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chickblum
Iwould like to know if Windows XP Home comes with resident antivirus
protection? I know there's a built in firewall.
protection? I know there's a built in firewall.
Is there any resident antivirus protection on Windows XP by Chickblum
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Ted Zieglar
No built-in virus protection. And the firewall, while effective at what
is does, provides only basic protection.
is does, provides only basic protection.
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Mike Hall - MS MVP Windows Shell/User
For a free and effective anti-virus solution, go to
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Scroll down the page to the button marked 'Download Free Version'
http://free.grisoft.com/doc/2/lng/us/tpl/v5
Scroll down the page to the button marked 'Download Free Version'
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Leythos
Windows does not, never has, included any antivirus protection and the
firewall included in XP is only marginally able to protect the
user/system. The flaw in the firewall is that most applications can now
auto-create exceptions in the firewall without you knowing about it.
Third party firewalls, while not perfect, have less exposure to that
flaw.
D
David H. Lipman
From: "Leythos" <[email protected]>
|
| Windows does not, never has, included any antivirus protection and the
| firewall included in XP is only marginally able to protect the
| user/system. The flaw in the firewall is that most applications can now
| auto-create exceptions in the firewall without you knowing about it.
| Third party firewalls, while not perfect, have less exposure to that
| flaw.
|
Never say never, it lasts forever...
FYI:
Windows DID have a stock anti virus. It was MSAV an OEM of Central Point Anti Virus (CPAV).
This goes back to Win3.1x. Central point software was bought by Norton and the Kernel of
CPAV was integragted into Norton AV and it was what made NAV a *better* product.
WinXP, Win2K and Win2003 Server does have the Malicious Software Removal Tool (MRT) which is
an "On Demand" anti malware scanner not unlike McAfee/AVERT Stinger. It is availble via
Windows Update Web Site or via a manual download. Once used, it can always be used again to
perform an "On Demand" scan...
The utility is...
%windir%\system32\MRT.exe
Command line switches...
/? or /HELP = displays the command line switches
/Q = quiet
/N = detect only
/F = force extended scan
/F:Y = force extended scan and automatically clean infected files
The following is the resultant log file...
%windir%\Debug\mrt.log
|
| Windows does not, never has, included any antivirus protection and the
| firewall included in XP is only marginally able to protect the
| user/system. The flaw in the firewall is that most applications can now
| auto-create exceptions in the firewall without you knowing about it.
| Third party firewalls, while not perfect, have less exposure to that
| flaw.
|
Never say never, it lasts forever...
FYI:
Windows DID have a stock anti virus. It was MSAV an OEM of Central Point Anti Virus (CPAV).
This goes back to Win3.1x. Central point software was bought by Norton and the Kernel of
CPAV was integragted into Norton AV and it was what made NAV a *better* product.
WinXP, Win2K and Win2003 Server does have the Malicious Software Removal Tool (MRT) which is
an "On Demand" anti malware scanner not unlike McAfee/AVERT Stinger. It is availble via
Windows Update Web Site or via a manual download. Once used, it can always be used again to
perform an "On Demand" scan...
The utility is...
%windir%\system32\MRT.exe
Command line switches...
/? or /HELP = displays the command line switches
/Q = quiet
/N = detect only
/F = force extended scan
/F:Y = force extended scan and automatically clean infected files
The following is the resultant log file...
%windir%\Debug\mrt.log
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Leythos
From: "Leythos" <[email protected]>
|
| Windows does not, never has, included any antivirus protection and the
| firewall included in XP is only marginally able to protect the
| user/system. The flaw in the firewall is that most applications can now
| auto-create exceptions in the firewall without you knowing about it.
| Third party firewalls, while not perfect, have less exposure to that
| flaw.
|
Never say never, it lasts forever...
FYI:
Windows DID have a stock anti virus. It was MSAV an OEM of Central Point Anti Virus (CPAV).
This goes back to Win3.1x. Central point software was bought by Norton and the Kernel of
CPAV was integragted into Norton AV and it was what made NAV a *better* product.
WinXP, Win2K and Win2003 Server does have the Malicious Software Removal Tool (MRT) which is
an "On Demand" anti malware scanner not unlike McAfee/AVERT Stinger. It is availble via
Windows Update Web Site or via a manual download. Once used, it can always be used again to
perform an "On Demand" scan...
The MSRT does not come stick with those, it was an update, and it's not
a viable tool.
D
David H. Lipman
From: "Leythos" <[email protected]>
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| The MSRT does not come stick with those, it was an update, and it's not
| a viable tool.
|
Yes. It doesn't come stock but comes as a montly download. However it is a viable tool,
that is to some degree.
|
| The MSRT does not come stick with those, it was an update, and it's not
| a viable tool.
|
Yes. It doesn't come stock but comes as a montly download. However it is a viable tool,
that is to some degree.
L
Leythos
David, I like that part "However it is a viable tool, that is to some
degree.". I almost laughed soda out my nose when I read that
D
David H. Lipman
From: "Leythos" <[email protected]>
|>> The MSRT does not come stick with those, it was an update, and it's not
|>> a viable tool.
|>>|
| David, I like that part "However it is a viable tool, that is to some
| degree.". I almost laughed soda out my nose when I read that
|
S N O R T !
|>> The MSRT does not come stick with those, it was an update, and it's not
|>> a viable tool.
|>>|
| David, I like that part "However it is a viable tool, that is to some
| degree.". I almost laughed soda out my nose when I read that
|
S N O R T !