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Can anyone recommend a Win98SE compatible anti-virus / anti-spyware
software package?

I am currently using PC Guard, which is provided by my cable provider
(Telewest) but it seems to keep causing my machine to crash.

Anti-Virus / Anti-spyware
 

I am not a fan of most of the available packages, and prefer to run specialised
individual apps.

Have a look here for more info about what to use to prevent and remove spywa
http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm
and
http://aumha.org/a/quickfix.htm

There are a number of good anti-virus apps out there. I would avoid both Norton
(Symantec) and McAfee with a Win98 system. I currently use and recommend a free for
home use anti-virus, Avast:
http://www.avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.html

I don't recommend Avast on a very old and slow system though....a processor of less
than 400-500 MHz may see delays.
--
Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm


"Tommo" wrote in message
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Can anyone recommend a Win98SE compatible anti-virus / anti-spyware
software package?

I am currently using PC Guard, which is provided by my cable provider
(Telewest) but it seems to keep causing my machine to crash.

Anti-Virus / Anti-spyware
 

I've been using ZoneAlarm 6.0.607.000 and AVG free 7.1.405 for some time
with no problems. ZA in the newer version is not supposed to support W98,
but the older version works just fine for me. You'll read all kinds of pros
and cons for different ones, but the worst I've read about either is that ZA
is hard to remove, and AVG is not quite as good as Avast at detecting some
of the more recent plagues.

Hth,
Joe
"Tommo" wrote in message
oups.com...
Can anyone recommend a Win98SE compatible anti-virus / anti-spyware
software package?

I am currently using PC Guard, which is provided by my cable provider
(Telewest) but it seems to keep causing my machine to crash.

Anti-Virus / Anti-spyware
 

snip

BTW, the latest ZoneAlarm for 98, 98SE and ME is 6.1.744.001.

Anti-Virus / Anti-spyware
 

Avast for me Tommo
Gekko


"Tommo" wrote in message
oups.com...
Can anyone recommend a Win98SE compatible anti-virus / anti-spyware
software package?

I am currently using PC Guard, which is provided by my cable provider
(Telewest) but it seems to keep causing my machine to crash.

Anti-Virus / Anti-spyware
 

Saw no reason to upgrade. Did you see any?

Joe
"Dan" wrote in message
...
snip

BTW, the latest ZoneAlarm for 98, 98SE and ME is 6.1.744.001.

Anti-Virus / Anti-spyware
 

jt3 wrote:
Saw no reason to upgrade. Did you see any?

Joe
"Dan" wrote in message
...
snip

BTW, the latest ZoneAlarm for 98, 98SE and ME is 6.1.744.001.



Yup, here are the version release information and web page for ZA history.

New and improved features in ZoneAlarm Pro version 6.1.744.001

* Fixed - Local escalation of privileges issue (For more details
please click here)

New and improved features in ZoneAlarm Pro version 6.1.744.000

* Fixed - Service stability issue
* Fixed - Communicate with the centralized server issue
* Fixed - Overlapped text in support and update information
* Fixed - Various other bug fixes

New and improved features in ZoneAlarm Pro version 6.1.737.000

* Fixed - Compatibility issues with Adaptec USB driver
* Fixed - Nortel VPN can not connect
* Fixed - Antispyware update failure
* Fixed - Compatibility issue when System Mechanic Startup Guard is
enabled
* Fixed - PdaNet can't connect
* Fixed - Problems with GotomyPC
* Fixed - VSNET 2003 issues
* Fixed - TrueVector application error in event viewer log
* Fixed - High vsmon CPU usage
* Fixed - "Deny" Button in program alert pushed off the edge
* Fixed - Icons lost in program list after upgrade
* Fixed - PC Cillin 2006 issue
* Fixed - System stability issues
* Fixed - Various other bug fixes

http://download.zonelabs.com/bin/fre...seHistory.html

Anti-Virus / Anti-spyware
 

Thanks for the heads-up. I was being lazy, and since 9x support was being
discontinued I didn't look into it, but as you would no doubt point out,
there are items listed which would clearly be important to the free version.

Joe
"Dan" wrote in message
...
jt3 wrote:
Saw no reason to upgrade. Did you see any?

Joe
"Dan" wrote in message
...
snip

BTW, the latest ZoneAlarm for 98, 98SE and ME is 6.1.744.001.



Yup, here are the version release information and web page for ZA history.

New and improved features in ZoneAlarm Pro version 6.1.744.001

* Fixed - Local escalation of privileges issue (For more details
please click here)

New and improved features in ZoneAlarm Pro version 6.1.744.000

* Fixed - Service stability issue
* Fixed - Communicate with the centralized server issue
* Fixed - Overlapped text in support and update information
* Fixed - Various other bug fixes

New and improved features in ZoneAlarm Pro version 6.1.737.000

* Fixed - Compatibility issues with Adaptec USB driver
* Fixed - Nortel VPN can not connect
* Fixed - Antispyware update failure
* Fixed - Compatibility issue when System Mechanic Startup Guard is
enabled
* Fixed - PdaNet can't connect
* Fixed - Problems with GotomyPC
* Fixed - VSNET 2003 issues
* Fixed - TrueVector application error in event viewer log
* Fixed - High vsmon CPU usage
* Fixed - "Deny" Button in program alert pushed off the edge
* Fixed - Icons lost in program list after upgrade
* Fixed - PC Cillin 2006 issue
* Fixed - System stability issues
* Fixed - Various other bug fixes

http://download.zonelabs.com/bin/fre...seHistory.html

Anti-Virus / Anti-spyware
 

You are most welcome. I hope you like the newer version of Zone Alarm.