Beta/abadonware AntiVirus software?

[darkweaver]

Hello,

just wanted to ask, because I keep asking myself this question since few weeks.

Does it make any sense to use beta or abadonware of an anti virus software?

Do you know of any such antivirus that is still updates with new viruses nowadays?

Would be grateful for your help!

[Jensvde]

Yes it does make sense if you plan to use it to connect to the internet.

[rhobariii]

You should not really use ANY beta or abandonware application for everyday use.
They are only meant for testing.

Yes it does make sense if you plan to use it to connect to the internet.

Fix your post. I think you meant to only use it if you plan NOT to connect to the Internet.

[Jensvde]

You should not really use ANY beta or abandonware application for everyday use.
They are only meant for testing.

Yes it does make sense if you plan to use it to connect to the internet.

Fix your post. I think you meant to only use it if you plan NOT to connect to the Internet.

I meant that it makes sense to install an antivirus software if you want to use the internet on the OS

[ehea617]

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[yourepicfailure]

It's not really worth it. Like there may be (serious) flaws in the program if it's a beta, and an abandonware av software might protect you from, abandonware viruses that aren't used anymore. If you really want to freeload, just *ahem 'pbay it *ahem.
But, Microsoft security essentials betas do recieve updates and function acceptably if you want to go that route.

[user99672]

...abandonware viruses...

I didn't realize viruses could be considered abandonware.

In all seriousness...most virtualization software allows you to take snapshots of the state of the VM...so if you're really subjecting it to that much, you should simply revert..

[asad10]

Might be useful for testing the detection of particular historic viruses that no longer work on modern systems.

[esc1010]

CIH and Sasser are two types of historic viruses.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrnWFAx5vJg CIH
and
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhtyEdhepIc Sasser

[abandonware]

It has the same sense as any other abandonware or use beta software. Either to test the antivirus, experiment with old virus, restoring a computer as came from the factory with all your software or merely to see how they were.

Antivirus for DOS / Windows 3.x / 9x not sold and not updated for years so you will need to install an antivirus abandonware if you want to restore an old computer or emulate one in a virtual machine.

[fuccboi]

If you wanna go this route, Thunderbyte is an old favorite of mine. There are DOS viruses you can download and play with as well, but I'm not sure if linking is appropriate.

[player123]

I had an experience in the use of beta versions of anti-virus, upon completion of beta testing, I started using the release version. Frankly, in performance, in terms of reliability, it is a huge difference. For myself, I concluded: beta tests only for work or hobby, in ordinary life only release version.

[Dahaka]

OLD AV software just bloats the system... it does nothing useful - unless you wish to be protected only from old viruses.

[abandonware]

Whether a virtual machine or a real PC running dedicated software abandonware is not possible to install modern antivirus. Also if you use abandonware is for the pleasure of discovering vintage programs and not to perform an activity in the best way.

[tarlabnor]

Also if you use abandonware is for the pleasure of discovering vintage programs and not to perform an activity in the best way.

This.
Even though old antiviruses aren't useful for PC protection anymore, they are still object of interest from historical point of view. Would be really cool to do a research - which AV existed in each country, when they were developed, which platforms they supported, what type of AV (scanner, disk revisor, resident monitor etc.), what sales model they had (free, shareware, commercial). We all know more or less about some early shareware tools like FluShot or FlueShot Plus (from 1987-1988), on the other hand - about "big" products like McAfee Scan/Clean/VShield/NetShield (shareware from sping/summer 1989) or Symantec (SAM - Symantec AntiVirus for Macintosh, commercial AV from 1989) and Norton AntiVirus 1.0 for DOS (commercial AV from december 1990), but it's not known that much about early local antiviruses.

