Antimalware, firewall, and other security programs for Windows XP working in 2023 and hopefully beyond

[AstroSkipper]

RogueKiller Anti-Malware from Adlice has also dropped programme compatibility for Windows XP in their portable release (the installer version was already discontinued some time ago). The last working one is the version 16.5.6.0 from 24.02.2026. However, it can still download its current definition file. So. it is the next one that turned its back on Windows XP in terms of programme compatibility. 

[AstroSkipper]

@Dave-H Don’t you find it a bit odd that the three of us – you, @modnar and of course me – are the only ones reporting problems with Panda here in this forum and looking for solutions? Apparently there are 68,145 members here on MSFN, and allegedly 23,865 of them are most online . Where on earth are they all?  Doesn’t any of them use Windows XP anymore?  Or have passivity and apathy completely taken hold, and are people just waiting for others to have wasted their time on it but certainly not their own? 

Edited 5 hours ago by AstroSkipper

[Dave-H]

Well, I guess of those here still using XP, very few use Panda Dome, even though it's one of the vanishingly few security programs which is still supposed to work on XP.

I found one instance on the virtually dead Panda forum reporting the same problem (with no response).

https://support.pandasecurity.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=12151&sid=a73549f228b82be2dde1657a770a28e4

My installation is still crashing all the time.
It stops if I clear the recent files in the cache folder but starts again as soon as the folder repopulates.

[AstroSkipper]

57 minutes ago, Dave-H said:

My installation is still crashing all the time.
It stops if I clear the recent files in the cache folder but starts again as soon as the folder repopulates.

That’s a great pity, of course, and not really what I was hoping to hear. I haven’t yet managed to make the PSANHost process of my Panda Dome 21.01.00 crashing again after resetting the cache folder. I probably need to be a bit more patient. 

Edited 1 hour ago by AstroSkipper

[AstroSkipper]

1 hour ago, Dave-H said:

Well, I guess of those here still using XP, very few use Panda Dome, even though it's one of the vanishingly few security programs which is still supposed to work on XP.

That’s a very diplomatic answer. I see it a little differently, though. 

[Tangy]

Regarding panda forum reporting, to be able to uninstall panda you have to be able to stop the antivirus running. right clicking task bar icon does not always respond. after a few reboots my task bar icon informed me that my computer was not protected, a tiny red circle with the x. then it was easy to uninstall from add/remove. I also used their generic uninstaller which removed everything from my pc. I did a clean install but unfortunately the song remained the same. 5 minutes later it crashed.

I have not got the foggiest how to go about it.

 

[AstroSkipper]

30 minutes ago, Tangy said:

Regarding panda forum reporting, to be able to uninstall panda you have to be able to stop the antivirus running. right clicking task bar icon does not always respond. after a few reboots my task bar icon informed me that my computer was not protected, a tiny red circle with the x. then it was easy to uninstall from add/remove. I also used their generic uninstaller which removed everything from my pc. I did a clean install but unfortunately the song remained the same. 5 minutes later it crashed.

I have not got the foggiest how to go about it.

 

Thanks for reporting! At last, another Windows XP user who’s also reporting problems with Panda Dome here. Which version have you installed?