Best antivirus for Windows XP?

[JonathanX]

I am still using Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2 and I would like to know what would be the best antivirus for it. I have been using NOD32 for quite some time, but I couldn't find any more working serials on the net. I tried Avira, but it starting doing weird stuff, like telling me I have a trojan in an application - a small game from 2004 - where NOD32 didn't detect any trojan whatsoever for months, after which it deleted the application. So I uninstalled Avira and now I am using Kasperski 2013. Is this antivirus good for my XP? If not, what else would you recommend?

PS: I suppose that asking about activation keys and serials is forbidden here, right?

 

[jboydgolfer]

PS: I suppose that asking about activation keys and serials is forbidden here, right?

If you mean free anything yes that's against terms of use, anything piracy related atleast.

As far as what's best ,the same as what's best for any windows. Malwarebytes, avast, defender. Etc

 

[JonathanX]

Yes, but Microsoft dropped any support for XP some time ago, and many antiviruses don't run anymore under XP, that's why I was asking what antiviruses - out of the ones that still work under XP nowadays - are recommended.

 

[jboydgolfer]

malwarebytes for sure. and id hazard a guess that just about any other 3rd party AV worth its weight as well., it seems as though avast does too from what ive read.

can you not upgrade to win 7, or win 10? a lot of these troubles you run into would be avoided

 

[ChristTheGreat]

I am still using Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2 and I would like to know what would be the best antivirus for it. I have been using NOD32 for quite some time, but I couldn't find any more working serials on the net. I tried Avira, but it starting doing weird stuff, like telling me I have a trojan in an application - a small game from 2004 - where NOD32 didn't detect any trojan whatsoever for months, after which it deleted the application. So I uninstalled Avira and now I am using Kasperski 2013. Is this antivirus good for my XP? If not, what else would you recommend?

PS: I suppose that asking about activation keys and serials is forbidden here, right?

I don't think t here would be a better than another one. First SP2 is no more supported since July 13th 2010, and XP SP3 since April 8th 2014, I would say go with the anti-virus that still gives support if they with free version.

If you don't need internet on that computer, just disconnect the internet

 

[Caring1]

I had to upgrade an XP Netbook for this very reason, I couldn't find a working free anti-virus solution.
It was easier to install W7 starter on it and then download an anti-virus program.

 

[Jetster]

Anti virus's are fairly obsolete, especially for XP. Just tred lightly or try Malware bytes. But even that has been buggy lately. They're having issues

 

[Athlonite]

I am still using Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2 and I would like to know what would be the best antivirus for it. I have been using NOD32 for quite some time, but I couldn't find any more working serials on the net. I tried Avira, but it starting doing weird stuff, like telling me I have a trojan in an application - a small game from 2004 - where NOD32 didn't detect any trojan whatsoever for months, after which it deleted the application. So I uninstalled Avira and now I am using Kasperski 2013. Is this antivirus good for my XP? If not, what else would you recommend?

PS: I suppose that asking about activation keys and serials is forbidden here, right?

the best thing to install is Windows 10 because most if not all Antivirus makers now will no longer support windows XP its a dead OS

 

[Melvis]

I still got a few old XP machines and I just run Avast Free on them, works fine with XP. But id update to SP3 first!

I wrote this to you now on a Compaq V4000 With XP

 

[natr0n]

Here's a tip use ublock origin in your browser it blocks bad websites you wont even need antivirus.

This is what I do.

 

[Derek12]

Keep your Karspersky 2013 it's probably the best thing for XP
With XP an antivirus is essential

 

[Kursah]

Keep your Karspersky 2013 it's probably the best thing for XP
With XP an antivirus is essential

Agreed. If this still works I'd keep it.

Also I'd add MBAM Free if it still works.

Lastly, set the DNS servers to OpenDNS for some web filtering.

Don't rely on just one solution. Rely on several.

 

[DeathtoGnomes]

99.9% of all XP viruses were received thru a browser, if you can maximize your protection thru your browser, you could get away with not installing an AV. You could then also get away with just using an online free virus scan however often you choose, daily or whatever.

XP doesnt like too many installed programs.

 

[erixx]

I still see XP everywhere on airport screens, shops, banks, big corporations and institutions, yes those that keep all our data... savely...................................................................