Feel free to shed some light on this theme

[anormal]

i've been collecting some old DOS antivirus, this is what i got:

cpav.13
cpav.14
cpav.22
cpav.2x-update
fprot.314e
fprot.316f
ibmavir.212
kaspersky.30_315_09-2002-dat
mcafee.0.6v39
mcafee.2.3v56
mcafee.2.5.0av9606
mcafee.3.1v60
mcafee.3.1v61
mcafee.3.1v62
mcafee.3.5v63
mcafee.3.7v64
mcafee.4.5v66b
mcafee.5.1v67
mcafee.9.30v117
memscan.894-rose
msav.upd_0696
nav.10-dec-97
nav.20
nav.dec-90
nav.upd_31
nod32.125-991001
norman.470
panda
rhbvs.4_91_1880-rose
skudo.410
solomon.769.w9x
tbav.810-essas
tbav.810-essas-esp
tbav.811-essas
trend_micro
virscan.1598-rose


it's very small right now, but i am looking here and there to make it bigger and more complete.

it's not easy to find old dos antivirs

[soko7]

To me it seems like it would make more sense to test your applications on a virtual machine prior to trying them on any system you are worried about infecting. As far as running an outdated virus scanner for protection it seems pretty pointless, unpatched security vulnerabilities that exist in long unsupported software will be your biggest concern and only an external firewall would really help you in that case.

Just my opinion

[cDump]

Nothing wrong with having old AV software laying around, i've been using some old norton versions to find an 0day in their latest revision.

[anormal]

Just for the sake of preservation (and of course nostalgia), still updating my DOS Avir pack:

adinf.1213.rar
adinf.931.rar
AIDSTest.v1381(19960101).rar
aidstest.v1433(19960225).rar
AIDSTest.v1554(19960701)-russian.rar
aidstest.v1678(19970120).rar
anyware antivirus.301.rar
artemis.31-pandasoft.rar
avast.770(20040831).rar
avast.770.rar
avplab.rar
avscan.265(199604).rar
avscan.396.rar
avscan.420(19980307).rar
bitdefender.702420(20040830).rar
bombsquad.12.rar
ccfiles.77.rar
checkup.36.rar
chekmate.240.rar
chkansi.2.rar
cpav.13.rar
cpav.14.rar
cpav.22.rar
cpav.28(19960901).rar
cpav.2x-update.rar
cpav.se.1992-feb.rar
crcheck.420.rar
cybec-vet.9531(1997).rar
discovir.113(20000219).rar
disinfct.12.rar
drweb.312(199606).rar
drweb.325(19970928)-russian.rar
drweb.327a(199802).rar
drweb.400e(19980406).rar
drweb.432a(20040831).rar
file_integrity.5.rar
flu_shot_plus.14.rar
flu_shot_plus.152.rar
flu_shot_plus.16.rar
flu_shot_plus.184.rar
fmacro.180.rar
fmacro.31.rar
fprot.112.rar
fprot.116.rar
fprot.219a.rar
fprot.221.rar
fprot.222.rar
fprot.223.rar
fprot.223a.rar
fprot.226.rar
fprot.227.rar
fprot.227a(199707).rar
fprot.300(199804).rar
fprot.301(199806).rar
fprot.302a(199806).rar
fprot.310b(20010817).rar
fprot.310c(20010906).rar
fprot.311(20010922).rar
fprot.311b(20011220).rar
fprot.312(20020319).rar
fprot.312a(20020528).rar
fprot.312b(20020923).rar
fprot.312d(20030116).rar
