Re: I need a free antivirus program for Windows 98 system!

On 8 May, 15:47, Wolf K <weki...@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Brian Cryer wrote:
"Wolf K" <weki...@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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[...]Thanks in advance.



Search on "free anti-virus for windows 98" produced:

http://www.clamwin.com/

Be aware that ClamWin doesn't provide on-access scanning, only scheduled
scanning. So it would allow a virus to infect your system, but hopefully
would then let you know after the event when it gets round to its
scheduled scan. I used clamwin briefly, but ditched it because it was
inadequate in this respect. Still, better than nothing.

Thanks for the info.

http://free.avg.com/download-avg-anti-virus-free-edition

Humm, you must have missed the bit where the OP has been usingAVGand
now can't because they no longer support Windows 98.

Well, I think he could still use it, and whether that's a good choice or
not depends on what is meant by "no longer supports", which IMO is a
vague phrase (to put it gently.)

If it means thatAVGfor Win98 can't download updated virus definitions,
  then yes,AVGwill rapidly become useless. Well, can the Win98 version
no longer download and read them? That would seem odd to me - they are
either text files, which are no problem at all, or hashed files, which
also shouldn't be a problem, since there's no reason for Grisoft to
change the hash algorithm. Is there?

So I conclude "no longer supports" just means that Grisoft no longer
updates the Win98 program. IOW, it's now orphanware. But IMO that
shouldn't matter much, since the Win98 version is a pretty mature product..

So, which is it?

PS: IMO, OP should get a new machine with Win7, when it comes out. Won't
have long to wait. ;-)

cheers,

wolf k.

I was using AVG free 7.5 on a Windows 98 PC, but it started alerting
me that my files were out of date. When I tried to update, it always
said I had the latest version. I figured a glitch and reinstalled,
and only THEN realised that I am stuck with files that are 899 days
out of date.

Does anyone know where, for the time being, I can at least get the
most recent AVG 7.5 update files?
.

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