Free avg spyware.

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Greg Rozelle

I am a little confused. Didn't they make a free avg spyware
program for windows 98?

I look at their system requirement. It did not say windows 2000/NT or
Xp. It just gave the very minimum requirements and did not list
the operating system.

What did they stop support for windows 98 spyware? (I do not like XP
or Vista)

I also notice
http://www.download.com/AVG-Anti-Spyware/3000-8022_4-10610898.html

That on this page it list 98.

So for it to work, you must use the paid version. Am I correct?

I just hope a don't have to go back using f-prot for dos for my virus
protection. That would suck.


Greg Rozelle
 
G

glee

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"Greg Rozelle" <invaild@invaild.com> wrote in message
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>I am a little confused. Didn't they make a free avg spyware
> program for windows 98?


No. AVG Anti-Spyware (AVG-AS) was originally ewido Anti-Spyware before Grisoft
bought it, and it never installed on or ran on Windows 98 or ME.


> I look at their system requirement. It did not say windows 2000/NT or
> Xp. It just gave the very minimum requirements and did not list
> the operating system.


Have a look here:
Supported Platforms:
http://www1.grisoft.com/doc/products-avg-anti-spyware/us/crp/2#details
and
http://www.ewido.net/en/download/



> What did they stop support for windows 98 spyware? (I do not like XP
> or Vista)


They never had it.


> I also notice
> http://www.download.com/AVG-Anti-Spyware/3000-8022_4-10610898.html
>
> That on this page it list 98.


They are wrong, which is not unusal for them.


> So for it to work, you must use the paid version. Am I correct?


No, it does not work on any Win9x platform, never did....free or paid. The
Supported Platforms I linked above is for the paid and free versions.


> I just hope a don't have to go back using f-prot for dos for my virus
> protection. That would suck.


What does virus protection have to do with anti-spyware? They are two different
types of program that do completely different things.

F-Prot for DOS' days are numbered:
http://www.f-prot.com/products/home_use/dos/

Once a Windows operating system is no longer supported by Microsoft, vendors usually
start dropping support over a period of time. Some will still work but not be
officially supported by the vendor others will just stop working or installing on
the older platforms.
--
Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+
http://dts-l.org/
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
 
B

bobster

OOPS!

Sorry -- misread your post. Thot you were looking for Anti-Virus software.

That being said, Avast! is a very good free AV if you should need one. I
replaced my paid My-eTrust with it and find it to be superior.
 
M

MEB

If your looking for Spyware protection try:

Spyware Blaster [protects against some access/installations, ActiveX,
immunization {sites, etc.}].
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/

SpyBot Search and Destroy [search and remove, and immunization {sites,
etc.}].
http://www.spybot.info/ - choose your language
http://www.safer-networking.org/
Spybot-S&D 1.4 is not runnning on Windows 95. The next version will again be
fully compatible. Please use Spybot-S&D 1.3 Winsock update necessary
http://www.spybot.info/en/download/index.html
http://www.spybotupdates.com/files/spybotsd14.exe

The two together do a fairly good job, depending upon your Internet use of
course.
It might also be advisable to donate something to both of these parties,
more donations [with a comment on the OS you're using], perhaps longer
support for *dead* OSs.

--
MEB
http://peoplescounsel.orgfree.com
________


"glee" <glee29@spamindspring.com> wrote in message
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| Replies inline....
|
| "Greg Rozelle" <invaild@invaild.com> wrote in message
| news:au7vi.493$i75.255@newssvr19.news.prodigy.net...
| >I am a little confused. Didn't they make a free avg spyware
| > program for windows 98?
|
|
| No. AVG Anti-Spyware (AVG-AS) was originally ewido Anti-Spyware before
Grisoft
| bought it, and it never installed on or ran on Windows 98 or ME.
|
|
| > I look at their system requirement. It did not say windows 2000/NT or
| > Xp. It just gave the very minimum requirements and did not list
| > the operating system.
|
|
| Have a look here:
| Supported Platforms:
| http://www1.grisoft.com/doc/products-avg-anti-spyware/us/crp/2#details
| and
| http://www.ewido.net/en/download/
|
|
|
| > What did they stop support for windows 98 spyware? (I do not like XP
| > or Vista)
|
|
| They never had it.
|
|
| > I also notice
| > http://www.download.com/AVG-Anti-Spyware/3000-8022_4-10610898.html
| >
| > That on this page it list 98.
|
|
| They are wrong, which is not unusal for them.
|
|
| > So for it to work, you must use the paid version. Am I correct?
|
|
| No, it does not work on any Win9x platform, never did....free or paid.
The
| Supported Platforms I linked above is for the paid and free versions.
|
|
| > I just hope a don't have to go back using f-prot for dos for my virus
| > protection. That would suck.
|
|
| What does virus protection have to do with anti-spyware? They are two
different
| types of program that do completely different things.
|
| F-Prot for DOS' days are numbered:
| http://www.f-prot.com/products/home_use/dos/
|
| Once a Windows operating system is no longer supported by Microsoft,
vendors usually
| start dropping support over a period of time. Some will still work but
not be
| officially supported by the vendor others will just stop working or
installing on
| the older platforms.
| --
| Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+
| http://dts-l.org/
| http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
|
 
