Avast! to Stop Support End of 2009

"philo" wrote in message
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dlsayremn wrote:
From post by ojn at Techuy's 31July2009. Checked for real.

Avast has added the following notice without much announcement.

See: http://www.avast.com/eng/system-requ...vast-home.html :

"Note: The operating systems Windows 95/98/Me/NT4 will be supported until
the end of 2009."


Yes, it has been announced that Avast will drop such support.


I have posted previously for Win98 users to keep an eye on Clam Win.

It does have win98 support...but the present (development) version does not have
"real time" scanning. It's possible they will add "real time" scanning in the
future...so for a free AV program I'd say Clam Win is worth looking into.

Well, I hope they also work on improving their detection rates, as 54% is not very
good:
http://www.virus.gr/portal/en/conten...6%2C-1-21-june

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glee wrote:
"philo" wrote in message
...
dlsayremn wrote:
From post by ojn at Techuy's 31July2009. Checked for real.

Avast has added the following notice without much announcement.

See: http://www.avast.com/eng/system-requ...vast-home.html :

"Note: The operating systems Windows 95/98/Me/NT4 will be supported
until
the end of 2009."


Yes, it has been announced that Avast will drop such support.


I have posted previously for Win98 users to keep an eye on Clam Win.

It does have win98 support...but the present (development) version
does not have "real time" scanning. It's possible they will add "real
time" scanning in the future...so for a free AV program I'd say Clam
Win is worth looking into.

Well, I hope they also work on improving their detection rates, as 54%
is not very good:
http://www.virus.gr/portal/en/conten...6%2C-1-21-june


Well it's the only free AV for win9x I know of that will have support in
the immediate future...
part of the reason I no longer use Windows anymore is the whole business
of virus detection hassles

glee wrote:
"philo" wrote in message
...
dlsayremn wrote:
From post by ojn at Techuy's 31July2009. Checked for real.

Avast has added the following notice without much announcement.

See: http://www.avast.com/eng/system-requ...vast-home.html :

"Note: The operating systems Windows 95/98/Me/NT4 will be supported
until
the end of 2009."


Yes, it has been announced that Avast will drop such support.


I have posted previously for Win98 users to keep an eye on Clam Win.

It does have win98 support...but the present (development) version
does not have "real time" scanning. It's possible they will add "real
time" scanning in the future...so for a free AV program I'd say Clam
Win is worth looking into.

Well, I hope they also work on improving their detection rates, as 54%
is not very good:
http://www.virus.gr/portal/en/conten...6%2C-1-21-june


Well it's the only free AV for win9x I know of that will have support in
the immediate future...
part of the reason I no longer use Windows anymore is the whole business
of virus detection hassles

Hi Philo:

See my 6/7/09 post in the thread "free Antivirus for Windows 98SE?" for info
about the freeware Rising Anti-Virus at http://www.freerav.com/ .

However, to save you the look-up, the essance of my post us that while it
still claims to support Win 98/ME, it has very poor test scores.

Cheers,
Jerry

"philo" wrote in message
...

Well it's the only free AV for win9x I know of that will have support in
the immediate future...
part of the reason I no longer use Windows anymore is the whole business
of virus detection hassles

Hi Philo:

See my 6/7/09 post in the thread "free Antivirus for Windows 98SE?" for info
about the freeware Rising Anti-Virus at http://www.freerav.com/ .

However, to save you the look-up, the essance of my post us that while it
still claims to support Win 98/ME, it has very poor test scores.

Cheers,
Jerry

"philo" wrote in message
...

Well it's the only free AV for win9x I know of that will have support in
the immediate future...
part of the reason I no longer use Windows anymore is the whole business
of virus detection hassles

Jerry Martin wrote:
Hi Philo:

See my 6/7/09 post in the thread "free Antivirus for Windows 98SE?" for info
about the freeware Rising Anti-Virus at http://www.freerav.com/ .

However, to save you the look-up, the essance of my post us that while it
still claims to support Win 98/ME, it has very poor test scores.

Cheers,
Jerry

"philo" wrote in message
...
Well it's the only free AV for win9x I know of that will have support in
the immediate future...
part of the reason I no longer use Windows anymore is the whole business
of virus detection hassles




I am sure that a few here will well appreciate that...
it scored higher than Clam Win...