fprot.313a(20030506).rar
fprot.314a(20030805).rar
fprot.314b(20030930).rar
fprot.314e.rar
fprot.315(20040626).rar
fprot.315a(20040812).rar
fprot.315b(20040927).rar
fprot.316a(20041230).rar
fprot.316b(20050407).rar
fprot.316f(20090402).rar
fprot_utils.300.rar
gold_sos.953.rar
hmvs.300e.rar
hmvs.310e.rar
hmvs.311e.rar
ibmavir.212.rar
inoculan.4.4(46.41)(200403).rar
Inoculan.50b56.rar
integrity master.260b(prerelease).rar
integrity master.321a.rar
integrity master.421.rar
kaspersky.(update only)(19960209).rar
kaspersky.(update only)(20020908).rar
kaspersky.21.rar
kaspersky.30_122(install).rar
kaspersky.30_133(200407).rar
kaspersky.30_135(200209).rar
mcafee-bootscan.100.rar
mcafee-bootshield.101(evaluation).rar
mcafee-bootshield.101(licensed).rar
mcafee-clean.2.7v57.rar
mcafee-clean.9.14v102.rar
mcafee-fileshield.14.rar
mcafee-netscan.9.14v102.rar
mcafee-proscan.14.rar
mcafee-scan.9.14v102.rar
mcafee-scanres.047.rar
mcafee-scanres.057.rar
mcafee-vshield.250e(9606).rar
mcafee-vshield.5.22v102.rar
mcafee.0.3v19.rar
mcafee.0.6v39.rar
mcafee.1.7v50.rar
mcafee.2.2.12v9606(19960805).rar
mcafee.2.3v56.rar
mcafee.2.5.0av9606.rar
mcafee.2.53ev9611.rar
mcafee.2.7v57.rar
mcafee.3.0.0(19970213).rar
mcafee.3.0.2(german).rar
mcafee.3.1v60.rar
mcafee.3.1v61.rar
mcafee.3.1v62.rar
mcafee.3.20(spanish).rar
mcafee.3.5v63.rar
mcafee.3.7v64.rar
mcafee.318e.rar
mcafee.4.1.20(20010118).rar
mcafee.4.14.0(20010219).rar
mcafee.4.16.0(20011115).rar
mcafee.4.24(20040825).rar
mcafee.4.3.20(20040204).rar
mcafee.4.4.00(20041026).rar
mcafee.4.5v66b.rar
mcafee.4260(engine update)(20030516).rar
mcafee.450(19991130).rar
mcafee.5.1v67.rar
mcafee.6.3v72.rar
mcafee.7.2v76.rar
mcafee.9.30v117.rar
memscan.894-rose.rar
memscan.901-rose.rar
msav.upd_0696.rar
nav.#43(199510).rar
nav.10-dec-97.rar
nav.10-dec-99.rar
nav.20.rar
nav.40(20030516).rar
nav.40b.rar
nav.50-w95.rar
nav.dec-90.rar
nav.upd_31.rar
nod32.125(19991001).rar
nod32.125-991001.rar
nod32.1663(20040312).rar
nod32.1973(20050116).rar
norman.470.rar
only)(19960209).rar
panda.60(20040501).rar
pc-cillin.502-trend micro(19960504).rar
resq.702m.rar
rhbvs.4_91_1880-rose.rar
rhbvs.4_92_2056-rose.rar
sbabr.312.rar
skudo.410.rar
solomon.32.rar
solomon.71.rar
solomon.758(19960331).rar
solomon.769.rar
solomon.773.rar
tbav.31-essas.rar
tbav.634reg-essas.rar
tbav.638(19950901).rar
tbav.651-essas.rar
tbav.651.network-essas.rar
tbav.704(19960724).rar
tbav.803(19971018).rar
tbav.805(19980311).rar
tbav.806(19980518).rar
tbav.807(19980714).rar
tbav.810-essas(2000506).rar
tbav.810-essas-esp(2000506).rar
tbav.811-essas.rar
tnt.23-carmel.rar
tnt.96-II-carmel(german).rar
trend_micro.rar
virscan.1598-rose.rar
virscan.1603-rose.rar
vsum.199705.rar
vsum.199707.rar
vsum.199805.rar
vsum.199809.rar

