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Is this a replacement for XP?

A number of folk on our local auction community forum had similar issues. They just ended up putting an alternative AV/antimalware suite on.

One of the techs who helps out there, who works in a corperate setting. also reported what he called a logic bomb in an XP update that prevents users logging in.
 
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Caluser2000 said:
A number of folk on our local auction community forum had similar issues. They just ended up putting an alternative AV/antimalware suite on.

One of the techs who helps out there, who works in a corperate setting. also reported what he called a logic bomb in an XP update that prevents users logging in.
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Perhaps because I didn't update the engine I didn't have that problem, but apparently there was indeed a short-lived serious issue with a recent update:
http://www.eweek.com/security/bug-in-microsoft-security-essentials-downs-windows-xp-machines.html

Also, although I did want to point out that MSE does actually still work in XP and its definition files will presumably continue to be updated, that does not mean that it's the best solution:
http://www.howtogeek.com/173291/goo...w-recommends-you-use-a-third-party-antivirus/

One other thing that I noticed when rolling back the 4.5 version to 4.4 was that some of the sites offering it for download had it misidentified, i.e. the supposed 32-bit 4.4 version was actually a 64-bit version; the correct version is 4.4.304.0 with a file size of 10865 KB.
 
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There are the 32-bit 4.4 versions wandering around. If anyone's curious, I can post where I found mine (assuming it's still there).

...provided that this doesn't violate any of the policies on this forum.
 
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