Ad-aware and avira anti-virus

[gehammack]

Hey All,
     I'm a newbie to the forum, so bear with me please. I have and older computer running Win98se, that I've been running the Ad-aware and Avira anti-virus for a couple of years and now both of these have stopped supporting Win98. I  know that its the old O/S but I really don't want to try and update to Win2000 and take a chance on losing my systems functions due hardware problems.
      What I need is a good recommendation for ad-aware and anti-virus for Win98 that is still supported. Or should I just try Win2000pro and hope for the best? I've looked at the web for free soft ware but nothing I've seen compares to the ones I was using.
                                                                                                       Greg

[Deerpark]

On this forum we usually recommend AVG for people looking for free anti-virus. And according to the product page it supports win 98. (I don't have a win 98 machine so I'll have to take their word for it.)

When it comes to anti-spyware you should have a look at SUPERAntiSpyware, it also claims to support win 98. The only major downside to the free version is the lack of real time protection, you can only do manual scans. For me it doesn't really matter though. I practice safe surfing and only use superantispyware to do an occasional check up or to scan a suspicious file.

[gehammack]

DeerPark,
   
    Thanks for the reply, I looked at AVG and didn't see that they were supporting win98, and I'll
look into the other Superantispyware. Thanks again

[Deerpark]

Glad I could help.

[WillyW]

gehammack:

Win98SE here.

AVG still works fine.   




From the stamp on a recent incoming email:

No virus found in this incoming message.
Checked by AVG Free Edition.
Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.19.7/1232 - Release Date: 1/18/08 7:32 PM

www.free.grisoft.com

[gehammack]

WillyW,
           Thanks for the info even though I'm a bit LATE! The working of the Ad-aware and Avira anti-virus wasn't the problem, they both do still work, but the sites now provide NO support, updates. I switched over to AVFree for anti-virus and Sypbot search and destroy. They are both support updating for Win98se and seem to work.Some of us are just not sure about the next step like to win2000 which I use at work and like, just cann't afford to take the home computer to the next step.
Thanks again!!!!!
                                                                  greg

[WillyW]

WillyW,
           Thanks for the info even though I'm a bit LATE! The working of the Ad-aware and Avira anti-virus wasn't the problem, they both do still work, but the sites now provide NO support, updates.

Yep.
That's why I included the stamp from an email -  to show that AVG is up-to-date supported.   

I switched over to AVFree for anti-virus and Sypbot search and destroy. They are both support updating for Win98se and seem to work.Some of us are just not sure about the next step like to win2000 which I use at work and like, just cann't afford to take the home computer to the next step.
Thanks again!!!!!                                                   

You're welcome.   

I too would like to be able to do some other things computer and software wise -  but,  until it is affordable,  we do with what we have.