Old PC

stefano

I have an old PC, which runs on Windows Millennium Edition, and cannot find a suitable free antivirus. Can anyone help?

Hammyman

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

What about upgrading Windows ME to XP, for free if poss?

Donnie

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

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.