free Antivirus for Windows 98SE?

AVG just announced that they no longer support Windows 98. Worse, they
just released an "update" that does nothing but nag me to update and
then tell me I can't because my OS is too old.

What alternatives do I have to install? I don't want to spend any
money on my old computer and searching on Google is extremely
frustrating trying to find an anti-virus program that supports 98 and
that I don't have to pay for.

Please answer with program solutions and not snarky "you need to
upgrade your OS" or "you need to buy a new computer". I have win98 on
this OLD computer for a reason, so it is not an option.

 

slickrcbdnews@gmail.com wrote:
> AVG just announced that they no longer support Windows 98. Worse, they
> just released an "update" that does nothing but nag me to update and
> then tell me I can't because my OS is too old.
>
> What alternatives do I have to install? I don't want to spend any
> money on my old computer and searching on Google is extremely
> frustrating trying to find an anti-virus program that supports 98 and
> that I don't have to pay for.
>
> Please answer with program solutions and not snarky "you need to
> upgrade your OS" or "you need to buy a new computer". I have win98 on
> this OLD computer for a reason, so it is not an option.



Avast has a free version
that will work with Win95 and up.

Not only is it free, it's a good one

 

I use Avast
http://www.avast.com/

....Alan
--
Alan Edwards, MS MVP Windows - Internet Explorer
http://dts-l.com/index.htm



On Fri, 29 May 2009 01:39:44 -0700 (PDT), in
microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion, slickrcbdnews@gmail.com wrote:

>AVG just announced that they no longer support Windows 98. Worse, they
>just released an "update" that does nothing but nag me to update and
>then tell me I can't because my OS is too old.
>
>What alternatives do I have to install? I don't want to spend any
>money on my old computer and searching on Google is extremely
>frustrating trying to find an anti-virus program that supports 98 and
>that I don't have to pay for.
>
>Please answer with program solutions and not snarky "you need to
>upgrade your OS" or "you need to buy a new computer". I have win98 on
>this OLD computer for a reason, so it is not an option.

 

AVG Free v7.5 hasn't been supported in Win4.x since August 2008.

AVG announced the End of Support for AVG v7.5 in Win5.x & higher on 30 April
2009: http://free.avg.com/faq.num-1855#faq_1855
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002


slickrcbdnews@gmail.com wrote:
> AVG just announced that they no longer support Windows 98...

 

On Fri, 29 May 2009 01:39:44 -0700, slickrcbdnews wrote:

On Fri, 29 May 2009 01:39:44 -0700, slickrcbdnews wrote:

> AVG just announced that they no longer support Windows 98. Worse, they
> just released an "update" that does nothing but nag me to update and
> then tell me I can't because my OS is too old.
>
> What alternatives do I have to install? I don't want to spend any money
> on my old computer and searching on Google is extremely frustrating
> trying to find an anti-virus program that supports 98 and that I don't
> have to pay for.
>
> Please answer with program solutions and not snarky "you need to upgrade
> your OS" or "you need to buy a new computer". I have win98 on this OLD
> computer for a reason, so it is not an option.

avast but it has announced plans to end support by the end of 2009, so
then you are stuck with clamwin, which does not offer real time
protection. You might want to try a linux for older computers, like u-
lite. http://u-lite.org .

There are things you can do to make the threat of viruses and spyware
fairly minimal. Use Opera or a Gecko browser with the noscript addon,
like seamonkey and kmeleon. Also avoid using internet explorer and
outlook as much as possible. Use Thunderbird instead of outlook. BUTTT,
since microsoft no longer supports 98 you're just going to experience the
law of diminishing returns. Thus linux oses are your best bet, for
security without expense.

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http://u-lite.org

 

<snip>
>
> avast but it has announced plans to end support by the end of 2009, so
> then you are stuck with clamwin, which does not offer real time
> protection. You might want to try a linux for older computers, like u-
> lite. http://u-lite.org .
>
> There are things you can do to make the threat of viruses and spyware
> fairly minimal. Use Opera or a Gecko browser with the noscript addon,
> like seamonkey and kmeleon. Also avoid using internet explorer and
> outlook as much as possible. Use Thunderbird instead of outlook. BUTTT,
> since microsoft no longer supports 98 you're just going to experience the
> law of diminishing returns. Thus linux oses are your best bet, for
> security without expense.


I didn't see anything on their website about dropping win98 support

but if they do, Clamwin has announced that they do plan on adding real time
scanning in the near future.