Hello to everyone, just made an account here cause I had some questions.
I still use XP on some computers, but I'm curious about AV-software. At this moment I use none, only brain.exe Also have Mbam installed, but that is only on demand scanning, and not actually a virus scanner.
On older systems I stopped using Virus Scanners (like DOS, Windows 9x and W2k), but XP is still very common and still a risk getting some malicious software.
And than there is a problem, some modern Anti Virus Software is still capable to run on XP, but under what performance costs. I tried some, and was shocked about the decrease of performance. When working on a single Core machine whit only 512mb installed, it could take ages to boot and after that working is almost impossible. Checking used memory reveals a usage of more than installed. So the machine is continuously swapping. But even on more powerful machines it's not doable.
I run XP on a Pentium III-s 1400 512mb, Pentium M 745 1.8ghz 1.5 gb(laptop) and a Core2Duo 2.0Ghz 2gb. Mostly for games and older software.
So does someone know a good software?
I still use XP on some computers, but I'm curious about AV-software. At this moment I use none, only brain.exe Also have Mbam installed, but that is only on demand scanning, and not actually a virus scanner.
On older systems I stopped using Virus Scanners (like DOS, Windows 9x and W2k), but XP is still very common and still a risk getting some malicious software.
And than there is a problem, some modern Anti Virus Software is still capable to run on XP, but under what performance costs. I tried some, and was shocked about the decrease of performance. When working on a single Core machine whit only 512mb installed, it could take ages to boot and after that working is almost impossible. Checking used memory reveals a usage of more than installed. So the machine is continuously swapping. But even on more powerful machines it's not doable.
I run XP on a Pentium III-s 1400 512mb, Pentium M 745 1.8ghz 1.5 gb(laptop) and a Core2Duo 2.0Ghz 2gb. Mostly for games and older software.
So does someone know a good software?