What antivirus to use for an OLD laptop? (PIII, 256ram, W2K)

My main laptop needs to be repaired and now I can only use one crappy old laptop that I literally found in the attic. Specs are in the title.
It is so old it doesn’t have a CD drive, and it cannot boot from USB, so installing XP is impossible for the time being.
All the new antivrus programs seem to require at least 512ram to run. And chrome won’t even work on W2K. Firefox requires 512ram. Avast! won’t run on W2K.
Any ideas? Can you recommend a light browser and do you know some lightweight antivirus solutions that will run on this set up? Bear in mind I’ll also need a firewall as W2K doesn’t have it’s own.
I would really appreciate help
Answer #1
Have you tried Avira? http://www.avira.com/en/avira-free-antivirus
First thing that comes to my mind when I see that old hardware. Give it a try It is well known as the AV which uses the least amount of resources (RAM)
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Answer #2
goGAMERo replied: Have you tried Avira? http://www.avira.com/en/avira-free-antivirus
First thing that comes to my mind when I see that old hardware. Give it a try It is well known as the AV which uses the least amount of resources (RAM)
Avira System Requirements:
Windows:
Windows 7 (32-bit or 64-bit)
Windows Vista SP1 (32-bit or 64-bit)
Windows XP SP3 (32-bit)
Windows XP SP2 (64-bit)
RAM:
Min. 1024 MB RAM (Windows Vista, Windows 7)
Min. 512 MB RAM (Windows XP)
You see my problem? This laptop should be dumped but I really really need it to do an online course while my main laptop is getting repaired.
Answer #3
Well yeah, when I said Avira I didn’t mean the newest version. This one should work for you
http://www.oldversion.com/download-Avira-AntiVir-9.0.0.418.html
It supports W2K
Answer #4
ESET Smart Security v4.2.71.2 (32bit)
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=DPEJIMVU
ESET Smart Security v4.2.71.2 (64bit)
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=EM4CE4QC
ESET Smart Security v3.0.669.0 (32bit)
http://rapidshare.com/files/144417732/ESET_NOD32_Smart_Security_Home_Edition_3.0.669__32-Bit_.rar
ESET Smart Security v3.0.669.0 (64bit)
http://rapidshare.com/files/144408065/ESET_NOD32_Smart_Security_Home_Edition_3.0.669__64-Bit_.rar
TNod User & Password Finder v1.4.1.0 (32bit & 64bit)
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=8UMM04J5
http://kb.eset.com/esetkb/index?page=content&id=SOLN358
Answer #5
I would forget about Win and install a lightweight Linux distro. You would have make a boot floppy which reboots to USB.
Answer #6
metal4life replied: I would forget about Win and install a lightweight Linux distro. You would have make a boot floppy which reboots to USB.
Yea, this is what could help you.
And Windows Viruses don’t effect UNIX.
I would recommend ubuntu if ur pro with linux get debian or DSL.
They are Cli while ubuntu has a GUI