Antivirus for Win98

On Apr 10, 9:35*am, 98 Guy wrote:
Poo Bear, MVPoo wrote:
Running NAV 2002 = not running an AV app

Of course poo bear will not embarass himself to explain why NAV 2002 is
not an AV app, especially after you update it with a current Symantec
Intelligent Updater package (which he has no clue what that is).

Poo Bear = clueless.

bite me

Poo Bear, MS-MVPoo wrote:

Poo bear will not embarass himself to explain why NAV 2002 is
not an AV app

bite me

See. I was right.

Poo Bear, MS-MVPoo wrote:

Poo bear will not embarass himself to explain why NAV 2002 is
not an AV app

bite me

See. I was right.

glee wrote:


"Henry" wrote in message
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glee wrote:

"Henry" wrote in message
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I'm using Mozilla 1.71 with an agent switcher that makes it look like
Firefox 2.0.0.11. I'm using the Newsgroup reader in Mozilla through
eternal-september.net. When I'm done with reading a message or don't
want to read them, I mark them as read and they don't show up again,
so I can't go back and see recent posts unless it's something I
haven't marked as read. So right now in this group I have 6 messages
as not read, and that's all I can get to. Nothing further back than
those. My browser does have a Google search bar. Are you suggesting I
search for the message title through Google?



Here you go, Henry...this thread is from this group, started on April 1
and continued up till yesterday:
http://groups.google.com/group/micro...nsubject:win98


If you ignore the name-calling portion of the thread between 98 Guy and
MEB, there is some useful info.

I'm not sure why you can't see a thread that new no matter what server
you use, nor why you'd mark it as read and delete it if it has the exact
subject line you are asking about. shrug

Marking them as read makes them not show up when I next open the
newsgroup. I don't delete them as such.

As to why I would delete something I'm interested in, I wasn't
interested until after the other thread was done.

A separate question: How did you get the URL for the thread please?

Henry

glee wrote:


"Henry" wrote in message
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glee wrote:

"Henry" wrote in message
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I'm using Mozilla 1.71 with an agent switcher that makes it look like
Firefox 2.0.0.11. I'm using the Newsgroup reader in Mozilla through
eternal-september.net. When I'm done with reading a message or don't
want to read them, I mark them as read and they don't show up again,
so I can't go back and see recent posts unless it's something I
haven't marked as read. So right now in this group I have 6 messages
as not read, and that's all I can get to. Nothing further back than
those. My browser does have a Google search bar. Are you suggesting I
search for the message title through Google?



Here you go, Henry...this thread is from this group, started on April 1
and continued up till yesterday:
http://groups.google.com/group/micro...nsubject:win98


If you ignore the name-calling portion of the thread between 98 Guy and
MEB, there is some useful info.

I'm not sure why you can't see a thread that new no matter what server
you use, nor why you'd mark it as read and delete it if it has the exact
subject line you are asking about. shrug

Marking them as read makes them not show up when I next open the
newsgroup. I don't delete them as such.

As to why I would delete something I'm interested in, I wasn't
interested until after the other thread was done.

A separate question: How did you get the URL for the thread please?

Henry

"Henry" wrote in message
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glee wrote:


"Henry" wrote in message
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A separate question: How did you get the URL for the thread please?

I went to Google Groups Advanced Search:
http://groups.google.com/advanced_search

Since I already knew the group and the subject title of the thread, I
put this in the 'Group' field:
microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
and this in the 'Subject' field:
Antivirus for win98

That's all I entered...just click the Advanced Search button.

If I didn't know which MS group to look in, I'd use this for the 'Group'
field:
microsoft.public.win98.*
or
microsoft.public.*
if I wanted more groups than win98 listed.

If I don't know the particular Subject line, I'd search using words or
phrases, or even Subject if it's a generic enough subject like this one.

Look through the search options there....you'll get the picture.
--
Glen Ventura, MS MVP Oct. 2002 - Sept. 2009
A+
http://dts-l.net/

"Henry" wrote in message
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glee wrote:


"Henry" wrote in message
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snip

A separate question: How did you get the URL for the thread please?

I went to Google Groups Advanced Search:
http://groups.google.com/advanced_search

Since I already knew the group and the subject title of the thread, I
put this in the 'Group' field:
microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
and this in the 'Subject' field:
Antivirus for win98

That's all I entered...just click the Advanced Search button.

If I didn't know which MS group to look in, I'd use this for the 'Group'
field:
microsoft.public.win98.*
or
microsoft.public.*
if I wanted more groups than win98 listed.

If I don't know the particular Subject line, I'd search using words or
phrases, or even Subject if it's a generic enough subject like this one.

Look through the search options there....you'll get the picture.
--
Glen Ventura, MS MVP Oct. 2002 - Sept. 2009
A+
http://dts-l.net/

"MEB" wrote in message
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On 04/09/2010 03:55 PM, Henry wrote:
What good free antrivrus still supports Win98 please? Avast and AVG
stopped.

Thanks

Henry

Not many that I can find; you are asking for free AV for what is
considered as "niche" software..

ClamAV {ClamWin}
http://www.clamwin.com/
doesn't include "on-access" or "real time"


Non-free:

Dr. Web has Win9X support, though not free [the cleanup tool is].

