Gary S. Terhune, your security website article fails to load

I was just looking over your website and the security article fails to load.
Did you temporarily remove it?

http://www.grystmill.com/articles/security.htm

Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer give me the message that this page
cannot be found.

Ditto.

Dan wrote:
I was just looking over your website and the security article fails to
load.
Did you temporarily remove it?

http://www.grystmill.com/articles/security.htm

Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer give me the message that this page
cannot be found.

I took it down for updating (some apps I recommended are no longer
appropriate.) I just keep forgetting where I put my round tuit. I'll take a
look at it now and see just how much editing it really needs.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
http://grystmill.com

"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote in message
...
Ditto.

Dan wrote:
I was just looking over your website and the security article fails to
load.
Did you temporarily remove it?

http://www.grystmill.com/articles/security.htm

Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer give me the message that this page
cannot be found.

Have we had a good discussion of what anti-virus and other anti-malware
products still work on Win9x systems, lately? I know Avast! works well, and
perhaps an earlier version of AVG (but what about Updates?)

Then there's David's Multi-AV, and F-Prot for DOS...

Any others?

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
http://grystmill.com

"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote in message
...
Ditto.

Dan wrote:
I was just looking over your website and the security article fails to
load.
Did you temporarily remove it?

http://www.grystmill.com/articles/security.htm

Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer give me the message that this page
cannot be found.

Might as well include firewalls in the discussion. So far I have Sygate, ZA,
Tiny (the old version), Kerio (old version)... Anything else?

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
http://grystmill.com

"Gary S. Terhune" none wrote in message
...
Have we had a good discussion of what anti-virus and other anti-malware
products still work on Win9x systems, lately? I know Avast! works well,
and perhaps an earlier version of AVG (but what about Updates?)

Then there's David's Multi-AV, and F-Prot for DOS...

Any others?

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
http://grystmill.com

"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote in message
...
Ditto.

Dan wrote:
I was just looking over your website and the security article fails to
load.
Did you temporarily remove it?

http://www.grystmill.com/articles/security.htm

Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer give me the message that this page
cannot be found.

I think I found your round tuit but I just didn't have any energy so I cast
it aside and had a nice visit with my recliner :-) Can't help on the W98
apps Gary, too out of touch with the 98 scene.

--
Regards

Ron Badour
MS MVP 1997 - 2008


"Gary S. Terhune" none wrote in message
...
I took it down for updating (some apps I recommended are no longer
appropriate.) I just keep forgetting where I put my round tuit. I'll take a
look at it now and see just how much editing it really needs.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
http://grystmill.com

"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote in message
...
Ditto.

Dan wrote:
I was just looking over your website and the security article fails to
load.
Did you temporarily remove it?

http://www.grystmill.com/articles/security.htm

Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer give me the message that this page
cannot be found.

At 2:10 AM, you'd think I'd be fast asleep on my couch (I literally live in
the living room these days.)

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
http://grystmill.com

"Ron Badour" wrote in message
...
I think I found your round tuit but I just didn't have any energy so I cast
it aside and had a nice visit with my recliner :-) Can't help on the W98
apps Gary, too out of touch with the 98 scene.

--
Regards

Ron Badour
MS MVP 1997 - 2008


"Gary S. Terhune" none wrote in message
...
I took it down for updating (some apps I recommended are no longer
appropriate.) I just keep forgetting where I put my round tuit. I'll take
a look at it now and see just how much editing it really needs.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
http://grystmill.com

"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote in message
...
Ditto.

Dan wrote:
I was just looking over your website and the security article fails to
load.
Did you temporarily remove it?

http://www.grystmill.com/articles/security.htm

Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer give me the message that this
page
cannot be found.

Gary S. Terhune wrote:

Might as well include firewalls in the discussion. So far I have
Sygate, ZA, Tiny (the old version), Kerio (old version)... Anything
else?


Agnitum Outpost Free
http://www.agnitum.com/products/outpostfree/index.php

Apparently, AVG is still supporting version 7.5 of its anti-virus program
which works well. Avast works well as well but in my opinion is almost too
concerned about security which can be good and bad. It can help keep users
safer but also raise false alarms like the one about Yahoo.com being
infected, a false positive about a file on my dad's computer, prevent certain
Microsoft tools like the client that Microsoft provided me from working to

Please steer clear of AVG version 8 for any computer because at least the
free version has known issues and will of course not run on 98. In regards,
to firewalls you want a multi-layered safety and security approach to keeping
98 Second Edition safe on the Internet these days. I would suggest a router
that has built in firewall capabilities and please don't use the default
settings and change the authentication password to a complex password.
Microsoft has a tool to help users make strong passwords. It is located at

http://www.microsoft.com/protect/you...d/checker.mspx

In addition, a wired connection is always more secure than a wireless
connection. Remember, that Microsoft will no longer provide security updates
for Windows 98 Second Edition so users must use other software to make 98 and
98 SE more secure on the Internet. I like Mozilla Firefox and version 2.0.x
is still supported with 98. Eventually, Mozilla will retire version 2 of
Firefox and version 3 of Firefox does not support Windows 98. Opera has its
fans but I do not care much for it and its user base is too small currently
to have too many hackers working on breaking into the Opera web browser. The
Opera web browser is an alternative especially if Mozilla discontinues
support of Mozilla Firefox 2.0.x and in doing so no longer provides support
for Windows 98. As far as software firewalls are concerned I do not have a
good suggestion of which one is best with Windows 98 and/or 98SE Edition.

I like the XP Professional firewall but there you do have to watch if you
allow any exceptions. I am giving Windows Live Care a trial period on the XP
Professional side of my machine to see how I like it.


"Ingeborg" wrote:

Gary S. Terhune wrote:

Might as well include firewalls in the discussion. So far I have
Sygate, ZA, Tiny (the old version), Kerio (old version)... Anything
else?


Agnitum Outpost Free
http://www.agnitum.com/products/outpostfree/index.php

Why are you living in the living room, and not the computer room, at such an
hour?

Gary S. Terhune wrote:
At 2:10 AM, you'd think I'd be fast asleep on my couch (I literally live
in
the living room these days.)

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
http://grystmill.com

"Ron Badour" wrote in message
...
I think I found your round tuit but I just didn't have any energy so I
cast
it aside and had a nice visit with my recliner :-) Can't help on the
W98
apps Gary, too out of touch with the 98 scene.

--
Regards

Ron Badour
MS MVP 1997 - 2008


"Gary S. Terhune" none wrote in message
...
I took it down for updating (some apps I recommended are no longer
appropriate.) I just keep forgetting where I put my round tuit. I'll
take
a look at it now and see just how much editing it really needs.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
http://grystmill.com

"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote in message
...
Ditto.

Dan wrote:
I was just looking over your website and the security article fails to
load.
Did you temporarily remove it?

http://www.grystmill.com/articles/security.htm

Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer give me the message that this
page
cannot be found.