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Offline Harlequin

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Avast 4.8 on WinXP
« on: September 22, 2017, 12:22:21 PM »
I started to re-use my old Win XP pc which has Avast 4.8.

The PC is very slow and it struggles to run Avast 4.8.  Would an upgrade to a later version of Avast create even more load on the PC?

Please kindly advise.
Running WinXP Pro/SP3 on AMD Athlon 3000+ on VIA K8T800 motherboard with 3GB memory from 2004.
Currently Avast version 10.4.  Now considering version 18.8.

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Re: Avast 4.8 on WinXP
« Reply #1 on: September 22, 2017, 12:48:16 PM »

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Re: Avast 4.8 on WinXP
« Reply #2 on: October 28, 2017, 03:46:36 PM »
It seems it is time to upgrade from Avast version 4.8

My PC is very slow.    Is there a replacement version of Avast which will not be "heavier" than version 4.8?  i don't want to slow my machine down.

Thank you.
Running WinXP Pro/SP3 on AMD Athlon 3000+ on VIA K8T800 motherboard with 3GB memory from 2004.
Currently Avast version 10.4.  Now considering version 18.8.

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Re: Avast 4.8 on WinXP
« Reply #3 on: October 28, 2017, 05:08:14 PM »
- XP (32/64 Bit..? - which SP..?)
- Does your CPU support SSE2..?
- How much RAM..?
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Re: Avast 4.8 on WinXP
« Reply #4 on: October 29, 2017, 05:27:50 PM »
- XP (32/64 Bit..? - which SP..?)
- Does your CPU support SSE2..?
- How much RAM..?

I use WinXP/SP3.  The cpu  does not support SSE2.  RAM is 1.5GB.

Which version do you suggest?
Running WinXP Pro/SP3 on AMD Athlon 3000+ on VIA K8T800 motherboard with 3GB memory from 2004.
Currently Avast version 10.4.  Now considering version 18.8.

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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
Avast Wissenswertes (Downloads, Anleitungen & Infos): https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=60523.0