pt research centre 🔜 thotgpn1d ago

that’s a thing i haven’t seen in a while

#notgpn

Show threadmaxi, service enby. 1d ago
@xyla wait... copyright 2026?!
Show threadpt research centre 🔜 thotgpn1d ago

@maxi avast for windows xp is still being updated
i personally prefer using the older (but still supported version) - the resource footprint is infinitely smaller

also! i host offline installers for all major versions: https://xyla.zip/software/avast/

Index of /software/avast

Show threadmaxi, service enby. 1d ago
@xyla so interesting, i knew that symantec endpoint protection and an mcafee corporate virusscanner, before it went to be trellix, was available for xp with signature updates, but avast still invested in xp was completely unexpected
Show threadpt research centre 🔜 thotgpn1d ago
@maxi avast is known for keeping obscene amounts of legacy
until quite recently you could still get timely definition updates for avast 9. like, you know, the one that talks
Show threadniko17h ago
@xyla @maxi what do you mean “the one that talks”, why’d anyone install avast if not for the regular jumpscare. TIL there exists avast that DOESN’T talk
Show threadpt research centre 🔜 thotgpn17h ago
@nrab @maxi you can make avast 12 talk i believe (i’ll check that later), but it was default and very extensive until version 10 (and the oldest supported is 12)
Show threadpt research centre 🔜 thotgpn
@nrab @maxi also versions past 12 don’t talk
Jun 6 at 9:11pmWeb
Show threadpt research centre 🔜 thotgpn17h ago

@nrab @maxi yeah, you can make it talk, but it won’t notify you about definition updates anymore

makes sense, at that point they were updating them a couple of times a day and on top of that they had hourly microdefinitions (they called that “streaming updates” i believe)

i feel like you could easily go nuts after hearing AVAST! VIRUS DATABASE HAS BEEN UPDATED every darn hour