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| 875207 | 2010-04-12 08:45:00 | I got sick of our old laptop nearly stopping running a virus checker, so I just don't use one. The ram thingy is dying, so it runs XP on only 256 and not many virus checkers liked that. I don't click on attachments, and it is used to check Stuff.co and nzcity, and my mail. So far, 2 years later, I have been lucky, but if I get unlucky, well so be it. At least the laptop is usable without one. | supergran (108) | ||
| 875208 | 2010-04-12 09:02:00 | I had to conclude that after a couple of hours supposedly updating but with no visual clues on the screen that Clamwin was not updating, so it mightn't be too useful And PKM - despite your sneers the old thing performs perfectly usefully with email and internet on dial-up in the back blocks of NZ. Thanks for some of the other suggestions but Spybot, Malwarebytes etc no longer service ME. Cheers |
Shortstop (632) | ||
| 875209 | 2010-04-13 02:41:00 | Keep in mind that modern AV often needs a PC with a bit of grunt, otherwise it can slow the old thing down to a crawl, especially on startup. :badpc: Also check CPU & RAM requirements I found this on another forum "Avast, AVG, Avira, NOD32, Norton, McAfee, Trend, Sophos, Panda, F-Prot, F-Secure, and BitDefender all appear to have dropped support for Win98 and WinME. (Panda has even dropped support for Win2K.) Kaspersky's version 6 (not their latest version, but apparently still supported) claims to run on Win98. However, I've found three rather obscure products which still claim to support Win98 and/or Win98SE and WinME in their current/latest editions: One is Solo AntiVirus, from SRN Micro. Another is VirusBuster, from an Hungarian company of the same name. The third is DrWeb, from a Russian company." |
sroby (11519) | ||
| 875210 | 2010-04-14 02:49:00 | I had to conclude that after a couple of hours supposedly updating but with no visual clues on the screen that Clamwin was not updating, so it mightn't be too useful And PKM - despite your sneers the old thing performs perfectly usefully with email and internet on dial-up in the back blocks of NZ. Thanks for some of the other suggestions but Spybot, Malwarebytes etc no longer service ME. Cheers Im not sneering, I quite like using old pcs. My laptop is a 1.5ghz with 256mb of ram,no battery,wifi usb. Im looking for a pentium I at the moment as a challenge. But I dont use an old version of windows online on it. Im just saying its dangerous thinking to assume that an ancient windows OS with a not well known AV will be safe online. |
pkm (13527) | ||
| 875211 | 2010-04-14 04:27:00 | I agree with your last line - but as I say it's not worth investing in a new OS or AV for it. I was just looking for any advice or app to keep it out of trouble. When it's finally not worth the effort I'll get one of the netbooks that are currently selling for the price of a good night out. Cheers. | Shortstop (632) | ||
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