Recommend Virus Protection Software for XP

AVG free still supports XP and is one of the most highly recommended of the free AV's.
http://free.avg.com/us-en/platforms
 

I am using free Avira which is also on my XP machine, but I have not upgraded it on that machine for a while now. It works fine, but you have to updated it every day and while it never interferes and is updated on my Windows 7 computer, I have yet to see if it will update since XP demise from Microsoft. Usually that means that a new computer is needed (but with Windows 8 or 8.1 or whatever it is now) but at least Windows 7 life is still till 2020 and all that can be found by doing a search at Microsoft's website.
Service life of an OS.
But with me I do not need to get on the Internet or anything with my XP computer, I use Windows 7 for that, but still I will have to see if the program updates. Usually programs have to be written for an OS because of new CPUs and other hardware during the years into the future. That is why old programs (or games) only work for the OS they were programmed for and compatibility mode does not mean that any program will run with a newer OS. That is just the way that it is. So that means that a program may not keep XP support anymore. Last time I did update on my XP machine with Avira, I think it downloaded 180 files but then all of it downloaded and upgraded and everything worked fine but that was before the end of life from Microsoft. It would be a few months later now, and I have not convinced myself that I need to update anything in XP just use it and not be on the Internet with it. But there are still a lot of people in the world using XP and businesses so will the expense to a new computer be necessary? That, that is always the question when the OS company announces the end of life for an OS.
 
 
 

+1 on AVG

i use Avast.
 
works well.
 

I've been using Norton and it's kept out of my way nicely. Years ago, I had it and quit it in favor of ESET (which worked very well), but after two years, I went back to Norton and haven't been sorry.
 
Check the Maximum PC magazine site for a comparison of antivirus s/w.

I also use the free version of Avast on my XP machine. Works well for my internet surfing needs.
 
Mike

I used to use MSE exclusively, but now I'm not so sure about it.
 
It DID let one or 2 nasties through which were later picked up by Malawarebytes, so please don't assume that MSE was ever the panacea it was made out to be.