How do you deal with antivirus?

[Lone Browncoat]

Well, this morning on my W2kP machine, AVG [7.5.557] with Virus base 270.14.151/3707 with a release date of 6/16/2011 6:34AM
just false positive as a trojan both the Generic AntiWPA and the V3.4.6 file. So I just released them[from the vault] back to where they were residing.
For unfortunately while W2k shuts down faster than XP, when building a HTPC/PVR, XP has the better hibernation routine,though I haven't yet tried
Hazars's suggestion to wittle down 2k with nLite to 90MB, its just easier to slap in XP with just the basics and add the AntiWPA for a machine that stays off-line.
Then I can go away for awhile, whereas 2k is slow to hibernate and doesn't always succeed.


EDIT: Of course,these days if you want to avoid activation, I dual-boot Linux for those extended sessions on-line.