[abandonware]

Hi, please upload your collection to a public server, so we exchanged versions and programs

This is my F-Prot collection http://depositfiles.com/folders/SD8MWT56O

[anormal]

Just to get in touch...
Some users had sent me some stuff, so i've updated the AVIR Pack

Maybe anyone is interested in some other of my packs, DOSEXE Tools, DOS Compilers Pack, and FloppyTools Pack
If anyone is interested in old DOS stuff, just PM me

AVIR PACK 0.3
=================
adinf.1213.rar
adinf.931.rar
AIDSTest.v1381(19960101).rar
aidstest.v1433(19960225).rar
AIDSTest.v1554(19960701)-russian.rar
aidstest.v1678(19970120).rar
anyware antivirus.301.rar
artemis.31-pandasoft.rar
avast.770(20040831).rar
avast.770.rar
avplab.rar
avscan.265(199604).rar
avscan.396.rar
avscan.420(19980307).rar
bitdefender.702420(20040830).rar
bombsquad.12.rar
ccfiles.77.rar
checkup.36.rar
chekmate.240.rar
chkansi.2.rar
cpav.13.rar
cpav.14.rar
cpav.22.rar
cpav.28(19960901).rar
cpav.2x-update.rar
cpav.se.1992-feb.rar
crcheck.420.rar
cybec-vet.9531(1997).rar
discovir.113(20000219).rar
disinfct.12.rar
drweb.312(199606).rar
drweb.325(19970928)-russian.rar
drweb.327a(199802).rar
drweb.400e(19980406).rar
drweb.432a(20040831).rar
file_integrity.5.rar
flu_shot_plus.14.rar
flu_shot_plus.152.rar
flu_shot_plus.16.rar
flu_shot_plus.184.rar
fmacro.180.rar
fmacro.31.rar
fmirc.644(1650)-rose.rar
fprot.107(199001).rar
fprot.108(199003).rar
fprot.111(199006).rar
fprot.112(199007).rar
fprot.114a(199101).rar
fprot.116(199106).rar
fprot.200(199108).rar
fprot.201(199111).rar
fprot.202(199201).rar
fprot.203a(199204).rar
fprot.204(199206).rar
fprot.209(199307).rar
fprot.210(199310).rar
fprot.211(199402).rar
fprot.212(199404).rar
fprot.213a(199407).rar
fprot.214(199409).rar
fprot.215(199411).rar
fprot.216(199501).rar
fprot.217(199503).rar
fprot.218a(199506).rar
fprot.219(199508).rar
fprot.219a(199508).rar
fprot.220(199510).rar
fprot.221(199512).rar
fprot.222(199603).rar
fprot.223(199605).rar
fprot.223a(199606).rar
fprot.224a(199608).rar
fprot.224c(199609).rar
fprot.225(199612).rar
fprot.226(199702).rar
fprot.226(199712).rar
fprot.227(199705).rar
fprot.227a(199707).rar
fprot.228(199711).rar
fprot.228b(199801).rar
fprot.300(199804).rar
fprot.301(199806).rar
fprot.302a(199806).rar
fprot.303(19981012).rar
fprot.304(19981229).rar
fprot.304a(19990203).rar
fprot.305(19990514).rar
fprot.305b(19990707).rar
fprot.306(19991013).rar
fprot.306a(19991031).rar
fprot.306c(19991126).rar
fprot.307(20000225).rar
fprot.307b(20000419).rar
fprot.308(20000924).rar
fprot.308b(20001211).rar
fprot.308c(20010115).rar
fprot.309(20010329).rar
fprot.309a(20010418).rar
fprot.309c(20010605).rar
fprot.310(20010719).rar
fprot.310a(20010807).rar
fprot.310b(20010817).rar
fprot.310c(20010906).rar
fprot.311(20010922).rar
fprot.311a(20011025).rar
fprot.311b(20011220).rar
fprot.312(20020319).rar
fprot.312a(20020528).rar
fprot.312b(20020923).rar
fprot.312c(20021205).rar
fprot.312d(20030116).rar
fprot.313a(20030506).rar
fprot.314a(20030805).rar
fprot.314b(20030930).rar
fprot.314d(20040311).rar
fprot.314e.rar
fprot.315(20040626).rar
fprot.315a(20040812).rar
fprot.315b(20040927).rar
