Re: Virus checker for Win98SE


"Buffalo" <eric(nospam)@nada.com.invalid> wrote in message
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> "Ben" <Benton@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> I have an MMX233 with 32 meg memory that I keep as a spare. I have Norton
>> 2003 on it but the system runs slowly. Is there something as good that I
>> can
>> use that will not be such a drag on the system. The free version of
>> Kaspesrky slowed it down even more.
>> Ben.
>
> Try the free version of Avast! or maybe AVG. I don't think they are quite
> as
> good as Norton in overall protection, but they are probably sufficient,
> esp if
> you practice Safe Hex.
> PS: be sure to uninstall Norton completely.

I'm looking for an anti virus program that I can use with Win 95 without
slowing my old machine down to a standstill. I find that both avast and avg
are too memory consuming to allow the machine to function properly.

Any ideas anyone?

Sylvia
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