Which Antiviruses are Known for a Fact to be Working on XP SP3 as of 2019?

[msfntor]

...but you could use anti-malware custom Filter lists in your uBlock O....

[msfntor]

On 11/4/2022 at 10:37 PM, XPerceniol said:

this free tool from F-Secure

Router Checker here: "No issues were found on your router. View results in detail."

And too look on Online Scanner: https://www.f-secure.com/en/home/free-tools/online-scanner - 11.52 MB only in Mes Documents folder...very light!

- Normally, I download nothing from the net.. nothing. 

And I'm not going out of the house today, to touch the rain.

I'm not afraid of anything then.

Edited November 6, 2022 by msfntor
no dowloads, no rain

[AstroSkipper]

40 minutes ago, msfntor said:

- because you get rid of horrible Avast.

My congratulations!

 

Is it portable? Link to it, please?

Thank you @AstroSkipper  !

Here is the link to WiseVector's homepage where you can directly download the latest version (at the moment 3.07) and an older manual: https://www.wisevector.com/en/ . But I don't think it's portable, just like most other AV programmes are.
Direct download link: https://update2.wisevector.com/WiseVector_StopX.exe
Latest Manual (for the version 2.70): https://www.wisevector.com/wisevector_stopx_user_guide_en.pdf

Edited November 6, 2022 by AstroSkipper

[XPerceniol]

12 hours ago, msfntor said:

And I'm not going out of the house today, to touch the rain.

I'm not afraid of anything then.

<OT>

I hope you enjoy outing in the rain. May I ask why you feel unafraid outside in the rain?

I used to always be out and the agoraphobia took hold of me. 

Hmmmm ... miss the rain.

<OT>

 

[msfntor]

 

34 minutes ago, XPerceniol said:

<OT>

I hope you enjoy outing in the rain. May I ask why you feel unafraid outside in the rain?

I used to always be out and the agoraphobia took hold of me. 

Hmmmm ... miss the rain.

<OT>

 

- cause is cold today, so rain is not more pleasant!

Exceptionally then I don't going out to risk cheat my long hair and wild look! jajajaja

Never happened recently, after having been sick.

But normally I love little rain, me too!

Edited November 6, 2022 by msfntor
to risk cheat my long hair and wild look!

[AstroSkipper]

29 minutes ago, msfntor said:

And I'm not going out of the house today, to touch the rain.

I'm not afraid of anything then.

OT: I stayed at home today too. I still have to take it easy.  However, my lady went to a St. Martin's market. It's a pre-Christmas public market.

[DrunkenTanker]

Avast Freee Antivirus has reported: "Free License has expired" and button "Fix" does not work, because can't connect to server. Versio: 18.8.

[AstroSkipper]

On 11/6/2022 at 4:10 PM, AstroSkipper said:

Why I switched from Avast! to WiseVector StopX

There is a very specific reason why I have recently started recommending WiseVector StopX. Until now, I have always used products from Avast! and was also satisfied. On my old computer, which is low on resources and performance, I actually had Avast! Premier installed on my Windows XP partition and had been using it for many years. This year, unfortunately, I had several negative experiences. More and more often, the GUI shut down completely and showed only an empty, white window. Only a repair installation could revive it. In addition, programmes that were reported as false positives were not ignored as offered and excluded from further monitoring. Instead, their access was completely blocked and no longer released. Furthermore, again and again, almost periodically, the Avast! service caused a very high and prolonged CPU load. All these problems prompted me to uninstall the entire Avast program package. And then came the next set of difficulties. The uninstall routine is an imposition.
An uninstallation had not really taken place. Whoever programmed this routine should be fired!

All files and program folders were not deleted. Thus, completely useless! Even the special Avast uninstaller "Avast! Clear" could not remove everything.

So I had to do it manually. The main program folder could not be deleted. Not even with administrator rights. Same with a booted Linux and Mini Windows XP from outside. Both could not delete anything from the locked files and folders. So I was thinking about a proper solution how to delete the locked folders and files. 
By the way, I am writing this to spare others similar problems. 
Anyway, the solution is either one tries to delete it under the user account System, whose rights can be obtained with suitable tools (for example RunAsSystem), or one falls back on good old DOS. And this is how I did it. I booted my computer into a real DOS mode and used Volkov Commander to delete all the locked files and folders. DOS doesn't give a damn about accounts and permissions. What needs to be deleted, gets deleted. DOS was my first OS on an IBM compatible PC, and it is an endless love.  In any case, this approach was the right way to get rid of all remnants of Avast! Premier. BTW,  before uninstalling, I measured the amount of disk space which was consumed by Avast!. And I was stunned. It was about 1.5 GB in many different folders. Unbelievable!  After that torture, I installed WiseVector StopX at last. I configured it as well as possible and tested it deeply. WiseVector StopX is very light-weight and consumes approximately 100 MB of disk space in only one program folder. It has less RAM usage, very low CPU load and is easy to handle via its tray icon. On my old computer, it's simply perfect.  The performance of my system has been increased, all actions are much faster than before. In short, I am impressed and very happy with my switch to this antivirus program.

