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I'm trying to allow programmatic access to Outlook without getting an annoying popup. This is configurable under Tools -> Trust Center, however my outlook warns 

Antivirus Status: Invalid.

Which is true because I don't have any antivirus software, nor do I want any thank you very much Microsoft. My question is is there some sort of really lightweight fake virus scanner which will satisfy the condition of appearing to Windows as a virus scanner without actually doing anything?

I am aware this falls firmly in the camp of "Dangerous, but I know what I'm doing"

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has been asked before: superuser.com/questions/16273/… and closed in favor of superuser.com/questions/2/free-antivirus-solutions-for-windows (maybe you should change your title to something like "is there something like a fake virusscanner to fool windows" – fretje Aug 19 '09 at 14:50
) - forgot to close the parenthesis ;-) – fretje Aug 19 '09 at 14:50
Ok, better, even +1, good question ;-) – fretje Aug 19 '09 at 14:55
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ClamAV is very lightweight and very free, though I'm not sure it will satisfy MS's security center requirements. Give it a try though, I have yet to see an AV lighter than Clam, and the price is certainly right.

edit: link - http://www.clamav.net/

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