Terry wrote in
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Thanks Isaac.

Ok..so best protection for "worms"...?
I use AVG anti-virus.
What else would you suggest..Firewall ..etc.

Regards
Terry
On Fri, 02 Jul 2004 11:07:59 -0000, Isaac - wrote:

Terry wrote in
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Win98se
Athlon 2.2
512m/b ram
60gig h/d
Office XP
Epson Printer & Scanner

End user..odd game....spreadshhet work...& basic internet useage.

I am about to connect to ADSL from DUN, and wish to know more about
how the various O/S's would or would not improve my system
significantly. Support for 98SE, only if I should need it..?

I am happy with 98SE but unsure if I would be any better off with
say 'XP'.??........speeds??

What are the differences in O/S's ??

Do I need to U/G.

I am able to run my mostly used App' (Office XP) ok with 98SE.

I do not fancy reformatting as it took a while to get all my many
Apps' & utils' etc. installed, as well as customising the PC.

I read here of many problems encountered when upgrades are
attempted.

TIA




Win98 is immune for most worms which make cyberspace dangerous. XP can
be slightly faster. I wouldn't upgrade.


An antivirus program cannot protect you against worms like Blaster and
Sasser. These worms get into your computer via an open port (which is open
by default on W2000 and XP), and will be executed from memory without
having been written to disk. So the virusscanner has nothing to scan. So
you'll have to use an OS which doesn't open these ports (like W98) or a
firewall. When you connect to internet via a NAT router, you're safe too.
Almost every modem-router which allows you to connect more than one
computer for access to internet, does NAT, and will act as a hardware
firewall. It is always preferable to also use a software firewall, because
it will warn you when strange programs (like email worms, spyware) try to
access the net. I use Agnituim Outpost (free), and I'm very content with
it.