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Title: Antivirus for Windows 2000 and 98
Post by: greyowl on May 20, 2015, 07:44:56 PM: Can Avast Free be used on Windows 2000 and Windows 98?

If not, are there other AVs that will work?
Title: Re: Antivirus for Windows 2000 and 98
Post by: Pondus on May 20, 2015, 07:48:47 PM: Avast no but you can use ClamAV

And you need to add Clam sentinel for realtime protection
Title: Re: Antivirus for Windows 2000 and 98
Post by: greyowl on May 20, 2015, 07:54:44 PM: Thank you for the information.
Title: Re: Antivirus for Windows 2000 and 98
Post by: Simion on May 20, 2015, 08:06:45 PM: Quote from: Pondus on May 20, 2015, 07:48:47 PM
Avast no but you can use ClamAV

And you need clamsentinel for realtime protection

I believe that is ClamWin (http://www.clamwin.com/) and Clam Sentinel (http://sourceforge.net/projects/clamsentinel/). ;)
Title: Re: Antivirus for Windows 2000 and 98
Post by: Eddy on May 20, 2015, 08:16:18 PM: A old version of avast will work on W2K.
Latest one that works is iirc version 8.

Update the 98 system to at least XP and you can use the latest avast version.
Title: Re: Antivirus for Windows 2000 and 98
Post by: greyowl on May 20, 2015, 08:26:11 PM: Quote from: Eddy on May 20, 2015, 08:16:18 PM
A old version of avast will work on W2K.
Latest one that works is iirc version 8.

Update the 98 system to at least XP and you can use the latest avast version.

Thanks for the information.
If I use the old version 8, will I still be able the get daily updates of virus definitions?
Title: Re: Antivirus for Windows 2000 and 98
Post by: Eddy on May 20, 2015, 08:53:26 PM: https://blog.avast.com/2015/05/06/support-for-older-avast-windows-consumer-version-will-end/
Title: Re: Antivirus for Windows 2000 and 98
Post by: Asyn on May 21, 2015, 07:21:26 AM: Quote from: greyowl on May 20, 2015, 08:26:11 PM
If I use the old version 8, will I still be able the get daily updates of virus definitions?
Yes.
Title: Re: Antivirus for Windows 2000 and 98
Post by: greyowl on May 21, 2015, 05:46:41 PM: Quote from: Asyn on May 21, 2015, 07:21:26 AM
Quote from: greyowl on May 20, 2015, 08:26:11 PM
If I use the old version 8, will I still be able the get daily updates of virus definitions?
Yes.

Thanks for the clarification.
Title: Re: Antivirus for Windows 2000 and 98
Post by: Asyn on May 22, 2015, 07:01:26 AM: You're welcome.