Re: Gary S. Terhune, your security website article fails to load
Dan wrote:
| Apparently, AVG is still supporting version 7.5 of its anti-virus
| program which works well. Avast works well as well but in my opinion
| is almost too concerned about security which can be good and bad. It
| can help keep users safer but also raise false alarms like the one
| about Yahoo.com being infected, a false positive about a file on my
| dad's computer, prevent certain Microsoft tools like the client that
| Microsoft provided me from working to
It is easy & painless to go to avast!'s Settings, Exclusion, screen &
enter the name of the false positive. I have "C:\Program
Files\RioPort\Audio Manager\SetupMDM.exe" in there, myself!
(To know whether a file is a false positive, send it to a site such
as...
http://virusscan.jotti.org/
...., & it will be scanned by a ton of scanners.)
| Please steer clear of AVG version 8 for any computer because at least
| the free version has known issues and will of course not run on 98.
| In regards, to firewalls you want a multi-layered safety and security
| approach to keeping 98 Second Edition safe on the Internet these
| days. I would suggest a router that has built in firewall
| capabilities and please don't use the default settings and change the
| authentication password to a complex password. Microsoft has a tool
| to help users make strong passwords. It is located at
|
|
http://www.microsoft.com/protect/yourself/password/checker.mspx
|
| In addition, a wired connection is always more secure than a wireless
| connection. Remember, that Microsoft will no longer provide security
| updates for Windows 98 Second Edition so users must use other
| software to make 98 and 98 SE more secure on the Internet. I like
| Mozilla Firefox and version 2.0.x is still supported with 98.
| Eventually, Mozilla will retire version 2 of Firefox and version 3 of
| Firefox does not support Windows 98. Opera has its fans but I do not
| care much for it and its user base is too small currently to have too
| many hackers working on breaking into the Opera web browser. The
| Opera web browser is an alternative especially if Mozilla
| discontinues support of Mozilla Firefox 2.0.x and in doing so no
| longer provides support for Windows 98. As far as software firewalls
| are concerned I do not have a good suggestion of which one is best
| with Windows 98 and/or 98SE Edition.
|
| I like the XP Professional firewall but there you do have to watch if
| you allow any exceptions. I am giving Windows Live Care a trial
| period on the XP Professional side of my machine to see how I like it.
|
|
| "Ingeborg" wrote:
|
|> Gary S. Terhune wrote:
|>
|> > Might as well include firewalls in the discussion. So far I have
|> > Sygate, ZA, Tiny (the old version), Kerio (old version)... Anything
|> > else?
|> >
|>
|> Agnitum Outpost Free
|> <http://www.agnitum.com/products/outpostfree/index.php>
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Thanks or Good Luck,
There may be humor in this post, and,
Naturally, you will not sue,
Should things get worse after this,
PCR
pcrrcp@netzero.net
Can't help on the W98