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Alexefc

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Hi, just wondering as this machine cant be updated with win 7 if there is any light antivirus programs still available for xp?

I have recently installed avast which took ages to boot and then the cpu was at 100% a lot of times and even web browsing was choppy.

Then installed panda and then avg which took even longer to boot up and sometimes I could not use internet browser as it would not load up.

At the moment I am using Microsoft essentials which is perfect but it will not update due to end of support for it.
e2160 cpu,d946gzis mobo and 4gb ram
thanks in advance


 
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avira if you want full real-time protection, otherwise Clamwin is extremely lightweight but requires manually scanning questionable files but scheduling full computer scans to occur weekly is still possible.
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avira if you want full real-time protection, otherwise Clamwin is extremely lightweight but requires manually scanning questionable files but scheduling full computer scans to occur weekly is still possible.
 
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Alexefc

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Thanks for the reply.

I did not try avira as xp was not listed in min specs. I have now tried it and its a little smoother and has slightly less cpu consumption than avast.

Thats even with a minimal avast installation and turning of other web shield settings.

Will use avira for now then on this older spec machine (and I might install it even on my newer machine!) and thanks for bringing Clamwin to my attention it looks good
 
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