98 hasn't been supported in at least 3 years.
If you're running 98, you're probably infected with virii.
"98 hasn't been supported in at least 3 years.
If you're running 98, you're probably infected with virii. "
LOL....You have 100 times more chances of getting a virus from windows XP than you do in 98.
Nice try.
The virus makers, like microsoft, no longer support 98. There are not enough of us to bother with.
"If you're running 98, you're probably infected with virii."
Quite the opposite. Most of the viruses are written to exploit holes in the Microsoft OS. Each initial release of a new MS-OS had more holes, initially, because each one is somewhat of a bastard built on top of the previous ones (more opportuntities for the code-writers to leave or open the holes, trying to shoe-horn in new features and not destroy peoples ability to run older apps).
But, Win 98 has been stable for a long time. When zillions got infected over the past recent years, with various viruses, my Win98 system did not get one single infection. Of course I have not been using MS-Outlook, thus I also had no need for all the security patches issued for it so often.
I used to be an IT director. Each "sales job" that came with each new MS-OS was commonly referred to by most people in my profession as "vaporware"; more hype than substance.
I run Win 98 with MacAfee security and anti-virus software, use Firefox and Thundbird and run a raft of apps supposedly written for Win XP (including XP Pro Office (without Outlook). Machine runs great and nary a bug.
Not at all. Never get them. I use AVG for virus, Spybot and Adaware for crap. Machine has been clean as a whistle for years. Avoiding viruses also is a matter of knowing what to avoid. Anyway, the virus boys are probably focusing all their attention on XP. Same with Macs. There aren't enought of them to bother writing viruses for them.