fprot.316a(20041230).rar
fprot.316b(20050407).rar
fprot.316f(20060613).rar
fprot.316f(20090402).rar
fprot_utils.300.rar
gold_sos.953.rar
hmvs.300e.rar
hmvs.310e.rar
hmvs.311e.rar
ibm antivirus-2.2.rar
ibmavir.212.rar
inoculan.4.4(46.41)(200403).rar
Inoculan.50b56.rar
integrity master.260b(prerelease).rar
integrity master.321a.rar
integrity master.421.rar
invircible.611.rar
kaspersky.(update only)(19960209).rar
kaspersky.(update only)(20020908).rar
kaspersky.21.rar
kaspersky.22(lite).rar
kaspersky.30_122(install).rar
kaspersky.30_133(200407).rar
kaspersky.30_135(200209).rar
mcafee-bootscan.100.rar
mcafee-bootshield.101(evaluation).rar
mcafee-bootshield.101(licensed).rar
mcafee-clean.2.7v57.rar
mcafee-clean.9.14v102.rar
mcafee-clean.9.26v115.rar
mcafee-fileshield.14.rar
mcafee-netscan.9.14v102.rar
mcafee-proscan.14.rar
mcafee-scan.9.14v102.rar
mcafee-scanres.047.rar
mcafee-scanres.057.rar
mcafee-vshield.250e(9606).rar
mcafee-vshield.5.22v102.rar
mcafee.0.3v19.rar
mcafee.0.6v39.rar
mcafee.1.4v46.rar
mcafee.1.7v50.rar
mcafee.2.1.1v211.rar
mcafee.2.2.11v9603(19960319).rar
mcafee.2.2.12v9606(19960805).rar
mcafee.2.2.7.rar
mcafee.2.2.9v9601(19960104).rar
mcafee.2.3v56.rar
mcafee.2.5.0av9606.rar
mcafee.2.53ev9611.rar
mcafee.2.7v57.rar
mcafee.3.0.0(19970213).rar
mcafee.3.0.2(german).rar
mcafee.3.1.4(3011).rar
mcafee.3.1v60.rar
mcafee.3.1v61.rar
mcafee.3.1v62.rar
mcafee.3.20(spanish).rar
mcafee.3.5v63.rar
mcafee.3.7v64.rar
mcafee.318e.rar
mcafee.4.0.2.rar
mcafee.4.1.20(20010118).rar
mcafee.4.14.0(20010219).rar
mcafee.4.16.0(20011115).rar
mcafee.4.24(20040825).rar
mcafee.4.3.20(20040204).rar
mcafee.4.4.00(20041026).rar
mcafee.4.5v66b.rar
mcafee.4260(engine update)(20030516).rar
mcafee.450(19991130).rar
mcafee.5.1v67.rar
mcafee.6.3v72.rar
mcafee.7.2v76.rar
mcafee.9.30v117.rar
memscan.894-rose.rar
memscan.900-rose.rar
memscan.901-rose.rar
microsoft av.upd_0696.rar
mr2s.210final-rose.rar
nav.#43(199510).rar
nav.10(199012).rar
nav.10(199712).rar
nav.10(199912).rar
nav.20.rar
nav.30_upd(199605).rar
nav.40(20030516).rar
nav.40b.rar
nav.50-w95.rar
nav.upd_31(19960601).rar
nod32.125(19991001).rar
nod32.125-991001.rar
nod32.1663(20040312).rar
nod32.1973(20050116).rar
norman.470.rar
panda.60(20040501).rar
pc-cillin.502-trend micro(19960504).rar
resq.702m.rar
rhbvs.4_91_1880-rose.rar
rhbvs.4_92_2056-rose.rar
sbabr.312.rar
skudo.410.rar
solomon.32.rar
solomon.71.rar
solomon.758(19960331).rar
solomon.769.rar
solomon.773.rar
tbav.31-essas.rar
tbav.634reg-essas.rar
tbav.638(19950901).rar
tbav.651-essas.rar
tbav.651.network-essas.rar
tbav.701(19960325).rar
tbav.704(19960724).rar
tbav.707(19970103).rar
tbav.802(19970727).rar
tbav.803(19971018).rar
tbav.804(19980106).rar
tbav.804a(19971231).rar
tbav.805(19980311).rar
tbav.806(19980518).rar
tbav.807(19980714).rar
tbav.808(19981001).rar
tbav.810-essas(2000506).rar
tbav.810-essas-esp(2000506).rar
tbav.811-essas.rar
ThunderBYTE Anti-Virus Keygen.zip
tnt.23-carmel.rar
tnt.96-II-carmel(german).rar
trend_micro.rar
vds.31a.rar
virex.298.rar
virscan.1598-rose.rar
virscan.1603-rose.rar
virus guard-1.5.rar
vsum.199603.rar
vsum.199705.rar
vsum.199707.rar
vsum.199805.rar
vsum.199809.rar

