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Old PC

stefano
stefano Posts: 949 Forumite
in Techie Stuff
I have an old PC, which runs on Windows Millennium Edition, and cannot find a suitable free antivirus. Can anyone help?

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  • Hammyman
    Hammyman Posts: 9,913 Forumite
    I think you'll be pretty stuffed as Windows ME is end of life and has been for half a decade so nobody writes for it anymore. TBH, you're pretty secure by "security by obscurity". Windows XP works quite differently to Windows 95/98/ME so a virus for Windows XP probably wouldn't work on ME.

    Depending on the spec, why not put Ubuntu or similar on it? It'd give you more up to date features.
  • stefano
    stefano Posts: 949 Forumite
    What about upgrading Windows ME to XP, for free if poss?
  • Donnie
    Donnie Posts: 9,862 Forumite
    Can we see the spec of your machine?

    Download install and run CCleaner

    The specs will be shown at the top of the program interface.
  • GeoffX
    GeoffX Posts: 417 Forumite
    100 Posts
    I've never used it, but there is ClamWin. It doesn't feature real time detection, and a couple of reviews suggest it to be one of the less effective virus detectors.
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