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I have some really old machines and want to run a virus scan on them. They only have about 64mb RAM, 333Mhz processor, etc. I don't want a whole suite, just something light weight and effective.

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For Windows 98 and upwards you could try Clamwin. Note that is does not do on-access scanning. You need to manually or schedule a scan of your drives.

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  • Seconding the clamwin suggestion. I run it on some old p2 machines just fine.
    – Chris_K
    Aug 5, 2009 at 15:22
  • I am going to use the portable version. it's only 6MB (27MB installed).
    – scottm
    Aug 5, 2009 at 16:13
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Personally, I vote for "Don't give the user Administrator rights", "Apply current security fixes", and "Don't run unnecessary services or software" for a low-impact anti-virus solution.

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  • these aren't user computers, the owners only allow "system changes" rarely, and they don't run unnecessary software.
    – scottm
    Aug 5, 2009 at 15:53
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dr.web seems to be so.

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  • what version friend?
    – dmityugov
    Aug 5, 2009 at 19:42
  • 4 i think
    – TiFFolk
    Aug 6, 2009 at 9:04
  • indeed. Just checked the docs - both 4.44 and 5.0 should work just fine with 64 MB RAM
    – dmityugov
    Aug 6, 2009 at 12:05

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