OK so i have Windows 98. Yea i know its old but i'm trying to find a really good virus protector and a way to make the computer a little more faster. Do you guys know any good virus protectors for WINDOWS 98? and also is there something I can install to update to Windows 2000??
2006-08-24 19:01:32 · 10 answers · asked by Tris 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
These all work on 98: http://free.grisoft.com
As for upgrading to 2000, you'll have to uninstall Windows 98 completely and install 2000 to do that.
2006-08-24 19:03:34 · answer #1 · answered by mattomynameo 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Think About getting Windows XP instead. It's much faster and more stable than Win 2000. If you're a student, go to your student bookstore and get a nice discount for XP.
As for virus protection, I use AVG Anti Virus. It's Free. You can search for it at www.download.com.
2006-08-24 19:10:38 · answer #2 · answered by si_32 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
STOP. http://free.grisoft.com
is a solid free for individual home use antivirus, not business AV.
Solid Anti-spy-junk-ware PC protection:
http://www.safer-networking.org/
http://www.lavasoft.de/software/adaware/
Windows Vistas will have a longer support/shelf life than XP and will come out this coming year. Wait and upgrade the entire PC, if you must. None of this will make the PC faster, only slower, so check start>run...>msconfig>enter
http://www.sysinfo.org/startuplist.php
To decide which are safe and which to get rid of for speed. Best Luck. OH, never overlook Hard-drive speeds when upgrading.
2006-08-24 19:32:52 · answer #3 · answered by Ylyssa 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
go to AVG .It is a free virus software.u can always update after taking out windows 98
2006-08-24 19:10:10 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You want be able to update Win 9x to Win 2xxx as far as I know. But the best virus guard for your system is AVG. this takes minimum system resources and works really quietly. You can get the AVG Free edition from http://grisoft.com/doc/71/lng/us/tpl/tpl01 and it consists of 1 year free updates too.
2006-08-24 19:20:23 · answer #5 · answered by Nishan Saliya 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
trend micro's pc cillin best for anti virus protection:
to make your computer faster add ram memories or delete unnecessry files, run defrag, disk cleanup...
the best and fastest way to update your win98 to win2000, is to ugrade, no formatting needed, on win98 insert your win2000 installer, choose install then choose upgrade... your file stay as they are,...
2006-08-24 19:19:09 · answer #6 · answered by erwin 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
These are great, work and are free:
Run the tool and then download the free spyware and virus protection programs:
Malicious virus removal tool:
http://www.microsoft.com/security/malwareremove/default.mspx
Ad-Aware Free download:
http://www.lavasoft.de/software/adaware/
AVG Download free
http://free.grisoft.com/doc/1
Good Luck
2006-08-24 19:05:05 · answer #7 · answered by phy333 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well no, theres really no virus protection that Like, but id say youd be better off getting windows XP, there is a disc u can run, its 100.00 at walmart, but better off with a NEW computer, Ty
2006-08-24 19:04:07 · answer #8 · answered by Matthew 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://free.grisoft.com/doc/1
As far as something you can install to update to windows 2k, yes. It's called Windows 2k. hehehe.
2006-08-24 19:12:53 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mcaffe security is ok. Get some more ram, think about xp.
2006-08-24 19:03:40 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