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Antivirus Program for Win98SE
Greetings:
I've been using Win98SE and given my situation, I really don't want to upgrade to XP or whatever. I've been using Norton Antivirus 2001 but now the program tells me I have to purchase a newer version. When I purchased the newer version, I found it extremely slow (my computer is a Pentium 3 850). Is there a decent antivirus program out there that runs under Win 98SE and isn't slow? Thanks. |
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Antivirus Program for Win98SE
Avast is one such. Free for home use.
http://www.avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.html -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User http://grystmill.org/articles/cleanboot.htm http://grystmill.org/articles/security.htm J Golden wrote: Greetings: I've been using Win98SE and given my situation, I really don't want to upgrade to XP or whatever. I've been using Norton Antivirus 2001 but now the program tells me I have to purchase a newer version. When I purchased the newer version, I found it extremely slow (my computer is a Pentium 3 850). Is there a decent antivirus program out there that runs under Win 98SE and isn't slow? Thanks. |
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Antivirus Program for Win98SE
"Gary S. Terhune" wrote in message ... Avast is one such. Free for home use. http://www.avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.html Or else AVG 7.5 free it should come up on a google search |
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Antivirus Program for Win98SE
Recent developments suggest that AVG is falling behind in its
nasties--removal abilities. That's why I didn't add it to the list. Specific discussion involved S*t*r*a*t*i*o*n*/*W*a*r*e*z*o*v (remove asterisks that are required to get by the NG server's filters.) See "When I send outgoing mail I get This erros." thread in microsoft.public.outlookexpress.general. Still, I should note that one or more of Avast's real-time scanners can seriously impact performance on older machines. I forget which, so it's up to the user to experiment. The one(s) that need to be disabled aren't necessary, just more of the usual redundancy that's so popular these days. -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User http://grystmill.org/articles/cleanboot.htm http://grystmill.org/articles/security.htm philo wrote: "Gary S. Terhune" wrote in message ... Avast is one such. Free for home use. http://www.avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.html Or else AVG 7.5 free it should come up on a google search |
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Antivirus Program for Win98SE
Thanks,
I went with Bitdefender v10. So far it seems really good. J On Mon, 11 Dec 2006 17:16:38 -0800, "Gary S. Terhune" wrote: Recent developments suggest that AVG is falling behind in its nasties--removal abilities. That's why I didn't add it to the list. Specific discussion involved S*t*r*a*t*i*o*n*/*W*a*r*e*z*o*v (remove asterisks that are required to get by the NG server's filters.) See "When I send outgoing mail I get This erros." thread in microsoft.public.outlookexpress.general. Still, I should note that one or more of Avast's real-time scanners can seriously impact performance on older machines. I forget which, so it's up to the user to experiment. The one(s) that need to be disabled aren't necessary, just more of the usual redundancy that's so popular these days. |
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Antivirus Program for Win98SE
One I haven't tried. I'm really behind on my AV ware knowledge. Gonna have
to experiment with the recent crop to come up with a new list of recommendations. Good luck! -- Gary S. Terhune MS MVP Shell/User http://grystmill.com/articles/cleanboot.htm http://grystmill.com/articles/security.htm "J Golden" wrote in message ... Thanks, I went with Bitdefender v10. So far it seems really good. J On Mon, 11 Dec 2006 17:16:38 -0800, "Gary S. Terhune" wrote: Recent developments suggest that AVG is falling behind in its nasties--removal abilities. That's why I didn't add it to the list. Specific discussion involved S*t*r*a*t*i*o*n*/*W*a*r*e*z*o*v (remove asterisks that are required to get by the NG server's filters.) See "When I send outgoing mail I get This erros." thread in microsoft.public.outlookexpress.general. Still, I should note that one or more of Avast's real-time scanners can seriously impact performance on older machines. I forget which, so it's up to the user to experiment. The one(s) that need to be disabled aren't necessary, just more of the usual redundancy that's so popular these days. |
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