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

[AstroSkipper]

16 minutes ago, legacyfan said:

I've been kind of behind in the antivirus support department recently

Ok. And what about researching a little bit first and posting then?  I found the exact date of Avira's support end in a few seconds. 

[D.Draker]

8 hours ago, jaclaz said:

Hey AstroSkipper, I didn't start it .

I understand that sarcasm may be difficult to detect, but it seemed to me clear enough

jaclaz

What I said - was not sarcasm. 

Imagine, you came to buy a car. You were always dreaming of Ferrari, now you bought it for a gazllion Euros. Later on you discovered it was made by the russians, whose labour was used by the manufacturer to reduce the cost. Would you be happy with the purchase ? I wouldn't ! It's not Italian anymore. Not only it has no Italian soul, that's also a scam ! I'd sue the hell out of them. All that "racist" crap just serves them, not us. It's easier for them to scam us that way. 

4 hours ago, AstroSkipper said:

brought up an antivirus program that seems to be XP-compatible in its current version.

Yeah, only after I asked him. You're welcome, enjoy.

[legacyfan]

I found a list of several others that are listed as a good antivirus options still for xp if anyone was interested https://windowsreport.com/antivirus-windows-xp-service-pack-3/  (viper sounds like it would be the best option)

Edited March 22, 2023 by legacyfan

[AstroSkipper]

11 minutes ago, D.Draker said:

Yeah, only after I asked him. You're welcome, enjoy.

But actually, the idea of this thread is to do that without having to ask about it. Just posting antivirus or security programs which  still work under Windows XP!

[mina7601]

37 minutes ago, legacyfan said:

I found a list of several others that are listed as a good antivirus options still for xp if anyone was interested https://windowsreport.com/antivirus-windows-xp-service-pack-3/  (viper sounds like it would be the best option)

ESET, Bitdefender and TotalAV don't support XP anymore. And Guard.io is more of a browser extension than an antivirus. VIPRE won't install on XP, as stated in the "NOTE:" section.

Edited March 22, 2023 by mina7601

[AstroSkipper]

1 hour ago, legacyfan said:

I found a list of several others that are listed as a good antivirus options still for xp if anyone was interested https://windowsreport.com/antivirus-windows-xp-service-pack-3/  (viper sounds like it would be the best option)

Most of these websites provide badly researched information. To find out what the system requirements of the advertised programs are, you have to do your own research on the homepage of each product.

[legacyfan]

22 minutes ago, AstroSkipper said:

Most of these websites provide badly researched information. To find out what the system requirements of the advertised programs are, you have to do your own research on the homepage of each product.

okay ill try and do that from now on

[AstroSkipper]

There is another candidate which might run under Windows XP. It is SecureAnywhere® AntiVirus from WEBROOT. It is commercial.Here is the link to its German homepage: https://www.webroot.com/de/de/home
On their German website, this program is listed as Windows XP compatible. 

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Systemanforderungen
 

PC- und Mac-Betriebssysteme

Microsoft® Windows® XP, 32- und 64-Bit, SP2, SP3 

Windows Vista®, 32-Bit (alle Editionen), Windows Vista SP1, SP2, 32- und 64-Bit (alle Editionen)

Windows 7, 32- und 64-Bit (alle Editionen), Windows 7 SP1, 32- und 64-Bit (alle Editionen)

Windows 8, 32- und 64-Bit

Windows 8.1, 32- und 64-Bit

Windows 10, 32- und 64-Bit

Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion®)

Mac OS X 10.8 (Mountain Lion®)

OS X 10.9 (Mavericks®)

OS X 10.10 (Yosemite®)

OS X 10.11 (El Capitan®)

macOS 10.12 (Sierra®)

macOS 10.13 (High Sierra®)

macOS 10.14 (Mojave®)

macOS 10.15 (Catalina®)

And here is the link to its English homepage: 
https://www.webroot.com/us/en/home/products/av
Strangely enough, on their English website, this program is not listed as Windows XP compatible. 

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System requirements
 

PC & Mac Systems

Windows® 7 32- and 64-bit (all Editions), Windows 7 SP1 32- and 64-bit (all Editions)

Windows 8 32- and 64-bit

Windows 8.1 32- and 64-bit

Windows 10 32- and 64-bit

Windows 11 64-bit

macOS 10.14 (Mojave®)

macOS 10.15 (Catalina®)

macOS 11 (Big Sur®) with Apple M1 ARM or Intel® processors

macOS 12 (Monterey®) with Apple M1 ARM or Intel® processors

macOS 10.14 (Mojave®)

macOS 10.15 (Catalina®)

macOS 11 (Big Sur®) with Apple M1 ARM or Intel® processors

macOS 12 (Monterey®) with Apple M1 ARM or Intel® processors

For more information click here.