Jerry Martin wrote:
Hi Philo:

See my 6/7/09 post in the thread "free Antivirus for Windows 98SE?" for info
about the freeware Rising Anti-Virus at http://www.freerav.com/ .

However, to save you the look-up, the essance of my post us that while it
still claims to support Win 98/ME, it has very poor test scores.

Cheers,
Jerry

"philo" wrote in message
...
Well it's the only free AV for win9x I know of that will have support in
the immediate future...
part of the reason I no longer use Windows anymore is the whole business
of virus detection hassles




I am sure that a few here will well appreciate that...
it scored higher than Clam Win...

glee wrote:
"philo" wrote in message
...
dlsayremn wrote:
From post by ojn at Techuy's 31July2009. Checked for real.

Avast has added the following notice without much announcement.

See: http://www.avast.com/eng/system-requ...vast-home.html :

"Note: The operating systems Windows 95/98/Me/NT4 will be supported
until the end of 2009."


Yes, it has been announced that Avast will drop such support.


I have posted previously for Win98 users to keep an eye on Clam Win.

It does have win98 support...but the present (development) version
does not have "real time" scanning. It's possible they will add
"real time" scanning in the future...so for a free AV program I'd
say Clam Win is worth looking into.

Well, I hope they also work on improving their detection rates, as
54% is not very good:
http://www.virus.gr/portal/en/conten...6%2C-1-21-june

How about this one...?...
49. Abacre ??d?s? version 1.4 - 0.00%

But I presume it does better on Mars where it seems to have come from!


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Thanks or Good Luck,
There may be humor in this post, and,
Naturally, you will not sue,
Should things get worse after this,
PCR

glee wrote:
"philo" wrote in message
...
dlsayremn wrote:
From post by ojn at Techuy's 31July2009. Checked for real.

Avast has added the following notice without much announcement.

See: http://www.avast.com/eng/system-requ...vast-home.html :

"Note: The operating systems Windows 95/98/Me/NT4 will be supported
until the end of 2009."


Yes, it has been announced that Avast will drop such support.


I have posted previously for Win98 users to keep an eye on Clam Win.

It does have win98 support...but the present (development) version
does not have "real time" scanning. It's possible they will add
"real time" scanning in the future...so for a free AV program I'd
say Clam Win is worth looking into.

Well, I hope they also work on improving their detection rates, as
54% is not very good:
http://www.virus.gr/portal/en/conten...6%2C-1-21-june

How about this one...?...
49. Abacre ??d?s? version 1.4 - 0.00%

But I presume it does better on Mars where it seems to have come from!


--
Thanks or Good Luck,
There may be humor in this post, and,
Naturally, you will not sue,
Should things get worse after this,
PCR

Greg wrote:
On Tue, 4 Aug 2009 19:03:52 -0400, "PCR" wrote:


glee wrote:
"philo" wrote in message
...
dlsayremn wrote:
From post by ojn at Techuy's 31July2009. Checked for real.

Avast has added the following notice without much announcement.

See: http://www.avast.com/eng/system-requ...vast-home.html :

"Note: The operating systems Windows 95/98/Me/NT4 will be
supported until the end of 2009."


Yes, it has been announced that Avast will drop such support.


I have posted previously for Win98 users to keep an eye on Clam
Win.

It does have win98 support...but the present (development) version
does not have "real time" scanning. It's possible they will add
"real time" scanning in the future...so for a free AV program I'd
say Clam Win is worth looking into.

Well, I hope they also work on improving their detection rates, as
54% is not very good:
http://www.virus.gr/portal/en/conten...6%2C-1-21-june

How about this one...?...
49. Abacre ??d?s? version 1.4 - 0.00%

But I presume it does better on Mars where it seems to have come from!


A little off topic, but How do you manually update Norton 2002?

I can install an old version that I bought.

I've never had Norton. Others around here may know. Otherwise...
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&s...&aq=f&oq=&aqi=
Google has over 3 million mentionings of it.

http://www.computing.net/answers/win...ate/32419.html
Tom's Guide seems to discuss it.

Greg

--
Thanks or Good Luck,
There may be humor in this post, and,
Naturally, you will not sue,
Should things get worse after this,
PCR