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Anti-virus for Win 98
Yes, I forgot to add, AVG 7.5 works fine on my 98SE I am unaware if plain 98 would have problems. Hmmm, that's an idea. I think our son has high speed and my husband's computer is a laptop (in a docking station) so it might be fairly easy to try that approach. |
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Anti-virus for Win 98
Yes (or alternatively within the Programs Menu, there may be an option to do
it under the AVG group (wherever that is on your programs list), but it's probably simpler just to find it in Add/Remove Programs). If you do decide to uninstall it, it's always a good idea afterwards to then reboot the computer to flush out any temp files, before installing the newer version. (I'm assuming here that you downloaded the complete file, and not just an "update file" for the older existing one) Joy wrote: To uninstall the old/current version, would that be done through Control Panel; Add/Remove programs? "Bill in Co." wrote in message ... Joy wrote: My husband has Win 98 and had AVG (free) anti-virus in it, but had the old (7.1) version. We've been trying to download their current version (7.5) and twice it got almost finished (takes a LONG time, he has dial-up) and there was a problem and it quit. Does anyone know if perhaps that version of AVG isn't compatible with Win 98? Thanks for any help or suggestions I haven't updated mine either (still using 7.1) and with Window98SE. But I'm guessing that the new version is still compatible with Win98SE unless (on their site) it says it isn't. What was the EXACT problem or error message?? Another idea you might want to try is to download the full AVG program to a separate location on the hard drive and install it from there (rather than letting it be installed as an "update" version). An even cleaner solution might be to uninstall AVG first, reboot, and then install the new version (the new complete version, not an update version to an existing one). |
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Anti-virus for Win 98
No. You are entitled to updates for the program, and virus definitions for
one year from the installation date. After that, you can purchase, year by year, a subscription to another years worth. You buy another subscription year by year online. You will be alerted when the subscription date is near expiration automatically. There's a registry entry for the subscription expiration date. Uninstalling NAV does not remove this entry. Symantec now uses a online account method for subscriptions and their expirations. No longer uses the subscription expiration date in the registry for reference. NAV 2004 was the first year that some of its assets could not be used in the 98/98SE/ME environment. The active memory scanner and file scanner still function in that version though. -- Noncompliant "Joy" wrote in message ... I may have those Norton CDs around here somewhere (if I can find them!) but then it wouldn't have the most up-to-date virus protection, would it? I thought older Norton gave up updates only for a year after purchase. "98 Guy" wrote in message ... Joy wrote: Thanks for any help or suggestions If you have access to Norton Anti-Virus (2001 or 2002) or Norton System Works (2001 or 2002) then that's what I recommend. NSW will include NAV. Once installed, NAV will update itself and use the most recent scan engine and virus definition files. Don't let the age of the product fool you. |
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Anti-virus for Win 98
Joy,
Why not switch to Avast!? Quite good, gets better ratings than AVG with regard to detection, easy to use, and is free for personal use. -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User www.grystmill.com "Joy" wrote in message ... My husband has Win 98 and had AVG (free) anti-virus in it, but had the old (7.1) version. We've been trying to download their current version (7.5) and twice it got almost finished (takes a LONG time, he has dial-up) and there was a problem and it quit. Does anyone know if perhaps that version of AVG isn't compatible with Win 98? Thanks for any help or suggestions |
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Anti-virus for Win 98
Hold off installing any Norton program
untill after you search this and other support forums for Norton problems there are hundreds or thousands of problems with all versions of NAV NSW and all versions of windows Norton products are intrusive and oversized --- Adaware http://www.lavasoft.de spybot http://www.safer-networking.org AVG free antivirus http://free.grisoft.com/ Etrust/Vet/CA.online Antivirus scan http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/virusinfo/scan.aspx Super Antispyware http://www.superantispyware.com/ Panda online AntiVirus scan http://www.activescan.com Panda online AntiSpyware Scan http://www.pandasoftware.com/virus_info/spyware/test/ Catalog of removal tools (1) http://www.pandasoftware.com/download/utilities/ Catalog of removal tools (2) http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/n...aspx?CID=40387 Trouble Shooting guide to Windows http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/ Blocking Unwanted Parasites with a Hosts file http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm links provided as a courtesy, read all instructions on the pages before use Grateful thanks to the authors/webmasters _ "Joy" wrote in message ... I may have those Norton CDs around here somewhere (if I can find them!) but then it wouldn't have the most up-to-date virus protection, would it? I thought older Norton gave up updates only for a year after purchase. "98 Guy" wrote in message ... Joy wrote: Thanks for any help or suggestions If you have access to Norton Anti-Virus (2001 or 2002) or Norton System Works (2001 or 2002) then that's what I recommend. NSW will include NAV. Once installed, NAV will update itself and use the most recent scan engine and virus definition files. Don't let the age of the product fool you. |
