Current virus scanners for WinNT and Win2000?

[blackbeltninja]

Hey guys

Hoping someone can give us some advice, here.

My lab runs some elderly instruments using WinNT and Win2000 as their OS and driving specific application-based software. I need a virus/malware scanner for them which is kept fairly current - anyone have any ideas?

The last AVG9 free version requires XP/sp2 and that was always my default on all our other systems but it isn't quite going to cut it on these two antiques which don't run under XP. I can't upgrade the OS, either, since the app software is not stable under XP and doesn't run well in compatibility mode either, so NT and Win2000 have to stay.

Ideally I'd find an old version of something which still gets updates which can be installed manually since the machines are not networked for data safety/integrity reasons - hooray for GLP accreditation. Anyone got any suggestions?

thanks
-d-

 

[thermodynamics]

If the machines aren't networked, don't worry about it. If they're truly just used for data collection, you have nothing to worry about.

 

[EJMichaels]

I still use Win 2K on one networked machine, so I'm interested in security options.

 

[Paws]

If the machines aren't networked, don't worry about it. If they're truly just used for data collection, you have nothing to worry about.

Except USB sticks, CDs/DVDs/floppies, external harddrives, other medias...

 

[blackbeltninja]

^Yeah, this has been the problem.

We've caught viruses on the mass specs running XP and the same technicians work on all 5 of or machines, so I'm pretty sure the older pair are riddled with them as well.

-d-

 

[Corny]

i believe the network client of the cooperate version of the mcaffee scanner still runs on win2k. not sure about nt though ..

 

[blackbeltninja]

I'm trying to avoid McAfee if at all possible.

I switched the others over to AVG Free because McAfeewasn't catching the viruses we had. No damage, far as I could tell, with just thumb-drive icons changing from drive icons to folder icons and subtle changes in desktop settings caused by oGard***** and others, but annoying nevertheless that McAfee was doing sweet FA to clean them.

AVG was finding infections left, right and center while it was installing and configuring itself, then more after it did some updates. McAfee was updated weekly (I did that manually myself) and still wasn't catching anything.

Machines are worth about 3 million Euro at current replacement cost (between a quarter and a million Euro each, depending on the model), hence my concern.

-d-

 

[borg69unimatrix]

I use AVAST (free), but dunno if it's XP specific.

 

[bankside]

Is it possible to attach them to a network and have a modern machine just scan the drive via the network?

I can do that on my new mac with my old mac...not sure if that would work with windows. but for €3 000 000, I'd give it a try.