Different versions? Wrong information? Frankly, I never used this program, and I am not really interested in, either. Maybe, someone knows more about this program. I won't investigate that any further. I listed it here just for your information.

Cheers, AstroSkipper 

Edited March 22, 2023 by AstroSkipper

[AstroSkipper]

1 hour ago, AstroSkipper said:

There is another candidate which might run under Windows XP. It is SecureAnywhere® AntiVirus from WEBROOT. It is commercial.Here is the link to its German homepage: https://www.webroot.com/de/de/home
On their German website, this program is listed as Windows XP compatible. 

And here is the link to its English homepage: 
https://www.webroot.com/us/en/home/products/av
Strangely enough, on their English website, this program is not listed as Windows XP compatible. 

Different versions? Wrong information? Frankly, I never used this program, and I am not really interested in, either. Maybe, someone knows more about this program. I won't investigate that any further. I listed it here just for your information.

Cheers, AstroSkipper 

One additional information in terms of this Webroot mess. Here is an official link to the last XP-compatible version of Webroot SecureAnywhere given by their support: 
https://answers.webroot.com/Webroot/ukp.aspx?pid=17&vw=1&app=vw&solutionid=1847
When I am at my desktop computer, I will check the version number and date of this file. It seems to be an online downloader due to its small size. But as I already mentioned, I am definitely not interested in this program.

Edited March 22, 2023 by AstroSkipper

[D.Draker]

3 hours ago, AstroSkipper said:

Webroot 

Is this the same company ? If so, then it's not German, and definitely not 15 generations of Germans involved.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Webroot

[AstroSkipper]

20 minutes ago, D.Draker said:

Is this the same company ? If so, then it's not German, and definitely not 15 generations of Germans involved.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Webroot

Webroot SecureAnywhere is definitely not a German antivirus program! No one stated that! And it doesn't matter whether it is or not. I list here all candidates which work or might work under Windows XP. And, it's up to the user to choose one or none of them. All these candidates are just suggestions. Don't forget the choice in terms of antivieus programs has become very, very limited under Windows XP! 

Edited March 22, 2023 by AstroSkipper
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[mina7601]

1 hour ago, AstroSkipper said:

I will check the version number and date of this file.

The version number is 9.27.49, and the date created is 2019/11/04. (November 4, 2019)

[AstroSkipper]

4 hours ago, AstroSkipper said:

One additional information in terms of this Webroot mess. Here is an official link to the last XP-compatible version of Webroot SecureAnywhere given by their support: 
https://answers.webroot.com/Webroot/ukp.aspx?pid=17&vw=1&app=vw&solutionid=1847
When I am at my desktop computer, I will check the version number and date of this file. It seems to be an online downloader due to its small size. But as I already mentioned, I am definitely not interested in this program.

The file WSATemp.exe inside of this msi file from the link above is only 4,901,160 Bytes, so it must be an online installer. Its version number is 9.0.27.49 and its date of creation is 04.11.2019. The current version of Webroot SecureAnywhere seems to be 9.0.33.35, released 19.09.2022 and is no longer XP-compatible. Here is a link: https://www.webroot.com/us/en/support/support-consumer-release-notes
Maybe, the last XP-compatible version 9.0.27.49 is still able to get definition updates. I can't test that. And I don't want it, either.

Edited March 22, 2023 by AstroSkipper
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[legacyfan]

1 minute ago, AstroSkipper said:

The file WSATemp.exe inside of this msi file is only 4901160 Bytes, so it must be an online installer. Its version number is 9.0.27.49 and its date of creation is 04.11.2019. The current version of Webroot SecureAnywhere seems to be 9.0.33.35, released 19.09.2022. Here is a link: https://www.webroot.com/us/en/support/support-consumer-release-notes
Maybe, the last XP-compatible version 9.0.27.49 is still able to get definition updates. I can't test that. And I don't want it, either.

so it supports it but also does not support it? I'm confused then does it work on xp?

[lmacri]

Could someone confirm that the legacy Avast v18.8 antivirus products for Win XP and Vista (available for download from the July 2018 Avast announcement End of Support for Windows XP/Vista) are still getting regular virus definition updates? 

WinClient5270 recently updated their original post in Last Versions of Software for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 (most of the the antivirus programs listed there are also compatible with Win XP SP3) that would indicate that legacy Avast / AVG v18.8 products are still receiving virus definition updates, but I came across a recent post <here> in the AskWoody forum from a Win XP SP3 user who believes that their Avast Free Antivirus v18.8 is no longer working and is looking for a replacement.  I believe they'd prefer to stay with Avast Free Antivirus if a clean reinstall would fix their problem, but I don't want to suggest this if virus definition updates for this legacy product have stopped.