older Dell w/WinXP - virus issues

[BarbZ]

A friend with an older Dell (233MHz proc.) can't buy the
Norton AntiVirus because needs min 300MHz proc. to
install. I did an online security check and manually
went in and got rid of some virus files with the security
response info, but how can you get rid of infected files
that are in System Volume Information?? He has two with
Downloader.MSCache and Welchia.Worm. I disabled System
Restore when I was trying to get rid of viruses, but they
still are there. I tried the Welchia removal tool and it
said "not a Win32 application" and wouldn't run; I
switched to Safe mode & retried it - same result. (I
haven't done the manual approach to Welchia yet.) Any
ideas?? I'm going to try to reach NAV Customer Support
and see if they have any programs that will support this
older machine, but I'm not very hopeful.

 

[rickm]

A friend with an older Dell (233MHz proc.) can't buy the
Norton AntiVirus because needs min 300MHz proc. to
install. I did an online security check and manually
went in and got rid of some virus files with the security
response info, but how can you get rid of infected files
that are in System Volume Information?? He has two with
Downloader.MSCache and Welchia.Worm. I disabled System
Restore when I was trying to get rid of viruses, but they
still are there. I tried the Welchia removal tool and it
said "not a Win32 application" and wouldn't run; I
switched to Safe mode & retried it - same result. (I
haven't done the manual approach to Welchia yet.) Any
ideas?? I'm going to try to reach NAV Customer Support
and see if they have any programs that will support this
older machine, but I'm not very hopeful.

www.grisoft.com has a free antivirus program that you can download and
install. I use it after having used NAV for several years. It's free
and doesn't eat up as much CPU.

 

[Malke]

www.grisoft.com has a free antivirus program that you can download and
install. I use it after having used NAV for several years. It's free
and doesn't eat up as much CPU.

I prefer the EZ-Armor deal with Microsoft where you get EZ-Antivirus and
EZ-Firewall (actually rebranded ZoneAlarm) with a year's free
subscription from here: http://www.my-etrust.com/microsoft. However,
you'll need to clean up your friend's computer before trying to install
it. Make sure to disable System Restore first (from the System Restore
tab in System applet in Control Panel). Then reboot into Safe Mode and
try running Stinger:

http://vil.nai.com/vil/stinger/

Malke