Free scanners: Here's a new one from Microsoft. Never tried it, so can't vouch for it. = But, looks good visually. Free, so worth trying. http://safety.live.com/site/en-US/default.htm The other popular online virus scanners are: Trend Micro at http://housecall.trendmicro.com/ Panda Online scan http://www.pandasoftware.com/activescan/activescan.asp?Language=3D2 Try adding more RAM. That's where the speed are really coming from. = While a fragmented drive affects the speed, its usually not that intense = unless you use apps that absolutely need the speed. ---Troth -----Original Message----- From: pctechtalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx = [mailto:pctechtalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of cristy Sent: Monday, December 12, 2005 1:32 PM To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: -=3DPCTechTalk=3D- suggest for online antivirus program and = scan Sorry, forgot to change subject line. Am resending from last email. christy Can someone suggest a good online virus scanner and maybe a free one = online for my friend. She has a very old computer wiht win 98 on it. I d/l = and installed adaware SE, found 83 things, deleted them. Am d/l zone alarm = now. I dont even see an antivirus program on there. Am going to d/l spybot, spyware blaster and spyware guard and clean up to install on it. I need = to do a defrag im sure as it is slow as molases and had not been done in = years. Also only has 32 mg of memory. Thanks, christy -- <Please delete this line and everything below.> To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ -- <Please delete this line and everything below.> To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/