[anormal]

Hi, 1.5 years passed. Again, for preservation this my updated dos antivirus collection:

adinf.1213.rar
adinf.931.rar
AIDSTest.v1381(19960101).rar
aidstest.v1433(19960225).rar
AIDSTest.v1554(19960701)-russian.rar
aidstest.v1678(19970120).rar
anyware antivirus.301.rar
artemis.31-pandasoft.rar
avast.770(20040831).rar
avast.770.rar
avplab.rar
avscan.265(199604).rar
avscan.396.rar
avscan.420(19980307).rar
bitdefender.702420(20040830).rar
bombsquad.12.rar
ccfiles.77.rar
checkup.36.rar
chekmate.240.rar
chkansi.2.rar
cpav.13.rar
cpav.14.rar
cpav.22.rar
cpav.28(19960901).rar
cpav.2x-update.rar
cpav.se.1992-feb.rar
crcheck.420.rar
cybec-vet.9531(1997).rar
discovir.113(20000219).rar
disinfct.12.rar
drweb.312(199606).rar
drweb.325(19970928)-russian.rar
drweb.327a(199802).rar
drweb.400e(19980406).rar
drweb.432a(20040831).rar
file_integrity.5.rar
flu_shot_plus.14.rar
flu_shot_plus.152.rar
flu_shot_plus.16.rar
flu_shot_plus.184.rar
fmacro.180.rar
fmacro.31.rar
fmirc.644(1650)-rose.rar
fmirc.652(1879)-rose.rar
fmirc.700(2228)-rose.rar
fmirc.703(2341)-rose.rar
fprot tools.rar
fprot update bulletin.206.rar
fprot update bulletin.207.rar
fprot update bulletin.208.rar
fprot update bulletin.209.rar
fprot update bulletin.210.rar
fprot update bulletin.211.rar
fprot update bulletin.212.rar
fprot update bulletin.213.rar
fprot update bulletin.214.rar
fprot.107(199001).rar
fprot.108(199003).rar
fprot.111(199006).rar
fprot.112(199007).rar
fprot.114a(199101).rar
fprot.116(199106).rar
fprot.200(199108).rar
fprot.201(199111).rar
fprot.202(199201).rar
fprot.203a(199204).rar
fprot.204(199206).rar
fprot.209(199307).rar
fprot.210(199310).rar
fprot.211(199402).rar
fprot.212(199404).rar
fprot.213a(199407).rar
fprot.214(199409).rar
fprot.215(199411).rar
fprot.216(199501).rar
fprot.217(199503).rar
fprot.218a(199506).rar
fprot.219(199508).rar
fprot.219a(199508).rar
fprot.220(199510).rar
fprot.221(199512).rar
fprot.222(199603).rar
fprot.223(199605).rar
fprot.223a(199606).rar
fprot.224a(199608).rar
fprot.224c(199609).rar
fprot.225(199612).rar
fprot.226(199702).rar
fprot.226(199712).rar
fprot.227(199705).rar
fprot.227a(199707).rar
fprot.228(199711).rar
fprot.228b(199801).rar
fprot.300(199804).rar
fprot.301(199806).rar
fprot.302a(199806).rar
fprot.303(19981012).rar
fprot.304(19981229).rar
fprot.304a(19990203).rar
fprot.305(19990514).rar
fprot.305b(19990707).rar
fprot.306(19991013).rar
fprot.306a(19991031).rar
fprot.306c(19991126).rar
fprot.307(20000225).rar
fprot.307b(20000419).rar
fprot.308(20000924).rar
fprot.308b(20001211).rar
fprot.308c(20010115).rar
fprot.309(20010329).rar
fprot.309a(20010418).rar
fprot.309c(20010605).rar
fprot.310(20010719).rar
fprot.310a(20010807).rar
fprot.310b(20010817).rar
fprot.310c(20010906).rar
fprot.311(20010922).rar
fprot.311a(20011025).rar
fprot.311b(20011220).rar
fprot.312(20020319).rar
fprot.312a(20020528).rar
fprot.312b(20020923).rar
fprot.312c(20021205).rar
fprot.312d(20030116).rar
fprot.313a(20030506).rar
fprot.314a(20030805).rar
fprot.314b(20030930).rar
fprot.314d(20040311).rar
fprot.314e.rar
fprot.315(20040626).rar
fprot.315a(20040812).rar
fprot.315b(20040927).rar
fprot.316a(20041230).rar
