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  • Free portable AV?

    From CRNG@1:396/4 to All on Sun Dec 11 20:01:12 2016
    From: CRNG <noemail@atthisdomain.gov>

    I would like to find a portable AntiVirus that I can run from a USB
    thumb drive on WinXPsp3 and Win7pro32. Does anyone have a
    recommendation? I tried ClamWin and Avast and they didn't work out;
    and Avira doesn't run on WinXP.

    Thanks
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  • From David B.@1:396/4 to All on Mon Dec 12 11:05:24 2016
    From: "David B." <DavidB@nomail.afraid.invalid>

    On 12/12/2016 14:01, CRNG wrote:
    I would like to find a portable AntiVirus that I can run from a USB
    thumb drive on WinXPsp3 and Win7pro32. Does anyone have a
    recommendation? I tried ClamWin and Avast and they didn't work out;
    and Avira doesn't run on WinXP.

    Thanks

    Try this! :-)

    =

    Dr.WebŪ LiveDisk

    Emergency system repair from a CD/DVD disk or a bootable USB drive

    If the activities of malicious programs have made it impossible for you
    to boot a computer running Windows, you can recover the affected system
    for free using Dr.Web LiveDisk!

    With Dr.Web LiveDisk you can not only clean your system of infected and suspicious files but also copy important information to removable media
    or another computer; Dr.Web LiveDisk also attempts to cure infected objects.

    https://www.freedrweb.com/livedisk/

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  • From Poutnik@1:396/4 to All on Mon Dec 12 13:12:42 2016
    From: Poutnik <poutnik4nntp@gmail.com>

    On 12/12/2016 06:05 PM, David B. wrote:
    On 12/12/2016 14:01, CRNG wrote:
    I would like to find a portable AntiVirus that I can run from a USB
    thumb drive on WinXPsp3 and Win7pro32. Does anyone have a
    recommendation? I tried ClamWin and Avast and they didn't work out;
    and Avira doesn't run on WinXP.

    Thanks

    Try this! :-)

    =

    Dr.WebŪ LiveDisk

    Emergency system repair from a CD/DVD disk or a bootable USB drive

    If the activities of malicious programs have made it impossible for you
    to boot a computer running Windows, you can recover the affected system
    for free using Dr.Web LiveDisk!

    With Dr.Web LiveDisk you can not only clean your system of infected and suspicious files but also copy important information to removable media
    or another computer; Dr.Web LiveDisk also attempts to cure infected
    objects.

    https://www.freedrweb.com/livedisk/

    Yes, something like this.
    IMHO, USB based AV has sense only if it is used as a bootable USB,
    with ability to update its DB online.

    --
    Poutnik ( The Pilgrim, Der Wanderer )

    A wise man guards words he says,
    as they say about him more,
    than he says about the subject.
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  • From Wolf K@1:396/4 to All on Mon Dec 12 04:34:02 2016
    From: Wolf K <wolfmac@sympatico.ca>

    On 2016-12-12 09:01, CRNG wrote:
    I would like to find a portable AntiVirus that I can run from a USB
    thumb drive on WinXPsp3 and Win7pro32. Does anyone have a
    recommendation? I tried ClamWin and Avast and they didn't work out;
    and Avira doesn't run on WinXP.

    Thanks

    Look on http://portableapps.com/

    --
    Best,
    Wolf K
    https://kirkwood40.blogspot.com
    It's called "opinion" because it's not knowledge.
    --- NewsGate v1.0 gamma 2
    * Origin: News Gate @ Net396 -Huntsville, AL - USA (1:396/4)