable since its inception. Western propaganda ? Regarding Chinese products. Better than nothing is debatable ? Yes, it could run seamlessly along side the Italian one and still be a very light compo. What do you reckon ?

Custom Install of IOBit Malware Fighter 11.4.0 (easy to install ) Latest Database Version 2608 ( 2026 - 7 - 9 ) Fingerprint : 898269 I ran a smart scan Objects scanned 107.446 Threats Detected 0 as expected Time Elapsed : 20.02 minutes Very light and smooth

For example Eset : Here is how to get it for XP: Click on link https://www.eset.com/us/home/online-scanner/ >Towards bottom of web page click 'Choose language version' >Under 'Download Options' click 'Choose other product version' >Under 'Configure download' click the down arrow of 'Version' and select Version 2 ('Operating system' window will show XP)>click 'DOWNLOAD'. Hope that still works. It did about a year ago.

About the 60 days , we could always use an on/off line scanner. Let us also no forget, beggars can't be choosers. Could you please elaborate on panda. thank you.

A review Of VirIT kind of old but I would say rather indicative of what to expect 12 years later. https://www.insightsintechnology.com/2014/01/virit-explorer-lite.html @AstroSkipper Conidering this plus the post right above this one, I think I am going to get myself an AV..

@AstroSkipper Thank you for the warning mate. I managed to uninstall it without any dramas. Any suggestions ?? What is this all about then ? https://www.pandasecurity.com/en/mediacenter/best-antivirus-for-windows-xp/ Dated 1 july 2026. What about that 360 ? Cheers

@AstroSkipper Panda 21 is working without any problems what so ever, so far so good. I reckon it is the best choice ever. I do have Avast 18.5 but I would never go back to it. Kind of dodgy. Thank you very much indeed !

I do not know if this helps the date if memory serves me well was december 2024. that file was downloaded begining of 2025. I'll check the exact date.

@AstroSkipper Off line installer version 15.14.5.0. However being a tad stupid and click happy I clicked on the update from settings. What I am planning to do tonight is to reinstall and refrain from clicking update. Let us see how this pans out. Keep you posted. Cheers