what firewall and anti spyware software is best for win98?
by admin ~ May 4th, 2009 . Filed under: Security .
Jerome L asked:
is there any firewall and anti spyware or a firewall encrypted with anti-spyware available and will work well with win98 system?
cause i’m really getting freaked out with the attacks, freezes, lock-ups and slowing down of my pc. i’m planning to upgrade it to vista next month when i have enough budget. hope you can help.
Peter
is there any firewall and anti spyware or a firewall encrypted with anti-spyware available and will work well with win98 system?
cause i’m really getting freaked out with the attacks, freezes, lock-ups and slowing down of my pc. i’m planning to upgrade it to vista next month when i have enough budget. hope you can help.
Peter
May 7th, 2009 at 8:38 pm
Use some freebies to keep you going for the next month …
Firewall: ZoneAlarm
Anti-spyware: LavaSoft Ad-Aware, SpyBot Search & Destroy
Those kept my 98 box going unitl I got an XP machine. Good luck!
May 10th, 2009 at 6:16 pm
zone alarm i found good to use when i was running win98. if not vet anti-virus software packages a pretty good to - actually ill swear by them they made my windows internet experience great until i discovered virus free apple macs!!
May 12th, 2009 at 5:47 pm
Best firewall I’ve used on Win98 is AtGuard. It takes very little memory, it’s simple to use, and yet verry effective. And for spyware there are standard sollutions, AdAware, SpyBot. Also, ZoneAlarm is good firewall and it have antyspyware in it, but it takes much memory and it’s not free.
May 12th, 2009 at 11:05 pm
2 things wrong here!
Win 98 is dead and has been dead for a long time. I don’t know noadware but the others aren’t going to work right and cause you worse problems. Your system won’t support them, file size/ram/take 10-15 minutes to boot.
Tough it out and get a new comp. You are about 5 years over due.
Oh and get a router when you buy the comp as it will save you from buying a Firewall subscription with someone.
If you are DSL/cable/FTTH this is all true, if Dial-up- well you’re still screwed and ignore me.
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