M

MEB

Platform
[Operational System] AVG Anti-Spyware Free Edition
NON supported [red X]:

MS Windows 98
MS Windows Me
MS Windows NT
MS Windows NT Server 4.0
MS Windows 2000 Server
MS Windows 2003 Server
MS Windows 2003 Server x64 Edition
Linux i386
FreeBSD
Symbian

Applications NOT supported

MS Exchange Server 5.x
MS Exchange Server 2000/2003
MS Exchange Server 2007
Lotus Domino (MS Windows)
Lotus Domino (Linux i386)
PostFix
QMail
SendMail
Exim

Languages NOT supported

Danish
Dutch
Hungarian
Japanese
Polish
Serbian

--
MEB
http://peoplescounsel.orgfree.com
________


"bobster" <fauxie@bogus.net> wrote in message
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| Try this. Free and W98 compatible
|
| http://free.grisoft.com/doc/download-free-anti-spyware/us/frt/0
 
B

bobster

OOPS! Goofed again!

AVG anti-virus supports Win 98. AVG anti Spyware does not.
 
D

Dan

The AVG antivirus supports Windows 98. I think the issue is a
miscommunication. Perhaps, the expanded options of AVG are not supported on
Windows 98. In addition, I read that AVG may be discontinuing support of
Windows 98 in August 2008. Unfortunately, more and more companies will stop
supporting Windows 98 since it had the end of its Microsoft support effective
July 11, 2006.

"bobster" wrote:

> This source has a free download of AVG and states that it supports Win98
>
> http://free.grisoft.com/doc/29124/us/frt/0
>
 
G

Greg Rozelle

On Sat, 11 Aug 2007 09:36:00 -0700, Dan
<Dan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>The AVG antivirus supports Windows 98. I think the issue is a
>miscommunication. Perhaps, the expanded options of AVG are not supported on
>Windows 98. In addition, I read that AVG may be discontinuing support of
>Windows 98 in August 2008. Unfortunately, more and more companies will stop
>supporting Windows 98 since it had the end of its Microsoft support effective
>July 11, 2006.
>
>"bobster" wrote:
>
>> This source has a free download of AVG and states that it supports Win98
>>
>> http://free.grisoft.com/doc/29124/us/frt/0
>>


Are they going to get rid of Virus protection to for 98se? Even
F-prot still support windows 98se and dos.

Avast also support Windows 95 with IE 4 installed.

Greg Rozelle
 
D

Dan

Well, the site says older operating system will be supported to August 2008
as a minimum. I am not sure of the language but I think it means that AVG
will be supported until at least August 2008 and perhaps later. Here is the
site.

http://www.grisoft.com/doc/24/us/crp/0

The exact wording from the website is below:

Important notice
Anti-Spyware on-access scanner is available only on Windows 2000 SP4 +
Update Rollup 1, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Pro x64 Edition SP1 and Windows
Vista/Vista x64 Edition.
* Some older operating systems such as Microsoft Windows ME, Microsoft
Windows NT and Microsoft Windows 98 will only be supported until August 2008
as a minimum.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------


"Greg Rozelle" wrote:

> On Sat, 11 Aug 2007 09:36:00 -0700, Dan
> <Dan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> >The AVG antivirus supports Windows 98. I think the issue is a
> >miscommunication. Perhaps, the expanded options of AVG are not supported on
> >Windows 98. In addition, I read that AVG may be discontinuing support of
> >Windows 98 in August 2008. Unfortunately, more and more companies will stop
> >supporting Windows 98 since it had the end of its Microsoft support effective
> >July 11, 2006.
> >
> >"bobster" wrote:
> >
> >> This source has a free download of AVG and states that it supports Win98
> >>
> >> http://free.grisoft.com/doc/29124/us/frt/0
> >>
>
>
> Are they going to get rid of Virus protection to for 98se? Even
> F-prot still support windows 98se and dos.
>
> Avast also support Windows 95 with IE 4 installed.
>
> Greg Rozelle
>
>
 
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