A good replacement for AVAST ?

boss1968

boss1968

Guys and gals,
After years of happy usage on my XP computer, my Avast Premium Security is having issues with being renewed. I cannot seem to activate my code or license to get it working properly again. I chatted with the support, but they told me about the non-support for XP, and that there wasn't much they could do to help.
Long story short, looks like I may need to try a new Antivirus program for my XP computer.
Are there any programs one can recommend that will install and run on my 32 bit XP machine ?
I'm looking for an Avast replica, as I was very happy with that program, though I have heard that many folks were not happy with it.
That being said, if there is someone who can fill me in on some other good possibilities to replace my Avast, it would be greatly appreciated !
Many thanks in advance !
 
boss1968 said:
Forgive my stupidity, but what exactly do you mean by cracking Avast? LOL
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Cracking in terms of software means bypassing some kind of restriction, like the need for premium or someone's password. For example, cracking Minecraft means launchers that do not require any authentication at all, thus making the game free. Cracking AVG would be making it think that you still have premium even though you don't
 
Martingonn said:
Cracking in terms of software means bypassing some kind of restriction, like the need for premium or someone's password. For example, cracking Minecraft means launchers that do not require any authentication at all, thus making the game free. Cracking AVG would be making it think that you still have premium even though you don't
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Gotcha. No, I have a paid sub to Avast, it's just not activating my code on the program. It's just a matter of the program not accepting it. They tell me it is because of the non-support of XP now, which is why my code is not being accepted. So, that is why I will have to try to find another Antivirus software, if this problem cannot be fixed.
 
boss1968 said:
So no recommendations for a good antivirus that will work on xp?
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I found this one yesterday: https://www.comodo.com/home/download/download.php?prod=antivirus I think you can get it for free, but I also read it is pretty weak when it comes to VPN and phishing protection - hopefully you don't get phishing emails or go on weird sites! For other defences on XP, it is pretty recommended. I am making mine own one, but it will take at least a month more BEFORE I start training it (so de facto two months): https://github.com/Martingonn/SentinelXP Don't worry about Python, I am currently compiling them into .exes
 
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Elizabeth23 said:
the following links are discussions on antivirus programs from this forum:

What is the best antivirus for A WINDOWS XP laptop with 128 mb of ram?

i have a laptop that has 128mb of ram with XP pro with Pentium 3 :P the title askes
www.xpforums.com

Antivirus suggestion?

I have a really old XP on an intranet with 0 access to the net, I can only install things by remoting in, sharing my drive and using offline installers. I've recently caught wind that it has an infection via Mariposa botnet, nissan and all. I'm going to nuke the system anyway but I have a few...
www.xpforums.com

Keeping Windows XP secure

you can surf wisely, use malwarebytes as an on demand scanner, get a good antivirus, Kaspersky paid is still supporting xp, the free 360 Internet security from Quiho is very good, and there is avast that will supprot xp for 2 more years I believe. And you could also run in a Sandbox environment...
www.xpforums.com

Protect myself from viruses

they said if you have your internet connection on, the website lists ip adresses of the PC which runs on xp, so how to do it?
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Thank you kindly. Will check all these out !
 
Martingonn said:
I found this one yesterday: https://www.comodo.com/home/download/download.php?prod=antivirus I think you can get it for free, but I also read it is pretty weak when it comes to VPN and phishing protection - hopefully you don't get phishing emails or go on weird sites! For other defences on XP, it is pretty recommended. I am making mine own one, but it will take at least a month more BEFORE I start training it (so de facto two months): https://github.com/Martingonn/SentinelXP Don't worry about Python, I am currently compiling them into .exes
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Much obliged !
 
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