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And yet another reason to hold off on WinXP 64bit: No 64-bit Anti-Virus
Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2005 12:16 am
by FlyingPenguin
Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2005 8:12 pm
by rndmtask
Can you get a win32 virus in 64bit windows?
Posted: Wed Aug 03, 2005 8:59 pm
by wpublic
i would think so, and your 32-bit apps would be especially vulnerable. if you have checked out the win64 trial version, IE has a 32-bit and a 64-bit version. this was a few months ago, but i tried to do windows update thru IE 64 bit and it forced the browser to close and open up IE-32-bit, so as long as there are things out there dependant on 32-bit platforms, viruses will still be a threat. when everything moves to 64-bit, the 32-bit viruses will start to be obsoleted.
then of course, i am sure people will make 64-bit viruses, too.
Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2005 4:13 am
by grumpy 1
actually avast antivirus can be used in 64 bit
http://www.avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.html
its even free all you have to do is register
cheers