 

[Jetster]

If I saw XP in a bank I would stop using that bank

 

[dorsetknob]

Comodo free still works on XP and its still receiving updates

 

[rtwjunkie]

the best thing to install is Windows 10 because most if not all Antivirus makers now will no longer support windows XP its a dead OS

THIS. Even the best ones are moving on. There's a couple, but it won't be forever. No sense in providing protection for Swiss cheese OS when they can focus efforts on recent and current OS.

 

[Ferrum Master]

I would chose using Linux on an old hardware and use Wine for those rare old games.

 

[jboydgolfer]

as many others have mentioned, your walking the Hypothetical "plank", inevitably your going to reach the end, and fall off , So Your best bet is to move to "a longer plank" i.e. an OS with support/life left to it. Regardless of how often You may see businesses using XP, it Is a dead OS (notice i didnt say dying). Those companies/people who decide to risk their security by running on a vulnerable OS are making very poor decision which will either bite them in the ass, or they will switch to a proper OS, but that doesnt mean since they are doing it You should too (in many cases those companies have decided to stretch their annual budget by holding off on the purchase of new PC's/OS' for another year, they might live to regret that choice) but You know better than them, You know the risks, and an upgrade for You is a tiny financial commitment, as where with a company, it can be many PC's, from 2-200 which costs big $$$ to upgrade , so You cant compare them not upgrading with You not upgrading, as its apples and oranges.

There are still AV's supporting XP, You'll just need to google them individually, and verify before you buy ( i recommend you check how MUCH longer they will continue to support it too, before purchasing BTW).

Good Luck

 

[Melvis]

If I saw XP in a bank I would stop using that bank

https://news.vice.com/article/windows-31-is-still-alive-and-it-just-killed-a-french-airport

 

[Bill_Bright]

Yes, but Microsoft dropped any support for XP some time ago

As mentioned, that was over 3 years ago for XP SP3, but 7 years ago for SP2!

The best anti-virus for your XP at this point is no networking! Keep it off the Internet. Period. Use it as a stand-alone system only. Don't connect it to a network that has Internet access. That's not for your protection but for ours!

Sorry JonathanX but because you have failed to even keep XP updated to the most recent service pack, you are not just a threat to yourself, but this system is now a menacing threat to the rest of us. And that is just not cool! Your system is a target for bad guys to compromise and use to attack us with malware and spam, or to enlist your system into their bot armies as a zombie for DDoS attacks.

The best antivirus for XP is windows 10, end of story.

I will assume in this case that will require new hardware. If new hardware is not in the budget, the next best thing is, as Ferrum Master noted, Linux.

As far as banks and airports, etc. still using XP, I can only hope they are connected to a "closed" network - and don't have Internet access. Many of these big organizations also have a development team on staff just to keep patching and plugging holes in XP. For them, that is still less expensive (for now) than upgrading all their hardware, and perhaps having to pay a new development team to totally rewrite their custom XP dependent programs AND migrating all their old data to the new system - and that can be VERY expensive. But you can only put so many band-aids on top of band-aids.

 

[Derek12]

Agreed. If this still works I'd keep it.

Also I'd add MBAM Free if it still works.

Lastly, set the DNS servers to OpenDNS for some web filtering.

Don't rely on just one solution. Rely on several.

Exactly.

There are many solutions way before the simply "upgrade your OS" as was repeated here ad nauseam.

Some people don't understant that in many cases it's not so easy to upgrade your OS to the latest shiniest one and you have to stay with legacy/obsolete OS.

I am making a industrial control process system for a factory and computers will still use Windows 7.

 

[dorsetknob]

Brother works in food Industry
some of their packaging machines are nearly 50 yrs old
they are in house Built (Frankinheath Robinsonstien) and run win 3.1 ( they have about 10 of them ).
Program was written also in house and the guy that wrote it Died 30 yrs ago ) no Source code for program either that was lost years ago

A New machine to replace 1 would cost over £1/4 million and it would be no faster or more productive than the existing machine.

 

[alucasa]

As long as machines are offline or connected to private Lan, any older OS is fine. The issue when a user wishes to enter the digital wild west with such old OSes.

That said, patch up your browser and you will be okay. Ad-block, No-script etc etc.

 

[cornemuse]

360 Total Security works for me (XP Pro 32 bit, not 64 bit) I also like 360's os updating method.

https://www.360totalsecurity.com/en/download-free-antivirus/#windows

fwiw, Its a chinese company, , ,