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September 7th, 2009, 12:37 AM
#1
vipre antivirus-antispyware
for years i have been looking for a anti virus for people that have older computers , one that doesnt take up a bunch of resources when running on older machines . i recently tested vipre anti virus -anti spyware by sunbelt it had low impact on system resources and was easy to use ,it caught everything i threw at it and ,my only beef is it can work a little too well and doesn't allow you to exclude stuff picked up by resident protection , only the scanner itself. they have an internet security suite as well but haven't tested it so cant really render a recommendation at this time . for those of you that can check it out tell me what you think
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September 7th, 2009, 08:55 AM
#2
Sorry but what do you consider "older" computers. I am presuming you mean the hardware and not software?????
Installation of VIPRE is not supported on Windows 95, 98, or ME, Macintosh or Linux
The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it.
Albert Einstein
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September 7th, 2009, 07:50 PM
#3
Hmmmm,
If you have an "old" computer with low resources, you are probably running Windows 2000 or earlier, or boot a Linux distro.
My strategy would be simple. Rather than spend $30 on Vipre I would buy an extra strip of memory and then load Avast! (supports Win 95 through Vista 64bit) or Avira (Win 2000 or later).
Both of those are free for private use
I wonder if you have an "old" machine if you really need an interactive AV? Most of the old stuff I know of isn't used to connect to the internet anyway, or maybe now and then via dial-up. Possibly just use ClamWin to scan media?
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September 12th, 2009, 09:49 AM
#4
i see your point ,it is thou a good option to consider in some cases ,the old computers i was talking about are mainly ones i deal with doing non profit for the poor that cant afford tech work mainly pentuim3's and above running xp ,in this case i was going based on my own experience
Last edited by romanticcowboy; September 12th, 2009 at 09:54 AM.
Reason: its 4 am and read posts wrong lol
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September 12th, 2009, 11:35 AM
#5
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