re: antivirus AVG free version ending support for Win98 Thursday, May 14, 2009 at 6:56 am Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by dolly (1 messages posted) Anyone know of a free antivirus for Wndows 98? I was using Grisoft AVG but they have stopped sending out antivirus updates. On Tuesday, August 19, 2008 at 3:46 pm, gewg_ wrote: >|Unfortunately I cannot upgrade my system to XP >| Samantha >| >As I've said here before, these infections are WINDOZE-SPECIFIC >and if >you stop using Windoze[1], the threat from them disappears. >(No more anti-virus app / anti-spyware app / yada,yada,yada >to install/update/yada,yada,yada.) > >|because of limited resources >| >That can still be an issue with a non-Windoze solution. >The (cutting-edge) variant I linked to above is also pretty resources-hungry, >but there are SEVERAL >other variants that will run on your *current* hardware[2] >while >still offering the immunity from infections. > >|and not worth the trouble. >| >The way I figure it, if you're going to have to learn a new OS anyway, >why give money to Micro$oft on top of that (when Linux is FREE). > > >|Could anybody recommend another free version of antivirus >|that will still support our Windows 98 OS ? >| >After AVG recently included a clueless/evil "feature", >AVG is on most folk's $#!+ List these days. >From the Usenet Archive     More of that > >The 1st of those Usenet links gives 2 alternates in the first post >and others are mentioned in the thread. > > >[1] Mac OS X is also Unix-based and is also immune from Windoze infections. > >[2] You can boot to the "Live CD" of a Linux "distro" >and test-drive / practice with that Linux variant WITHOUT HAVING TO INSTALL IT. > >If you have the drive space (or a spare drive bay and $10 for an old HDD), >you can set up Windoze/Linux as dual-boot >--with the goal of dumping MSFT completely(??). Written in response to: re: antivirus AVG free version ending support for Win98 (gewg_: Tuesday, August 19, 2008 at 3:46 pm) Responses to this message: re: antivirus AVG free version ending support for Win98 (gewg_: Thursday, May 14, 2009 at 10:31 am) All messages in this thread [show all] antivirus AVG free version ending support for Win98 (samantha: Tue, Aug 19, 2008, 1:14 pm) re: antivirus AVG free version ending support for Win98 (gewg_: Tue, Aug 19, 2008, 3:46 pm) re: antivirus AVG free version ending support for Win98 (Alan Masterman: Wed, Aug 20, 2008, 7:19 am) Alternatives to easily-infected OSes (gewg_: Wed, Aug 20, 2008, 10:35 am) re: antivirus AVG free version ending support for Win98 (bob wells: Wed, Aug 20, 2008, 8:53 am) re: antivirus AVG free version ending support for Win98 (gewg_: Wed, Aug 20, 2008, 10:36 am) re: antivirus AVG free version ending support for Win98 (bob wells: Wed, Aug 20, 2008, 11:15 am) Working around Microsoft's insecurities (gewg_: Wed, Aug 20, 2008, 11:49 am) re: Working around Microsoft's insecurities (bob wells: Wed, Aug 20, 2008, 1:51 pm) re: Working around Microsoft's insecurities (gewg_: Wed, Aug 20, 2008, 2:13 pm) re: Working around Microsoft's insecurities (bob wells: Wed, Aug 20, 2008, 2:38 pm) XP (and M$ warez) vs alternatives (gewg_: Wed, Aug 20, 2008, 6:05 pm) re: XP (and M$ warez) vs alternatives (bob wells: Wed, Aug 20, 2008, 7:46 pm) re: XP (and whatever MS OS) vs various non-MS (Kiwi: Fri, Aug 22, 2008, 11:48 am) re: XP (and whatever MS OS) vs various non-MS (gewg_: Fri, Aug 22, 2008, 2:24 pm) re: Working around Microsoft's insecurities (appleoddity: Fri, Aug 22, 2008, 6:50 pm) re: Working around Microsoft's insecurities (gewg_: Fri, Aug 22, 2008, 7:16 pm) re: antivirus AVG free version ending support for Win98 (dolly: Thu, May 14, 2009, 6:56 am) re: antivirus AVG free version ending support for Win98 (gewg_: Thu, May 14, 2009, 10:31 am) re: antivirus AVG free version ending support for Win98 (jack hall: Tue, Aug 19, 2008, 6:53 pm) re: antivirus AVG free version ending support for Win98 (bob wells: Tue, Aug 19, 2008, 7:52 pm) re: antivirus AVG free version ending support for Win98 (samantha: Wed, Aug 20, 2008, 5:24 am) re: antivirus AVG free version ending support for Win98 (Alan Masterman: Wed, Aug 20, 2008, 6:54 am) re: antivirus AVG free version ending support for Win98 (Kiwi: Wed, Aug 20, 2008, 3:04 pm) re: antivirus AVG free version ending support for Win98 (George Cowley: Wed, Aug 20, 2008, 5:05 pm) Windoze "security" apps vs a more secure OS (gewg_: Sat, May 2, 2009, 3:44 pm) re: antivirus AVG free version ending support for Win98 (heh heh: Sun, Aug 24, 2008, 11:51 am) Bootable CD vs Dual-boot or new OS (was: ...AVG free...) 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