Best windows vista anti-virus

[shelby]

if you want free antivirus the WiseVector StopX is the best

[Vistapocalypse]

2 hours ago, shelby said:

if you want free antivirus the WiseVector StopX is the best

Some MSFN members agree with you, particularly in the Windows XP forum. Most recently, AstroSkipper posted November 6 about switching from Avast to WiseVector StopX, and it had been discussed earlier in that same thread, which Vista users have also posted in. (Few antivirus products supported Vista any longer than XP.)

I wonder if it works with extended kernel?

[shelby]

The WiseVector StopX gives the servises for free, the Avast gives the same servises for payment

[Vistapocalypse]

40 minutes ago, shelby said:

The WiseVector StopX gives the servises for free, the Avast gives the same servises for payment

There is a free version of Avast 18.8 that could be used on Vista - in fact I was using Avast Free before my Vista hardware failed. That version of Avast is 4 years old, and I wonder how much longer definitions will be available for it. I believe you are able to use the latest version of WiseVector StopX, so it still fully supports Vista! I will not argue against trying it (although some members might be alarmed to know that it comes from China).

[AstroSkipper]

On 12/24/2022 at 6:49 PM, Vistapocalypse said:

On 12/24/2022 at 4:19 PM, shelby said:

if you want free antivirus the WiseVector StopX is the best

Some MSFN members agree with you, particularly in the Windows XP forum. Most recently, AstroSkipper posted November 6 about switching from Avast to WiseVector StopX, and it had been discussed earlier in that same thread, which Vista users have also posted in. (Few antivirus products supported Vista any longer than XP.)

I wonder if it works with extended kernel?

I have been using now WiseVector StopX for a couple of months and I don't regret my change, on the contrary, I am very satisfied and really positively taken with it.

[XPerceniol]

Okay and OK ... perhaps this weekend I'll give WiseVector another chance as I've been down for the count for too long and I want to get back into testing again.

Good to hear others are having success with this one.

[msfntor]

Well, I may disappoint users of Wise, Webroot or other Essentials antivirus... but I use another that doesn't need the definitions because it works with heuristics... Content/heuristics based web malware protection. Very light (139 KB in Chrome... who can find better?), very handy, nothing to do but go to infected sites to test it. To find it using your search engine, type in "Browser JSGuard chrome" (or firefox) (because they forgot to mention the name in the overview on the Chrome web store). For your convenience, it is here,

Chrome extension: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/browser-jsguard/ncpkigeklafkopcelcegambndlhkcbhb

... and Firefox add-on: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/browser-jsguard/

Comment to read:

"by Prometheus, 3 years ago

Browser JSGuard has successfully blocked quite a few JS-Malware encoded scripts and other issues over the few years that i have been using it.
I've never had a false positive and until it detects a danger you don't even know that its there. So its one of my favorite security add-ons for Firefox as its fairly unique in what it does and is not a nuisance like most of the other security add-ons
My only wish was that i could also run this on the Firefox Android browser."

Link to TheWindowsClub.com description: https://www.thewindowsclub.com/browser-jsguard-chrome-firefox

Link to Security Tools by the Government of India's Digital India initiative: https://www.csk.gov.in/security-tools.html

[mina7601]

5 hours ago, msfntor said:

Well, I may disappoint users of Wise

Why you are doing this? If users like to use WiseVector StopX, let them use it. Besides, Browser JSGuard is a browser extension, it's not an anti-virus application.

Edited February 4, 2023 by mina7601

[Vistapocalypse]

1 hour ago, mina7601 said:

Browser JSGuard is a browser extension, it's not an anti-virus application.

The version for Chrome is extremely old: July 20, 2017. If someone is still trying to use Chrome 49 or similar on XP or vanilla Vista, then this might be worth a try. I doubt that it would work with Extreme Explorer 360 or similar because Google occasionally changes requirements for addons. I think most Firefox diehards already have methods of dealing with JavaScript, but some might want to try something different.

[legacyfan]

has anyone tried adguard? it a really good ad blocker for windows & android that I use all the time on all my phones and computers I don't know if anyone would be interested in it but it works well (and it's usa made)

[Vistapocalypse]

29 minutes ago, legacyfan said:

has anyone tried adguard? ....(and it's usa made)

AdGuard is a Russian company, although they moved their headquarters to Cyprus:

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

My only brush with AdGuard was when I tried Yandex 17 browser on Vista about 3 years ago, which is also a Russian company and had a special arrangement with AdGuard. I was able to replace AdGuard with other ad blockers (which might no longer be possible for that old browser since Chrome has new requirements for addons).

[legacyfan]

36 minutes ago, Vistapocalypse said:

AdGuard is a Russian company, although they moved their headquarters to Cyprus:

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

My only brush with AdGuard was when I tried Yandex 17 browser on Vista about 3 years ago, which is also a Russian company and had a special arrangement with AdGuard. I was able to replace AdGuard with other ad blockers (which might no longer be possible for that old browser since Chrome has new requirements for addons).

according to there about page https://adguard.com/en/contacts.html there based in Limassol, Cyprus

[Vistapocalypse]

1 hour ago, legacyfan said:

according to there about page https://adguard.com/en/contacts.html there based in Limassol, Cyprus

I suppose your point is “not Russian” (although obviously not “USA made” either). I must be very bored today because I did a little research, partly inspired by recalled stories of Russian oligarchs stashing their loot in Cyprus.

”The majority of Cyprus’ Russian speakers, some 50,000, live in Limassol...”

Source: https://www.politico.eu/article/cyprus-greece-germany-oppose-ban-russia-tourist-visa/

AdGuard Software Limited employees include Igor Lukyanov, Co-founder and Chief Operating Officer; Andrey Meshkov, Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer; and Dmitry Zaytsev, Chief Executive Officer.

Source: https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/adguard/people

So yes, AdGuard is still a Russian company despite having moved from Moscow to Limassol.  However, I have no better reason to believe that their open-source software might be risky, so by all means keep using it if you like it. 

[legacyfan]

is panda antivirus a good option in 2023? I know @Vistapocalypse mentioned it a year ago and was wondering if it was still a good option 2 years later ive used it before without problems but if anyone knows something I don't I would like to know

[Vistapocalypse]

35 minutes ago, legacyfan said:

is panda antivirus a good option in 2023?

It’s been 8 years since I used Panda Free Antivirus on Windows Vista, so your experience is actually much more recent than mine. FWIW their system requirements still list Vista and XP SP3, so Panda (which is a Spanish company) is perhaps the only non-Chinese antivirus that still fully supports these old platforms, i.e. you would not be limited to using a legacy version.

I wonder if it works with the extended kernel?