legacyfan Posted March 24, 2023 Share Posted March 24, 2023 (edited) and bitdefender did support windows xp at one point but apparently does not anymore https://www.bitdefender.com/business/support/en/71263-77680-windows-xp,-windows-vista,-windows-server-2003-and-server-2008-support-announcement.html Edited March 24, 2023 by legacyfan 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AstroSkipper Posted March 24, 2023 Share Posted March 24, 2023 13 minutes ago, legacyfan said: 1 hour ago, AstroSkipper said: Here is a download link of Comodo Antivirus 12.0.0.6818: https://web.archive.org/web/20190502052352/http://cdn.download.comodo.com/cis/download/installs/1000/standalone/cispremium_only_installer.exe It's an old installer, so it is only available by using the Wayback Machine. Cheers, AstroSkipper Expand thanks for the download link @AstroSkipper! You're welcome! I did a deeper research in terms of Comodo Antivirus under Windows XP one month ago. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legacyfan Posted March 24, 2023 Share Posted March 24, 2023 and I am on linux now but will continue my daily research here (antivirus compatibility is essential) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AstroSkipper Posted March 24, 2023 Share Posted March 24, 2023 (edited) 40 minutes ago, legacyfan said: and bitdefender did support windows xp at one point but apparently does not anymore https://www.bitdefender.com/business/support/en/71263-77680-windows-xp,-windows-vista,-windows-server-2003-and-server-2008-support-announcement.html This announcement at the time was intended for existing business customers who still used Bitdefender on legacy operating systems. Bitdefender Free Antivirus under Windows XP was abandonded years before. Edited March 24, 2023 by AstroSkipper 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legacyfan Posted March 24, 2023 Share Posted March 24, 2023 clamwin seems like the better option to any of these (it's open source I think) and supports everything down to windows 95 https://clamwin.com/ 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AstroSkipper Posted March 24, 2023 Share Posted March 24, 2023 25 minutes ago, legacyfan said: as well as malwarebytes anti-malware for windows xp https://archive.org/details/malwarebytes_for_win_xp#ia-carousel (you have to download it from archive.org now as the original download is gone and I can't find the original page for it) Here is the original, still working download link of Malwarebytes Premium for Windows 3.5.1.2522: https://data-cdn.mbamupdates.com/web/mb3-setup-legacy/mb3-setup-legacywos-3.5.1.2522-1.0.365-1.0.5292.exe Malwarebytes Premium for Windows 3.5.1.2522 is the last XP-compatible version but I had problems to install it in my system as many others too. This is a pity as I have a lifetime premium license. Have a look into Malwarebytes's forum and you will see! Even their support could not help me in the end! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AstroSkipper Posted March 24, 2023 Share Posted March 24, 2023 6 minutes ago, legacyfan said: clamwin seems like the better option to any of these (it's open source I think) and supports everything down to windows 95 https://clamwin.com/ ClamWin was already discussed here: The main problem is ClamWin does not have an own background guard and its detection rate is not that good. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legacyfan Posted March 24, 2023 Share Posted March 24, 2023 1 minute ago, AstroSkipper said: ClamWin was already discussed here: The main problem is ClamWin does not have an own background guard and its detection rate is not that good. it was already discussed (I guess I should have looked before I post then) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AstroSkipper Posted March 24, 2023 Share Posted March 24, 2023 (edited) 39 minutes ago, AstroSkipper said: 1 hour ago, legacyfan said: as well as malwarebytes anti-malware for windows xp https://archive.org/details/malwarebytes_for_win_xp#ia-carousel (you have to download it from archive.org now as the original download is gone and I can't find the original page for it) Here is the original, still working download link of Malwarebytes Premium for Windows 3.5.1.2522: https://data-cdn.mbamupdates.com/web/mb3-setup-legacy/mb3-setup-legacywos-3.5.1.2522-1.0.365-1.0.5292.exe Malwarebytes Premium for Windows 3.5.1.2522 is the last XP-compatible version but I had problems to install it in my system as many others too. This is a pity as I have a lifetime premium license. Have a look into Malwarebytes's forum and you will see! Even their support could not help me in the end! I had these problems at that time when Avast was my antivirus program under Windows XP. As you know, I already uninstalled it, deleted all remnants of Avast and cleaned my system partition completely. Maybe, I'll give Malwarebytes Premium for Windows 3.5.1.2522 another try one day. Edited March 24, 2023 by AstroSkipper 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mina7601 Posted March 24, 2023 Share Posted March 24, 2023 3 hours ago, mina7601 said: Yes, I already read these before I asked my question. Anyway, thank you for the new link, I will try it later, because I will be offline after 8 minutes. I am back! I will now try it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legacyfan Posted March 24, 2023 Share Posted March 24, 2023 Just now, mina7601 said: I am back! I will now try it. I found quite a few new antivirus that would be good options now (except bitdefender) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legacyfan Posted March 24, 2023 Share Posted March 24, 2023 there's also McAfee if you want a malware filled antivirus https://www.mcafee.com/consumer/en-us/landing-page/direct/aff/mtp-family/desktop/mcafee-total-protection.html?culture=en-us&SID=aqjvtqbvx7.2&cjevent=32e83222ca5911ed80a400530a1eba23&affid=1494&csrc=cj&csrcl2=Webselenese+Ltd&ccoe=direct&ccoel2=am&ccstype=partnerlinks_32e83222ca5911ed80a400530a1eba23&CID=242012&PID=8950379&cctype=desktop&prgt=lc (I don't reccomend this one unless it's really needed) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mina7601 Posted March 24, 2023 Share Posted March 24, 2023 4 minutes ago, legacyfan said: I found quite a few new antivirus that would be good options now (except bitdefender) Thank you, but I made my choice, and it's Panda Dome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legacyfan Posted March 24, 2023 Share Posted March 24, 2023 Just now, mina7601 said: Thank you, but I made my choice, and it's Panda Dome. good! panda is a very good choice for antivirus (its the best you can get) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave-H Posted March 24, 2023 Share Posted March 24, 2023 1 hour ago, AstroSkipper said: Here is the original, still working download link of Malwarebytes Premium for Windows 3.5.1.2522: https://data-cdn.mbamupdates.com/web/mb3-setup-legacy/mb3-setup-legacywos-3.5.1.2522-1.0.365-1.0.5292.exe Malwarebytes Premium for Windows 3.5.1.2522 is the last XP-compatible version but I had problems to install it in my system as many others too. This is a pity as I have a lifetime premium license. Have a look into Malwarebytes's forum and you will see! Even their support could not help me in the end! I've been using Malwarebytes Premium on XP for several years now. It's not free, but it just works. Strange how people have very different experiences with these programs on their systems. I never had any problem installing MB Premium on either of my XP systems, but my main desktop absolutely refused to work with Avast or AVG! They would install fine, but the main service refused to start, and I never found out why this was. I too spent ages on their forums and with their technical support, and apart for the vague 'some people do have this problem on XP' no answer was ever found. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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