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Dan
Thank you Roger as well and now I can search for a suitable software firewall
replacement.
"Roger Fink" wrote:
> Kerio Personal Firewall v. 4.2.2 is likely the best option for ease of use.
> It's a freebie, compatible with Windows 98, and is highly regarded as well.
> I use it on W2K Pro:
> http://www.filehippo.com/download_sunbelt_personal_firewall/468/
>
>
> TaurArian wrote:
> > "Hank" <hgreintges@skybest.com.uk> wrote in message
> > news:kfj884djfmfk97ff0khk5806oqavjomcv1@4ax.com...
> >> Have a 75 year old widow that mainly does a little email and church
> >> work using my old Windows98 computer. Does not have the money to
> >> upgrade or get a new computer. There was little need for a firewall
> >> in
> >> the past because of the little usage and she was on a dial-up
> >> connection. Now she has moved to the Senior citizen home and has a
> >> new
> >> DSL connection. Again with little usage risk would not be high except
> >> that she uses Yahoo for her email. It is the only one she seems
> >> comfortable with and have been unable to retrain her. Being online
> >> while she composes messages and the slow operation of Yahoo, even on
> >> a
> >> DSl, risks have gone up. I did a Google search for a "free" firewall
> >> that operates on Windows98. I was only able to find one that
> >> mentioned Windows98. I downloaded jpf2setup.exe for her but when I
> >> tried to
> >> install it got message "this version of windows is not supported".
> >>
> >> Anyone able to steer me to a free firewall that will operate with
> >> windows98?
> >> email response not expected but to respond remove .uk at end
> >> TIA
> >> Hank
> >
> > Xposted to the Windows 98 Newsgroup, perhaps someone there will have
> > a suggestion. K
>
>
>
replacement.
"Roger Fink" wrote:
> Kerio Personal Firewall v. 4.2.2 is likely the best option for ease of use.
> It's a freebie, compatible with Windows 98, and is highly regarded as well.
> I use it on W2K Pro:
> http://www.filehippo.com/download_sunbelt_personal_firewall/468/
>
>
> TaurArian wrote:
> > "Hank" <hgreintges@skybest.com.uk> wrote in message
> > news:kfj884djfmfk97ff0khk5806oqavjomcv1@4ax.com...
> >> Have a 75 year old widow that mainly does a little email and church
> >> work using my old Windows98 computer. Does not have the money to
> >> upgrade or get a new computer. There was little need for a firewall
> >> in
> >> the past because of the little usage and she was on a dial-up
> >> connection. Now she has moved to the Senior citizen home and has a
> >> new
> >> DSL connection. Again with little usage risk would not be high except
> >> that she uses Yahoo for her email. It is the only one she seems
> >> comfortable with and have been unable to retrain her. Being online
> >> while she composes messages and the slow operation of Yahoo, even on
> >> a
> >> DSl, risks have gone up. I did a Google search for a "free" firewall
> >> that operates on Windows98. I was only able to find one that
> >> mentioned Windows98. I downloaded jpf2setup.exe for her but when I
> >> tried to
> >> install it got message "this version of windows is not supported".
> >>
> >> Anyone able to steer me to a free firewall that will operate with
> >> windows98?
> >> email response not expected but to respond remove .uk at end
> >> TIA
> >> Hank
> >
> > Xposted to the Windows 98 Newsgroup, perhaps someone there will have
> > a suggestion. K
>
>
>