fprot.316b(20050407).rar
fprot.316f(20060613).rar
fprot.316f(20090402).rar
fprot_utils.300.rar
gold_sos.953.rar
hmvs.300e.rar
hmvs.310e.rar
hmvs.311e.rar
ibm antivirus-2.2.rar
ibmavir.212.rar
inoculan.4.4(46.41)(200403).rar
Inoculan.50b56.rar
integrity master.260b(prerelease).rar
integrity master.321a.rar
integrity master.421.rar
invircible.611.rar
kaspersky.(update only)(19960209).rar
kaspersky.(update only)(20020908).rar
kaspersky.21.rar
kaspersky.22(lite).rar
kaspersky.30_122(install).rar
kaspersky.30_133(200407).rar
kaspersky.30_135(200209).rar
mcafee-bootscan.100.rar
mcafee-bootshield.101(evaluation).rar
mcafee-bootshield.101(licensed).rar
mcafee-clean.2.7v57.rar
mcafee-clean.9.14v102.rar
mcafee-clean.9.26v115.rar
mcafee-fileshield.14.rar
mcafee-netscan.9.14v102.rar
mcafee-proscan.14.rar
mcafee-scan.9.14v102.rar
mcafee-scanres.047.rar
mcafee-scanres.057.rar
mcafee-vshield.250e(9606).rar
mcafee-vshield.5.22v102.rar
mcafee.0.3v19.rar
mcafee.0.6v39.rar
mcafee.1.4v46.rar
mcafee.1.7v50.rar
mcafee.2.1.1v211.rar
mcafee.2.2.11v9603(19960319).rar
mcafee.2.2.12v9606(19960805).rar
mcafee.2.2.7.rar
mcafee.2.2.9v9601(19960104).rar
mcafee.2.3v56.rar
mcafee.2.5.0av9606.rar
mcafee.2.5.4v9702(19970131).rar
mcafee.2.53ev9611.rar
mcafee.2.7v57.rar
mcafee.3.0.0(19970213).rar
mcafee.3.0.2(german).rar
mcafee.3.1.4(3011).rar
mcafee.3.1v60.rar
mcafee.3.1v61.rar
mcafee.3.1v62.rar
mcafee.3.20(spanish).rar
mcafee.3.5v63.rar
mcafee.3.7v64.rar
mcafee.318e.rar
mcafee.4.0.2.rar
mcafee.4.1.20(20010118).rar
mcafee.4.14.0(20010219).rar
mcafee.4.16.0(20011115).rar
mcafee.4.24(20040825).rar
mcafee.4.3.20(20040204).rar
mcafee.4.4.00(20041026).rar
mcafee.4.5v66b.rar
mcafee.4260(engine update)(20030516).rar
mcafee.450(19991130).rar
mcafee.5.1v67.rar
mcafee.6.3v72.rar
mcafee.7.2v76.rar
mcafee.8.6.v93.rar
mcafee.9.14v102.rar
mcafee.9.30v117.rar
memscan.1017-rose.rar
memscan.1026-rose.rar
memscan.894-rose.rar
memscan.900-rose.rar
memscan.901-rose.rar
memscan.943-rose.rar
memscan.959-rose.rar
memscan.972-rose.rar
memscan.975-rose.rar
microsoft av.upd_0696.rar
mr2s.210final-rose.rar
nav.#43(199510).rar
nav.10(199012).rar
nav.10(199712).rar
nav.10(199912).rar
nav.20.rar
nav.30_upd(199605).rar
nav.40(20030516).rar
nav.40b.rar
nav.50-w95.rar
nav.upd_31(19960601).rar
nod32.125(19991001).rar
nod32.125-991001.rar
nod32.1663(20040312).rar
nod32.1973(20050116).rar
norman.470.rar
panda.60(20040501).rar
pc-cillin.502-trend micro(19960504).rar
resq.702m.rar
rhbvs.4_91_1880-rose.rar
rhbvs.4_92_2056-rose.rar
rhbvs.4_96_2487-rose.rar
rhbvs.4_97_2727-rose.rar
rhbvs.4_98_2785-rose.rar
rhbvs.5_01_2851-rose.rar
rhbvs.5_02_2906-rose.rar
sbabr.312.rar
skudo.410.rar
solomon.32.rar
solomon.71.rar
solomon.758(19960331).rar
solomon.769.rar
solomon.773.rar
tbav-last-update.rar
tbav-scan.17.rar
tbav-scan.20.rar
tbav-scan.23.rar
tbav-scan.28.rar
tbav-scan.30.rar
tbav-scan.31-essas.rar
tbav-scan.33.rar
tbav-scan.41.rar
tbav-scan.42.rar
tbav-scan.43.rar
tbav.501.rar
tbav.503.rar
tbav.601.rar
tbav.602.rar
tbav.603.rar
tbav.604.rar
tbav.605.rar
tbav.607.rar
tbav.609.rar
tbav.610.rar
tbav.611.rar
tbav.612.rar
tbav.620.rar
tbav.621.rar
tbav.622.rar
tbav.623.rar
tbav.624.rar
