don't bother getting AVZ from www.z-oleg.com web site. not worth it [sorry dave or dw2108 or whomever].
as for Opera, best to use version 9.64. also consider using Firefox 2.0.0.20 and Seamonkey 1.1.19. These are the last releases of those browsers to work with Win98/ME.
forget Anvir Task manager. get Iarsn's TaskInfo program (shareware but far better than any freeware task managers and displays accurate cpu & ram usage).Anvir Taskmanager free...
you're welcome, JorgeA. just remember that TaskInfo is not free but it's affordable and works on all Win9x and WinNT based OSes.
Almost forgot to mention, K-meleon is a lightweight web browser that uses Mozilla's gecko engine and loads fast. Version 1.54 works under Win9x/ME.
You may also want to use Dr. Web Cure It virus removal tool on your Win98 computer.
I've given up using Spybot 1.62 on my old, slow XP computers as it takes too long to load due to the fact that the spybot definition files have gotten much bigger. I may return to using Spybot when Spybot 2.0 gets released. Now using Microsoft Security Essentials and later this July I'll be using the upcoming Lavasoft's Ad-aware Free Internet Security suite, which will have some antivirus features.
Last edited by noel-pr7; 2010-07-02 at 18:17.
noel-pr7,
Thanks very much for these links. They're all definitely interesting, but Dr. Web looks especially appealing, as it seems to be fairly well rated in lab tests -- and it still works on Windows 98!
So far I've had good experience with Avast! 4.8 (although Win98 support is said to be ending next year) and SuperAntiSpyware. I'm keeping Spybot 1.6.2 for the resident protection, and to scan individual files (and even floppy disks), but full hard-disk manual scans are out of the question. I, too, can't wait for version 2.0 and see if it works again on my Win98.
--JorgeA
I heard Opera 10 is kinda able to work in versions of Windows older than 2000, but if you want to be sure (or if you want to try Firefox 3 or later, or other NT-only programs), consider installing KernelEx: http://sourceforge.net/projects/kernelex/
Last edited by noel-pr7; 2011-05-12 at 21:39.
It doesn't? Strange, alpha versions did worked...
Hello,
Please see this post from Patrick today regarding Spybot-S&D 2.0 and old Windows versions.
Best regards
Sandra
Team Spybot