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Solve : Trying to clean virus from old WinMe machine?

Answer» <html><body><p>A friend asked me to help him clean out possible virus' and malware from his old 2000 machine. It is running Windows Me . I have tries to download free versions of AVG or Avast and Malware unsuccessfully. The message I get from AVG is that it needs a later version of Windows. I have cleaned out all of the <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/norton-581497" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about NORTON">NORTON</a>, Juno, and AOL software that I can find. Still no luck. Can anyone help me here?? AVG FREE ver. 7.5 will run on WinME...<br/>Check majorgeeks for availibility.Patio: <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/thanks-665909" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about THANKS">THANKS</a> for the come back. I have tried what you suggested but...Not having any luck. I checked Google and it gave me some sites to check and some websites say that AVG 7.5 will run on Me but when I try to download it, it is either <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/unavailable-1436082" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about UNAVAILABLE">UNAVAILABLE</a> or try to have me download a later version . Thanks again for reading. I appreciate the effort.Well I would suggest you try <a href="https://www.filehippo.com/download_avast_antivirus/6635/">Avast! Home <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/edition-445192" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about EDITION">EDITION</a> 4.8.1368</a> its the last version that runs on Win9x/ME, I use it on my WinME.<br/><br/>Now the problem you will have is after it installs if you have a virus running then it could effect Avast. If it does install then it does a restart it will do a full virus scan before Windows starts up thats a better way of catching it. Because its an old virus checker it won't update the virus definitions/database until Windows starts and you have a web connection.<br/><br/>It pot luck but you have nothing to loose have you? Quote from: Keithuk on May 26, 2010, 04:32:56 PM</p><blockquote>Well I would suggest you try <a href="https://www.filehippo.com/download_avast_antivirus/6635/">Avast! Home Edition 4.8.1368</a> its the last version that runs on Win9x/ME, I use it on my WinME...</blockquote>This thread is over 1 month old, but you have made excellent suggestions. I use Avast on my remaining Win98SE machine. FileHippo is the best place for older versions.Yes it maybe over a month old but he hasn't been back to comfirm what he's tried. It will be useful for anyone else in the same situation.<br/><br/>Oh I forgot to mension Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware doesn't work with Win9x/ME if thats what he was thinking about. Thank you Kiethuk and Computer_Commando: for your replies. Sorry I have been unavailable for a while. I un-installed every thing that I could on my friends machine, defragged it, cleaned out some suspicious looking stuff in the registery (<a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/tied-3217826" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about TIED">TIED</a> to Norton and aol) and gave it back to him. It was working pretty well. I think the main thing that helped was getting rid of Norton AV. However, he ended up giving the machine to an orphanage in Mexico and buying a laptop with Windows 7. Now he has a whole new set of problems to deal with and I won't be able to help him. I am totally ignorant of Win 7. However, I do appreciate your inputs, sorry i took so long responding. This forum has pulled my fat out of the fire many times in the past Thanks again<br/>PS, you are right about Malwarebytes, It didn't work.....</body></html>


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