tbav.626.rar
tbav.630.rar
tbav.631.rar
tbav.632.rar
tbav.633.rar
tbav.634reg-essas.rar
tbav.635.rar
tbav.636.rar
tbav.638(19950901).rar
tbav.650.rar
tbav.651-essas.rar
tbav.651.network-essas.rar
tbav.700.rar
tbav.701(19960325).rar
tbav.702.rar
tbav.704(19960724).rar
tbav.705.rar
tbav.706.rar
tbav.707(19970103).rar
tbav.800.rar
tbav.803(19971018).rar
tbav.803a(key).rar
tbav.804(19980106).rar
tbav.804a(19971231).rar
tbav.805(19980311).rar
tbav.806(19980518).rar
tbav.807(19980714).rar
tbav.808(19981001).rar
tbav.809.rar
tbav.810-essas(2000506).rar
tbav.810-essas-esp(2000506).rar
tbav.811-essas.rar
tbav.x600.rar
tbav.x601.rar
tbav.x603.rar
tbav.x604.rar
tbav.x605.rar
tbav.x608.rar
tbav.x611.rar
tbav.x612.rar
tbav.x620.rar
tbav.x621.rar
tbav.x622.rar
tbav.x624.rar
tbav.x626.rar
tbav.x630.rar
tbav.x632.rar
tbav.x634.rar
tbav.x635.rar
tbav.x636.rar
tbav.x638.rar
tbav.x701.rar
tbav.x702.rar
tbav.x705.rar
tbav.x706.rar
tbav.x806.rar
tbav.x807.rar
ThunderBYTE Anti-Virus Keygen.zip
tnt.23-carmel.rar
tnt.811(853)-carmel.rar
tnt.870(2181)-carmel(german).rar
tnt.930(2807)-carmel(german).rar
tnt.96II(3900)-carmel(german).rar
vds.31a.rar
virex.298.rar
virscan.1598-rose.rar
virscan.1603-rose.rar
virscan.1726-rose.rar
virscan.1746-rose.rar
virus guard-1.5.rar
VSUm.199107.rar
VSUm.199201.rar
VSUm.199202.rar
VSUm.199203.rar
VSUm.199205.rar
VSUm.199206.rar
VSUm.199209.rar
VSUm.199210.rar
VSUm.199212.rar
VSUm.199302.rar
VSUm.199303.rar
VSUm.199304.rar
VSUm.199305.rar
VSUm.199306.rar
VSUm.199308.rar
VSUm.199309.rar
VSUm.199310.rar
VSUm.199312.rar
VSUm.199401.rar
VSUm.199403.rar
VSUm.199404.rar
VSUm.199406.rar
VSUm.199408.rar
VSUm.199409.rar
VSUm.199411.rar
VSUm.199501.rar
VSUm.199503.rar
VSUm.199505.rar
VSUm.199507.rar
VSUm.199509.rar
VSUm.199510.rar
VSUm.199602.rar
VSUm.199603.rar
vsum.199605.rar
VSUm.199606.rar
VSUm.199608.rar
VSUm.199610.rar
VSUm.199612.rar
VSUm.199702.rar
VSUm.199705.rar
VSUm.199707.rar
VSUm.199710.rar
VSUm.199802.rar
VSUm.199805.rar
vsum.199809.rar

[A.S. aka nanocomp.invent.]

Hello,

just wanted to ask, because I keep asking myself this question since few weeks.

Does it make any sense to use beta or abadonware of an anti virus software?

Do you know of any such antivirus that is still updates with new viruses nowadays?

Would be grateful for your help!

Installing that would do nothing except make your device more vulnerable to attacks. Infact, I do not think virus definition file updates are available for anything 1 or 2 versions older than the current version of the ant-virus software.

The only theoretical reason for why one would want to install an abonware version of ESET NOD32 would be if the current version is not able to install. By installing the older version one may be able to update the version of the anti-virus software from the software itself.

[Darkstar]

Hey anormal, that looks like an impressive list. Funny that I didn't notice this earlier. I will check my NAS to see if I can find any other releases/versions that you're still missing and zip them up for you.

[anormal]

@darkstar: thanks! I also maintain other DOS collections. And maybe someday i could compile a big DOS Apps collection.