Thanks. It looks like I'm going to have to bite the bullet and dig into my dwindling IRA (not from my spending, as everyone knows!). Have a good time at the movies. Hope you find a good one. Beverly > Ahhh, I had not anticipated anyone using any version of Win9x, other than > for maybe much older games (I have an older system set up without any > internet connection that I use for this purpose). MS stopped producing > security updates for 98 long ago, so a system that out of date really > shouldn't be taken online these days. > > Well, I do know that AVG7.5 still had support for Win98 SE and that 8.x is a > nearly complete redesign which will no longer run on the older OS. Of > course, you've already discovered that for yourself. I'll have to do some > research to see what else could run on 98, but I'm afraid the pickings will > likely be slim at best. Babydoll has decided that we need to get out of the > house for a bit, so we're heading to the movies in a little while. I'll see > what I can find for you when we get back. > > Peace, > Gman > > http://www.thevenusproject.com/index.php > > "The only dumb questions are the ones we fail to ask" > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Beverly Hahn" <bhahn@xxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Saturday, May 09, 2009 8:02 PM > Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: AVG > > > >> Thanks for the info and the web site. However, I have Windows 98se OS, >> and after taking almost 3 hours to download via dial-up, I was unable to >> install the upgrade. Do you have any suggestions for effective virus >> protection for the older OSs? I'm still resisting getting a new >> computer or OS for this one. I'm thinking that many of my favorite >> programs will not work with Vista--and I don't want to either buy all >> new programs/upgrades or learn alternate ones when the ones I have serve >> my purposes very well. >> Help!!! >> >> Beverly >> > > > --------------------------------------------------------------- Please remember to trim your replies (including this sentence and everything below it) and adjust the subject line as necessary. To subscribe, unsubscribe or modify your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk OR To subscribe to the mailing list, send an email to pctechtalk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "subscribe" in the Subject. To unsubscribe send email to pctechtalk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject. To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ To contact only the PCTT Mod Squad, write to: pctechtalk-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To join our separate PCTableTalk off-topic group, send a blank email to: pctabletalk+subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ---------------------------------------------------------------