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AlmostBob wrote:
Hold off installing any Norton program untill after you search this and other support forums for Norton problems there are hundreds or thousands of problems with all versions of NAV NSW and all versions of windows Norton products are intrusive and oversized Agreed. (Actually, with my experience, I'll allow an exception for the Symantec corporate enterprise version.) |
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Anti-virus for Win 98
Yep, that's what I use....Avast free edition....in both 98SE and XP. It
does need a reasonably fast system, more so than AVG, but it has a better detection rate and many more updates. -- Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+ "Gary S. Terhune" wrote in message ... Joy, Why not switch to Avast!? Quite good, gets better ratings than AVG with regard to detection, easy to use, and is free for personal use. -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User www.grystmill.com "Joy" wrote in message ... My husband has Win 98 and had AVG (free) anti-virus in it, but had the old (7.1) version. We've been trying to download their current version (7.5) and twice it got almost finished (takes a LONG time, he has dial-up) and there was a problem and it quit. Does anyone know if perhaps that version of AVG isn't compatible with Win 98? Thanks for any help or suggestions |
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Anti-virus for Win 98
Hmmm... I'll try it on my P55-233 w/ 96MB RAM. It's got eTrust on it right
now, Win98SE... -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User www.grystmill.com "glee" wrote in message ... Yep, that's what I use....Avast free edition....in both 98SE and XP. It does need a reasonably fast system, more so than AVG, but it has a better detection rate and many more updates. -- Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+ "Gary S. Terhune" wrote in message ... Joy, Why not switch to Avast!? Quite good, gets better ratings than AVG with regard to detection, easy to use, and is free for personal use. -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User www.grystmill.com "Joy" wrote in message ... My husband has Win 98 and had AVG (free) anti-virus in it, but had the old (7.1) version. We've been trying to download their current version (7.5) and twice it got almost finished (takes a LONG time, he has dial-up) and there was a problem and it quit. Does anyone know if perhaps that version of AVG isn't compatible with Win 98? Thanks for any help or suggestions |
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Anti-virus for Win 98
You may notice a little slowdown with a system that old, particularly when it is
updating. I had it on a K6-2 333MHz with 128MB RAM and I think anything much slower than that might show some lag. Let me know how it runs on that system, will you? -- Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+ http://dts-l.org/ "Gary S. Terhune" wrote in message ... Hmmm... I'll try it on my P55-233 w/ 96MB RAM. It's got eTrust on it right now, Win98SE... -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User www.grystmill.com "glee" wrote in message ... Yep, that's what I use....Avast free edition....in both 98SE and XP. It does need a reasonably fast system, more so than AVG, but it has a better detection rate and many more updates. -- Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+ "Gary S. Terhune" wrote in message ... Joy, Why not switch to Avast!? Quite good, gets better ratings than AVG with regard to detection, easy to use, and is free for personal use. -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User www.grystmill.com "Joy" wrote in message ... My husband has Win 98 and had AVG (free) anti-virus in it, but had the old (7.1) version. We've been trying to download their current version (7.5) and twice it got almost finished (takes a LONG time, he has dial-up) and there was a problem and it quit. Does anyone know if perhaps that version of AVG isn't compatible with Win 98? Thanks for any help or suggestions |
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Anti-virus for Win 98
Just find me a round tuit, OK?
-- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User www.grystmill.com "glee" wrote in message ... You may notice a little slowdown with a system that old, particularly when it is updating. I had it on a K6-2 333MHz with 128MB RAM and I think anything much slower than that might show some lag. Let me know how it runs on that system, will you? -- Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+ http://dts-l.org/ "Gary S. Terhune" wrote in message ... Hmmm... I'll try it on my P55-233 w/ 96MB RAM. It's got eTrust on it right now, Win98SE... -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User www.grystmill.com "glee" wrote in message ... Yep, that's what I use....Avast free edition....in both 98SE and XP. It does need a reasonably fast system, more so than AVG, but it has a better detection rate and many more updates. -- Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+ "Gary S. Terhune" wrote in message ... Joy, Why not switch to Avast!? Quite good, gets better ratings than AVG with regard to detection, easy to use, and is free for personal use. -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User www.grystmill.com "Joy" wrote in message ... My husband has Win 98 and had AVG (free) anti-virus in it, but had the old (7.1) version. We've been trying to download their current version (7.5) and twice it got almost finished (takes a LONG time, he has dial-up) and there was a problem and it quit. Does anyone know if perhaps that version of AVG isn't compatible with Win 98? Thanks for any help or suggestions |
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