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Ask Slashdot: Light-Footprint Antivirus For Windows XP?

Posted by timothy on from the tread-lightly-stomp-hard dept.

New submitter Bauermlb writes "I service computers for retired folks in my community, often older machines with modest speed (2 GHz Centron) and modest memory (512 MB). Adding AVAST to one of these machines slows it to a crawl. Any recommendations for a light-duty antivirus program with a low overhead? (These people do not tend to surf 'dirty' sites.)"

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  1. Centron? by operagost · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Sempron, Celeron?

    And if you have only 512 MB of RAM, you don't have an older machine-- you have an OLD machine!

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    Gamingmuseum.com: Give your 3D accelerator a rest.
  2. Re:Microsoft Security Essentials by cyber-vandal · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Will it still be available for XP after 8th April 2014?