Re: Modern antivirus for NT3.51?

From: Auric__ (not.my.real_at_email.address)
Date: 08/28/05

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    Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2005 13:55:05 -0700

    On Sun, 28 Aug 2005 10:16:00 -0400, David H. Lipman wrote:

    >From: "Auric__" <not.my.real@email.address>
    >
    >| I'm setting up an NT 3.51 system (no, really) and I'm looking for a
    >| fairly recent antivirus that'll work on it. (I've got F-prot DOS and F-
    >| secure DOS but I'm hoping for something Windows-based.) Any suggestions?
    >|
    >| Here's what I've tried so far:
    >
    >Forget about it !
    >
    >NY v5.51 is dead and buried and it successor NT v4 is also dead.

    Yes, I know. I don't use most modern OS's.

    >There are NO modern AV
    >applications that will work under NT v5.51 as their requirements are not met by this OS.

    Thank you. That's all I needed to know.

    >There is no reason to use this OS and it will only leave you open to all sorts of
    >exploitations since there are no security patches for this OS.

    My reasons are ultimately unimportant, yes? And I'm aware of the
    security considerations.

    >If you are setting up such an archaic OS, then I suggest standing it up w/o any form of
    >Internet access.

    I'll consider that, but even if I don't do TCP/IP, it will still be on
    the network via NetBIOS, and my other machines most definitely do have
    Internet access. 

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