Antivirus software for 98

fly on the wall wrote:

Ha, spoke too soon. Tried to do a scans of HDD's and it comes back
with:

"NAV was unable to scan your computer for infections. The virus scan
has failed because a critical error occurred during the scan."

Seems this is not destined to work out.

How "up to date" is that win-98 system?

Does it have IE6?

You will need to bring it up-to-date via the windowsupdate website.
Using what-ever version of IE you have on that system, start IE, select
Tools from the top menu bar, then select the third option (Windows
Update). Download and install all recommended updates. Restart your
system as necessary.

Try running NAV 2002 again. If it still gives the same error, then
download and install this:

Unofficial Windows 98/98 SP1/98 SE/ME Scripting Engines (MSE) 5.6

http://www.mdgx.com/files/SCR569X.EXE

There is a 5.7 version available, and you might need that if this
doesn't work. Let me know what happens.

On Fri, 14 May 2010 09:29:10 -0400, 98 Guy wrote:

fly on the wall wrote:

Ha, spoke too soon. Tried to do a scans of HDD's and it comes back
with:

"NAV was unable to scan your computer for infections. The virus scan
has failed because a critical error occurred during the scan."

Seems this is not destined to work out.

How "up to date" is that win-98 system?

It's not.

Does it have IE6?

Yes, but it is *only* used when a site doesn't play nice with
FF2...20, and it is unpatched.

You will need to bring it up-to-date via the windowsupdate website.
Using what-ever version of IE you have on that system, start IE, select
Tools from the top menu bar, then select the third option (Windows
Update). Download and install all recommended updates. Restart your
system as necessary.

Try running NAV 2002 again. If it still gives the same error, then
download and install this:

Unofficial Windows 98/98 SP1/98 SE/ME Scripting Engines (MSE) 5.6

http://www.mdgx.com/files/SCR569X.EXE

There is a 5.7 version available, and you might need that if this
doesn't work. Let me know what happens.

The system started locking up completely just after my previous post.
It would run a few minutes and then freeze. It was totally unusable.
I wound up uninstalling NSW and then doing a major reg. cleanout of
residual references to Norton and Symantec. Yikes, the uninstaller
leaves a *huge* amount behind in both the reg and elsewhere.

System is now running fine again. I thinkl I'll quit while I'm
behind, rather than go through that again and then having to patch
more things.

Thanks for your ongoing input.

On Fri, 14 May 2010 09:29:10 -0400, 98 Guy wrote:

fly on the wall wrote:

Ha, spoke too soon. Tried to do a scans of HDD's and it comes back
with:

"NAV was unable to scan your computer for infections. The virus scan
has failed because a critical error occurred during the scan."

Seems this is not destined to work out.

How "up to date" is that win-98 system?

It's not.

Does it have IE6?

Yes, but it is *only* used when a site doesn't play nice with
FF2...20, and it is unpatched.

You will need to bring it up-to-date via the windowsupdate website.
Using what-ever version of IE you have on that system, start IE, select
Tools from the top menu bar, then select the third option (Windows
Update). Download and install all recommended updates. Restart your
system as necessary.

Try running NAV 2002 again. If it still gives the same error, then
download and install this:

Unofficial Windows 98/98 SP1/98 SE/ME Scripting Engines (MSE) 5.6

http://www.mdgx.com/files/SCR569X.EXE

There is a 5.7 version available, and you might need that if this
doesn't work. Let me know what happens.

The system started locking up completely just after my previous post.
It would run a few minutes and then freeze. It was totally unusable.
I wound up uninstalling NSW and then doing a major reg. cleanout of
residual references to Norton and Symantec. Yikes, the uninstaller
leaves a *huge* amount behind in both the reg and elsewhere.

System is now running fine again. I thinkl I'll quit while I'm
behind, rather than go through that again and then having to patch
more things.

Thanks for your ongoing input.

On Fri, 14 May 2010 11:57:21 +0100, "Noel Paton"
wrote:

"Seems this is not destined to work out."

well, what did you expect, it IS Norton, after all g

The NAV2002 install actually worked fine - did a complete machine scan
yesterday (with 2002 definitions of course), and it happily vetted
inward and outbound email. But after executing the updater the
trouble started.

Seems Norton went to crud *after* 2002.

On Fri, 14 May 2010 11:57:21 +0100, "Noel Paton"
wrote:

"Seems this is not destined to work out."

well, what did you expect, it IS Norton, after all g

The NAV2002 install actually worked fine - did a complete machine scan
yesterday (with 2002 definitions of course), and it happily vetted
inward and outbound email. But after executing the updater the
trouble started.

Seems Norton went to crud *after* 2002.

fly on the wall wrote:

The NAV2002 install actually worked fine - did a complete machine
scan yesterday (with 2002 definitions of course), and it happily
vetted inward and outbound email. But after executing the updater
the trouble started.

Seems Norton went to crud *after* 2002.

The update doesn't change the NAV version. You would still have NAV
2002 after the update.

Either you have an active viral infection that is interfering with your
ability to correctly run NAV, or you have hard or soft errors on your
drive (run scandisk to check) or you need to update various components
of your OS and bring it up to date (at least bring it up to where it
Microsoft left Windows 98, as of July 2006). Running defrag probably
wouldn't hurt either.

What CPU and how much RAM does this machine have anyways?

fly on the wall wrote:

The NAV2002 install actually worked fine - did a complete machine
scan yesterday (with 2002 definitions of course), and it happily
vetted inward and outbound email. But after executing the updater
the trouble started.

Seems Norton went to crud *after* 2002.

The update doesn't change the NAV version. You would still have NAV
2002 after the update.

Either you have an active viral infection that is interfering with your
ability to correctly run NAV, or you have hard or soft errors on your
drive (run scandisk to check) or you need to update various components
of your OS and bring it up to date (at least bring it up to where it
Microsoft left Windows 98, as of July 2006). Running defrag probably
wouldn't hurt either.

What CPU and how much RAM does this machine have anyways?

"Seems Norton went to crud *after* 2002."

Nah - it just takes time to wake up to the fact that there's a new system
available for it to bollix g
Norton went to hell in a handbasket when Symantec bought it (as did
Partition Magic and an number of other apps).

--
Noel Paton
CrashFixPC

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
www.crashfixpc.co.uk

"Seems Norton went to crud *after* 2002."

Nah - it just takes time to wake up to the fact that there's a new system
available for it to bollix g
Norton went to hell in a handbasket when Symantec bought it (as did
Partition Magic and an number of other apps).

--
Noel Paton
CrashFixPC

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
www.crashfixpc.co.uk