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Free Antivirus app for Window VISTA 32 BIT

Hi -
I'm REALLY FRUSTRATED trying - unsuccessfully - to install a FREE internet antivirus application in my laptop: Here's the specs of this computer.

Compaq Presario CQ50
AMD Athalon Dual-Core QL-60 - 32 BIT - @ 1.90 GHz.
3 Gigs of RAM
Genuine Windows VISTA Home Premium, Service Pack 2, 32 BIT.

There is NO OTHER antivirus software - from ANY vendor - currently installed.
All remenants of previously installed protection software has been removed with REVO Uninstaller and several runs of CCleaner Registry Cleaner.

Attempts to install the following applications - all downloaded from the developers site - ALL FAILED:
Avast Free Edition, AVIRA Internet Security, AVG Free, Windows Security Essentials.

Maybe someone has found a FREE Internet Security application - one that attaches a extension to Chrome, Firefox and/or Internet Explorer 9 - that they can recommend and provide a link to it. 

Thanks in advance for any info and referral.

Patrick

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Patrick,

Just as a For Your Information.

Windows Vista support is ending

<<https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/22882/windows-vista-end-of-support#!/en-us/help/22882/windows-vista-end-of-support>>

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Windows lifecycle fact sheet

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/13853/windows-lifecycle-fact-sheet
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Best Free Anti-virus Software

<http://www.techsupportalert.com/best-free-anti-virus-software.htm>

<<http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2388652,00.asp>>

<<http://www.techradar.com/news/software/applications/best-free-antivirus-9-reviewed-and-rated-1057786>>

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Forget Microsoft Security Essentials. That will end when Vista support ends in April. Avast worked in XP after End of Life.

What program did you have installed before? Have you tried using the authentic removal tool for that program?


List of anti-malware product removal tools
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/protect/wiki/mse-protect_start/list-of-anti-malware-product-removal-tools/2bcb53f7-7ab4-4ef9-ab3a-6aebfa322f75
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2014 ~ Present
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MSE v.4.4.304.0 still works with with XP; don't know version currently supported with Vista, but if after EOS for Vista that version should work as long as one refuses updates for newer version that would be available for Win 7.

Still doesn't matter which singular AV one uses, a layered approach and education of best practice will better serve average user.

~rhab

CET, MCC 2011

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Check Windows Updates. When was the last time MSE was updated in XP?
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MVP: 2004 ~ 2010
2014 ~ Present
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Check Windows Updates. When was the last time MSE was updated in XP?

2/26/2017 at 2:01 PM (GMT -04.00) Atlantic Time (Canada)

One "No Trump".

CET, MCC 2011

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Then I guess no one at the MMPC ever read...

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Will Microsoft Security Essentials be supported after [Extended Support for WinXP SP3 ends on] April 8, 2014?

...If you already have Microsoft Security Essentials installed, you will continue to receive anti-malware signature updates through July 14, 2015. However, please note that PCs running Windows XP after April 8, 2014 should not be considered protected. [emphasis mine]

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Source: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/WindowsForBusiness/end-of-xp-support

COMMENT: MSE, even if running with current Defs, cannot & will not protect a computer from the vulnerabilities addressed by the hundreds (thousands?) of critical security updates released since 08 April 2014 [i.e., MS14-022 & higher] for Vista, Win7, Win8.1 and Win10 but not WinXP.

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Microsoft MVP (Windows Client) since October 2002

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EOS for Vista certainly should be indication for OP that OS (and possibly machine) require upgrade.

"Den again,"  said an ursine from hibernation if that  was XP machine originally, then rollback and knowing what to search for

https://www.catalog.update.microsoft.com/Home.aspx

KB3203621
http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=3203621

KB article doesn't indicate IE8 but highlighted update file (top left) does.

~rhab

EDIT: Think it may be good 'til 09/04/2019.

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http://catalog.update.microsoft.com/v7/site/search.aspx?q=kb3197655 tells us there's an IE8 update for WES09 [Windows Embedded Standard 2009] and [Windows Embedded] POSReady 2009 but not for WinXP, Vista, or Win7. [Yes, there's a difference.]
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There's always an option for running XP more securely on another platform ;)

See Windows XP running on an iPhone 7 without jailbreak
http://www.techspot.com/news/68506-see-windows-xp-running-iphone-7-without-jailbreak.html

https://youtu.be/CYv_--ZKWuw

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