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Old May 15th 10, 06:48 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
Shane[_17_]
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Default Is there still a free AV for ME?

No prob. Incidentally - and if you haven't yourself installed NAV2002 yet -
contrary to 98Guy's assertion, it does not perform program updates. He can't
be as clued as he thinks - which does not sit well with belittling others -
to post that it does, end of story.

I'm just reinstalling NT 4.0 and there are currently 80MB of def updates but
that is all there is. That and Chelsea have just done the double (apart from
anything else, beating the team that knocked out Spurs so ha ha, Noel!).

Shane

Smirnoff wrote:
Much obliged

"HRH The Example John Smith" wrote in
message ...
Ironic, since I would say 'not one worth actually running' - but
there is one, doubly ironic because '98 Guy' has mentioned it.
Norton Antivirus 2002 can be acquired in various locations - the
most trustworthy one of which is probably:
http://www.oldversion.com/download_N...irus_2002.html

This installs fine (obviously you skip registration). You'll find it
is registered for updates for one year i.e. from the date you
install it (and after which it is presumably as easy as it was back
then to reset the deadline). Live Update will do it's thing and get
about 75MB of def updates first time and it will continue to run
just as it did when Me was still supported, updating on a regular
basis. I doubt there will be further program updates, but IMO
NAV2002 is likely better than any of the current free AV software
that does support Me. This is the 'lesser of two evils' approach. FWIW I
have scanned this
download with several quality current antimalware tools and it
appears clean.

Wingnut's cousin

"Smirnoff" wrote in message
...
Is there still a free version of an AV product that supports ME with
definition updates?

If so, would be grateful for a link.