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Offline greyowl

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Antivirus for Windows 2000 and 98
« 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?
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Re: Antivirus for Windows 2000 and 98
« Reply #1 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
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Re: Antivirus for Windows 2000 and 98
« Reply #2 on: May 20, 2015, 07:54:44 PM »
Thank you for the information.
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Re: Antivirus for Windows 2000 and 98
« Reply #3 on: May 20, 2015, 08:06:45 PM »
Avast no but you can use ClamAV

And you need clamsentinel for realtime protection

I believe that is ClamWin and Clam Sentinel. ;)

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Re: Antivirus for Windows 2000 and 98
« Reply #4 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.

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Re: Antivirus for Windows 2000 and 98
« Reply #5 on: May 20, 2015, 08:26:11 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?
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Re: Antivirus for Windows 2000 and 98
« Reply #7 on: May 21, 2015, 07:21:26 AM »
If I use the old version 8, will I still be able the get daily updates of virus definitions?
Yes.
W8.1 [x64] - Avast Free AV 23.3.8047.BC [UI.757] - Firefox ESR 102.9 [NS/uBO/PB] - Thunderbird 102.9.1
Avast-Tools: Secure Browser 109.0 - Cleanup 23.1 - SecureLine 5.18 - DriverUpdater 23.1 - CCleaner 6.01
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Re: Antivirus for Windows 2000 and 98
« Reply #8 on: May 21, 2015, 05:46:41 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.
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Re: Antivirus for Windows 2000 and 98
« Reply #9 on: May 22, 2015, 07:01:26 AM »
You're welcome.
W8.1 [x64] - Avast Free AV 23.3.8047.BC [UI.757] - Firefox ESR 102.9 [NS/uBO/PB] - Thunderbird 102.9.1
Avast-Tools: Secure Browser 109.0 - Cleanup 23.1 - SecureLine 5.18 - DriverUpdater 23.1 - CCleaner 6.01
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