Thanks--but the matter is settled for this year. The AVG is working. I will remember clamv and when I need a revision--probably 2009--I may switch.--Ellen Duell ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Metro" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2008 2:09 PM Subject: Re: [clamav-win32] the welcome message!
> Nigel Horne wrote: > > Off the top of my head I see nothing to think that clamAV won't compile > > and run under Windows 2000, though Windows NT is rather old. > > I've tried a few 3rd party command-line ports of ClamAV that run on > Windows NT, and I'd presume Windows 2000. ClamWin, another 3rd party > port, doesn't, but that's only because of the GUI wrapper. > > I haven't tried the official Win32 port of ClamAV on Windows NT, but I'd > bet that it would work. Open source tends to be far more supportive of > old versions of Windows - especially the cross platform projects - > compared to commercial vendors. A notable exception is Mozilla dropping > NT support in Firefox and Thunderbird 3.0, though they supported it for > a long time. > > -Tom > > -- > Tom Metro > Venture Logic, Newton, MA, USA > "Enterprise solutions through open source." > Professional Profile: http://tmetro.venturelogic.com/ > _______________________________________________ > http://lists.clamav.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/clamav-win32 _______________________________________________ http://lists.clamav.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/clamav-win32
