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

mark_t@phffft.com wrote:
> On Mon, 25 Feb 2019 18:26:28 -0000, "Flyi±g ╤u± 2░19 + on netbook"
> <flyingnun@tiscali.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> 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.   
>>
>>
> Why don't you use a sandbox and forget about AVs?
>
>That's a new one on me Mark.  What exactly is a sandbox and how does it 
>work?   I'd better start Googling




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