From: "Flyi±g ╤u± 2░19 + on netbook" <flyingnun@tiscali.co.uk>

Flyi±g ╤u± 2░╣9 + on desktop wrote:
> CRNG wrote:
>> Take a look at https://www.malwarebytes.com/premium/  I think they
>> may still support Wxp.
>>
>>
>> On Mon, 25 Feb 2019 11:38:16 -0000, "Flyi±g ╤u± 2░╣9 + on desktop"
>> <flyingnun@tiscali.co.uk> wrote in <gdi2d5Fm9esU1@mid.individual.net>
>>
>>> Until earlier in the year I have successfully been running an old
>>> computer with Windows XP Home Edition and a AMD processor (x86
>>> Family 6 Model 8 Stepping 1 AuthenticAMD~1833 MHz),  whatever all
>>> that means.  I have been running Avast Premium Internet Security for
>>> several years.  To all intents and purposes it seems to be running
>>> well but I noticed a couple of days ago that the firewall was
>>> switched off and despite my efforts it just refused to be switched
>>> on,  giving a curt error message "Firewall cannot be switched on.
>>> During by unsuccessful efforts I also spotted that,  although the
>>> latest virus definitions update was dated as 02/02/2019 it refused
>>> to update but told me that I still had the current update.  I tried
>>> to install the current Avast free as a back up until the problem was
>>> sorted out and but as I tried to run it I immediately got the error
>>> message:    "We are sorry but Avast Antivirus cannot run on your
>>> computer because your processor does not support SSE2 instruction
>>> set." So I presumed that this was probably the reason that my
>>>    Premium installation had stopped working.   All I can think of
>>> is to use Clamwin which does in fact run and updates it's virus
>>> definitions daily,  but this doesn't offer as much protection as
>>>    the Avast or AVG offer. Has anyone in this Newsgroup any ideas
>>> as to how I can improve my security.  Please don't suggest chucking
>>> the archaic computer in the skip! Thanks.  :
)
>
> Thank you CRNG I'll take a butcher's at it.
>
>
Unfortunately I'm afraid one of their hardware requirements is:
80MHz CPU or faster, with SSE2 technogy.   



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