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Have an old Win XP Desktop that runs my only printer/scanner. Are there any companies that still offer an effective free Antivirus program that supports XP?
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Originally posted by Sierra57"We have four boxes with which to defend our Freedoms: the Soap box, the Ballot box, the Jury box, and the Cartridge box" - Ed Howdershelt
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keep it off of the internet, should be safeComment
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Keep that XP machine offline as much as possible and behind a router.
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Have it hooked to my wireless router. Going to look at Kaspersky as they supposedly stated support for XP until 2018.Originally posted by Sierra57"We have four boxes with which to defend our Freedoms: the Soap box, the Ballot box, the Jury box, and the Cartridge box" - Ed HowdersheltComment
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Well, looks like Avast is it.Originally posted by Sierra57"We have four boxes with which to defend our Freedoms: the Soap box, the Ballot box, the Jury box, and the Cartridge box" - Ed HowdersheltComment
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Not really needed. Just scan, email and don't surf around.
Why can't you install it on your new computer?
(sounds like you have a newer one)Comment
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Avast works fine.Comment
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Load Ubuntu, xp no longer gets vulnerability patches, not advised for online use.Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.
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Do you have another computer and the XP machine is only around to operate an old printer/scanner?
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Gnome 3 or whatever Ubuntu's fork is called might require more CPU resources then the old system has available. You might want to try the XFCE or LXDE variants.
Try the Live CD before doing an installation.
I recently retired a Core 2 Duo system because it simply did not have the resources available to run Gnome 3 with reasonable responsiveness.Comment
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I really liked the Pear Linux interface, I now stick with it in whatever distros use it, well that OR Slackware depending on machine function.Gnome 3 or whatever Ubuntu's fork is called might require more CPU resources then the old system has available. You might want to try the XFCE or LXDE variants.
Try the Live CD before doing an installation.
I recently retired a Core 2 Duo system because it simply did not have the resources available to run Gnome 3 with reasonable responsiveness.Comment
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Avast - It doesn't lag your computer when it's scanning."We don't rise to the level of our expectations, we fall to the level of our training."
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