Support für Windows XP in 2017 ???

system · 2017-01-02T11:34:18.000Z

Liebe Experten, kann mir jemand mitteilen, ob avast auch in 2017 Windows XP unterstützt? Viele Virenscanner haben ja den Support Ende 2016 eingestellt.
Wäre sehr dankbar für eine kurzfristige Antwort. Viele Grüße. Guenter

CraigB · 2017-01-02T11:37:21.000Z

Sorry but it’s English here, please post in English or use the German forum board https://forum.avast.com/index.php?board=24.0

Eddy · 2017-01-02T11:53:21.000Z

First hit when searching > https://blog.avast.com/2014/03/12/avast-will-continue-to-support-windows-xp-for-home-and-business-users/

igor0 · 2017-01-02T12:45:06.000Z

Just a note - if we’re talking about Win XP support, the requirement here is that it’s Win XP SP3. Older service packs won’t be supported, and they most likely haven’t been working properly for quite some time now, because older service packs can’t verify new server certificates.

Mac · 2017-01-02T13:47:29.000Z

igor post:4:

Just a note - if we’re talking about Win XP support, the requirement here is that it’s Win XP SP3. Older service packs won’t be supported, and they most likely haven’t been working properly for quite some time now, because older service packs can’t verify new server certificates.

igor,

Is there any word on when XP support will end?

DavidR · 2017-01-02T14:43:38.000Z

igor post:4:

Just a note - if we’re talking about Win XP support, the requirement here is that it’s Win XP SP3. Older service packs won’t be supported, and they most likely haven’t been working properly for quite some time now, because older service packs can’t verify new server certificates.

There is also the CPU requirement that it has SSE2 instruction set support. Some XP systems are pretty old so their CPU may not support the SSE2 instruction set, an avast requirement.

igor0 · 2017-01-02T14:52:23.000Z

.: Mac :. post:5:

igor,

Is there any word on when XP support will end?

I’m not aware of any such plans at the moment… but I can’t rule out the possibility that I just wasn’t told.

DavidR post:6:

There is also the CPU requirement that it has SSE2 instruction set support. Some XP systems are pretty old so their CPU may not support the SSE2 instruction set, an avast requirement.

It’s slightly different…yes, new versions of Avast require SSE2-capable CPUs - but old versions of the program should still work without. With XP SP2 and lower, however, even those old versions of Avast (which previously worked correctly there) have started to fail to some degree during the past year, I believe.

chris... · 2017-01-02T15:36:14.000Z

Hello

igor post:7:

…have started to fail to some degree during the past year, I believe.

Somewhere, with or without old version of the program , have started to fail anyway .

DavidR · 2017-01-02T16:04:06.000Z

chris05 post:8:

Hello

igor post:7:

…have started to fail to some degree during the past year, I believe.

Somewhere, with or without old version of the program , have started to fail anyway .

I think that you have lost part of the context in your cropping of Igor’s reply. As he was speaking specifically about XP SP2.

igor post:7:

DavidR post:6:

There is also the CPU requirement that it has SSE2 instruction set support. Some XP systems are pretty old so their CPU may not support the SSE2 instruction set, an avast requirement.

It’s slightly different…yes, new versions of Avast require SSE2-capable CPUs - but old versions of the program should still work without. With XP SP2 and lower, however, even those old versions of Avast (which previously worked correctly there) have started to fail to some degree during the past year, I believe.

chris... · 2017-01-02T19:19:31.000Z

I well know , I do not speak about avast , but about XP SP2 Which fail independently of the version of avast, whether new, old or even none at all

Thank you for not interpreting my words as if I said that whatever its version , avast no longer worked on all XP

DavidR · 2017-01-02T21:20:21.000Z

I obviously have an interest in this subject as I have XP Pro SP3 (in my case).

I now have three systems XP Pro, win7 and a win10 notebook and I still prefer my XP Pro desktop system (in my signature) to the others. My win7 netbook now gets less and less use as it is very under powered and as slow as molasses at times.

I’m still finding my way on my Acer Aspire F15 win10 notebook but that is a pretty quick system Intel i5-7277U 2.50GHz to 3.1GHz, 8GB DDR4, 256GB SSD primary drive 1TB HDD secondary drive. It’s much faster than my old desktop.

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