[geeks] Is there still a free anti-virus package for WinXP?

Phil Stracchino alaric at metrocast.net
Mon Jun 2 21:00:11 CDT 2008


Nadine Miller wrote:
> I believe that AVG 8 will remove malware, etc when you scan, but it  
> won't *prevent* malware from being loaded if you go to a website--e.g.  
> it's after-the-fact.

I just installed it here.  Supposedly it includes http/https filter
support for Firefox now.  I haven't confirmed this yet.


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