Products for Win98/Me/NT
http://www.bitdefender.com/site/view...n98-Me-NT.html

Nod32

Life cycle policy for F-PROT Antivirus for Windows
http://www.f-prot.com/products/lifecycle_win.html
http://www.f-prot.com/products/home_use/win/

http://support.kaspersky.com/wks6mp3?level=3

Likely others, but not free, or offered without
corporate/business/other OS purchase.

--
MEB
http://peoplescounsel.org/ref/windows-main.htm
Windows Info, Diagnostics, Security, Networking
http://peoplescounsel.org
The "real world" of Law, Justice, and Government
___---

Hello:

In past posts here, others have also mentioned that an older version of
Norman AV remains available.
See:
http://www.norman.com/home/all_produ...single_user/en .
"Any Pentium class PC running Windows 95/98/Me, Windows NT or 64 bits
Windows."

Also mentioned had been NOD32 Version 2.7, although that is no longer listed
as being available from the ESET web site.
"Version 2.7 - Windows 95, 98, ME"
See:
http://kb.eset.com/esetkb/index?page...=1270970597368 .
"End of support for ESET NOD32 Antivirus 2.7
ESET will begin phasing out support for ESET NOD32 Antivirus 2.7. On
February 1, 2010 ESET NOD32 Antivirus 2.7 software will be removed from ESET's
website and will no longer be sold. Virus Signature Database updates and
customer support for NOD32 Antivirus 2.7 will be discontinued on February 1,
2012."

You might be able to download NOD32 v2.7 from FileHippo.com (
http://www.filehippo.com/download_nod32/3021/ ) and purchase a license from
ESET. But you'd have to contact ESET to find out if they would allow that.

Cheers,
Jerry

"MEB" wrote in message
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On 04/09/2010 03:55 PM, Henry wrote:
What good free antrivrus still supports Win98 please? Avast and AVG
stopped.

Thanks

Henry

Not many that I can find; you are asking for free AV for what is
considered as "niche" software..

ClamAV {ClamWin}
http://www.clamwin.com/
doesn't include "on-access" or "real time"


Non-free:

Dr. Web has Win9X support, though not free [the cleanup tool is].

Products for Win98/Me/NT
http://www.bitdefender.com/site/view...n98-Me-NT.html

Nod32

Life cycle policy for F-PROT Antivirus for Windows
http://www.f-prot.com/products/lifecycle_win.html
http://www.f-prot.com/products/home_use/win/

http://support.kaspersky.com/wks6mp3?level=3

Likely others, but not free, or offered without
corporate/business/other OS purchase.

--
MEB
http://peoplescounsel.org/ref/windows-main.htm
Windows Info, Diagnostics, Security, Networking
http://peoplescounsel.org
The "real world" of Law, Justice, and Government
___---

Hello:

In past posts here, others have also mentioned that an older version of
Norman AV remains available.
See:
http://www.norman.com/home/all_produ...single_user/en .
"Any Pentium class PC running Windows 95/98/Me, Windows NT or 64 bits
Windows."

Also mentioned had been NOD32 Version 2.7, although that is no longer listed
as being available from the ESET web site.
"Version 2.7 - Windows 95, 98, ME"
See:
http://kb.eset.com/esetkb/index?page...=1270970597368 .
"End of support for ESET NOD32 Antivirus 2.7
ESET will begin phasing out support for ESET NOD32 Antivirus 2.7. On
February 1, 2010 ESET NOD32 Antivirus 2.7 software will be removed from ESET's
website and will no longer be sold. Virus Signature Database updates and
customer support for NOD32 Antivirus 2.7 will be discontinued on February 1,
2012."

You might be able to download NOD32 v2.7 from FileHippo.com (
http://www.filehippo.com/download_nod32/3021/ ) and purchase a license from
ESET. But you'd have to contact ESET to find out if they would allow that.

Cheers,
Jerry

"98 Guy" wrote in message ...

Norton Antivirus 2002 is a full-function real-time and on-demand virus
scanner that is fully compatible with Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows
2000 and Windows XP. Once installed, it can be updated with current
Symantec scan-engine and virus definition signatures using the Symantec
Intelligent Updater package.


8) It's my opinion that Windows-98 systems don't really need to be
running anti-virus programs these days because malware (viruses,
trojans, etc) are usually written to be OS-specific (ie they are written
such that they need to be run on a Windows NT, 2K, XP, etc computer to
function correctly). The protection gained from modern AV software is
mostly in the mind of the user, because new threats can take anywhere
from several weeks to several months to become incorporated into
definition file updates.

Hello:

Regular, and seemly knowledgeable, posters in the
"microsoft.public.windowsme.general" newsgroup have posted that NAV versions
in the early 2000's did not play well with Win ME due to some changes that
MS made in going from Win 98 to Win ME. IIRC, there was a matter of NAV
placing empty files in a system folder that other versions of Windows were
OK with, but which caused Win ME to choke. So while NAV may be appropriate
for Win 98 users, Win ME users should be wary of NAV.

I'm curious about the impact of KernelEx, "an Open Source compatibility
layer with an aim to allow running Windows 2000/XP-only applications on
Microsoft Windows 98 and Microsoft Windows Millennium operating systems."
Would Win 98/ME users running KernelEx have the same exposure as users
running Windows 2000/XP? See: http://sourceforge.net/projects/kernelex/ .

Thanks,
Jerry