Cheers, AstroSkipper

In this short article I quoted above, I recommended the AV program WiseVector StopX. As mentioned in a previous post, you should configure it very carefully though to avoid problems if using it. Some programs have to be excluded from monitoring, otherwise they won't work. WiseVector StopX seems to examine many executed programs much deeper than other AV programs. If you trust these executed programs which WiseVector StopX doesn't seem to like, you have to exclude them from monitoring in two different locations: in the main program window under Exclusions and additionally in the Settings under Advanced Protection Settings if necessary. After one week of using, exclusions in boths lists are definitely necessary for all editions of 360Chrome browsers, Serpent, and some others. For some programs, however, the entry of the program or program folder in the main exclusion list is sufficient. 

Cheers, AstroSkipper 

Edited November 10, 2022 by AstroSkipper

[Tangy]

On 11/9/2022 at 11:29 AM, DrunkenTanker said:

Avast Freee Antivirus has reported: "Free License has expired" and button "Fix" does not work, because can't connect to server. Versio: 18.8.

Not to worry it still works fine and receives virus definitions etc.. If you want to get rid of that red x you can always do a clean install.

Please go through this thread :

https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=220639.285

On page one you can get 18.8 download also an off line installer is available. Do not forget to use avast clear for xp/vista

from reply 295

 AvastClear.exe file is 9.63 MB (10,105,016 bytes).
https://install.avcdn.net/iavs9x-xp/avastclear.exe

Cheers

PS: I'll be doing this in about 9 days since I got 8 days left .

 

[AstroSkipper]

9 hours ago, Tangy said:

Not to worry it still works fine and receives virus definitions etc.. If you want to get rid of that red x you can always do a clean install.

Please go through this thread :

https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=220639.285

On page one you can get 18.8 download also an off line installer is available. Do not forget to use avast clear for xp/vista

from reply 295

 AvastClear.exe file is 9.63 MB (10,105,016 bytes).
https://install.avcdn.net/iavs9x-xp/avastclear.exe

Cheers

PS: I'll be doing this in about 9 days since I got 8 days left .

 

From now on, users of avast! Free Antivirus 7 or older can use this universal key provided by avast! here: https://www.avast.com/registration-free-antivirus#pc
On this website, you'll find additionally this information:

Quote

Newer versions of Avast Free Antivirus will no longer ask you to register, and older versions will keep working even after they've "expired".

Cheers, AstroSkipper

[Tangy]

@AstroSkipper Please bear in mind that the universal key given is ineffectual. Renewal environment is kaput. Of course it has been confirmed that the expired avast software will continue to work. If you are a bit fussy about it you'll have to do a clean install. It is the only solution that really works.

 

Cheers

[Vistapocalypse]

On 1/6/2023 at 9:18 AM, AstroSkipper said:

From now on, users of avast! Free Antivirus 7 or older can use this universal key...

But Avast 8 or older reportedly haven’t been getting definition updates since April 2020 (however 18.8 is the only version I ever used personally):

https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=233272.0

[AstroSkipper]

1 hour ago, Tangy said:

@AstroSkipper Please bear in mind that the universal key given is ineffectual. Renewal environment is kaput. Of course it has been confirmed that the expired avast software will continue to work. If you are a bit fussy about it you'll have to do a clean install. It is the only solution that really works.

 

Cheers

25 minutes ago, Vistapocalypse said:

But Avast 8 or older reportedly haven’t been getting definition updates since April 2020 (however 18.8 is the only version I ever used personally):

https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=233272.0

I only reported what I found on avast!'s official website. Nothing else! In the past, I used avast! Premier 18.8 in Windows XP, but I switched to WiseVector StopX due to many reasons. I wrote a short article about that which you can read here: 

I never used any free versions of avast! in Windows XP. Therefore, I did not test the information avast! provided on their website. It was just something I read while surfing. 

Edited January 7, 2023 by AstroSkipper
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[Tangy]

@AstroSkipper I did read your considerations regarding WVstopx with great interest and I'll have to admit I am in a quandary.t seems to be an excellent find. Thank you.

For personal research purposes you may also refer to this thread.

https://www.wilderssecurity.com/threads/wisevector-stop-x.431502/

 

Cheers

Edited January 8, 2023 by Tangy

[AstroSkipper]

21 hours ago, Tangy said:

@AstroSkipper I did read your considerations regarding WVstopx with great interest and I'll have to admit I am in a quandary.

I am seriously thinking to migrating to WVstop. It seems to be an excellent find. Thank you.

For personal research purposes you may also refer to this thread.

https://www.wilderssecurity.com/threads/wisevector-stop-x.431502/

 

Cheers

You're welcome! BTW, I already knew this thread. Unfortunately, there is no official forum, only this rather unofficial thread. As I wrote in my article, I do not regret the change. But you have to set many exclusions, because WiseVector StopX examines some programs very intensively, which leads to disturbances. Today, for example, I wanted to play some music videos in VLC, but unfortunately only with stuttering sound. I tried everything. I upgraded, downgraded and finally even completely reinstalled VLC. Nothing helped! Until I realised that WiseVector StopX was the culprit. I quickly made two exclusions and everything was ok again.

Cheers, AstroSkipper

Edited January 8, 2023 by AstroSkipper