re: antivirus AVG free version ending support for Win98
Wednesday, August 20, 2008 at 8:53 am
Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by bob wells
(1351 messages posted)
Maybe I'm missing something, but I fail to see how any of this Windows bashing serves
to help the OP with finding a new AV program for her Win98 System.
I know you know this is not a Linux/Firefox Forum; so how about providing some Win98
advice to the Posters?
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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(??).
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