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Answer» <html><body><p>I would welcome some advice on what virus protection I should use. I have a Windows 98 OS and I use Firefox. I am aware of the fact that it can be vulnerable but changing to a better OS - possibly Linux is not really on the cards. I have been using avast! but I get the impression that it does so much computing that it could well be the cause of the very slow response to typing that occurs on occasions. I also have Ad-Aware and Spybot which I run occasionally. There is also CCleaner which I have not used recently. I probably should use just one and become familiar with its capabilities.CCleaner is good for clearing the crap (thus the name) from your system, but does no real-time protection. I recommend it for light system housekeeping - but that is it.<br/><br/>Avast! is really heavy like AVG and is a menace on resources - especially on RAM. I would go for the lightest AV you can get - depending on your surfing habits. If you download a lot of stuff, you need something <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/robust-624715" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about ROBUST">ROBUST</a>. I would visit TrendMicro and see what they have. SpyBot is one of the best free adware you can get - but Ad-Aware is usually sufficient and would be my only preference.<br/><br/>I am a <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/stickler-653239" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about STICKLER">STICKLER</a> for resource conservation, so I go as light as I can go and avoid pirate software, cracks and so forth.<br/><br/>This is a good rule for anyone to follow: <strong>If you ever get a scareware message box saying 'your computer is <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/infected-1043312" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about INFECTED">INFECTED</a>, etc.' Calmly close the browser using TASK MANAGER. Click on nothing. Behave as though your browser just crashed. You can save a lot of trouble from java <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/trojans-713112" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about TROJANS">TROJANS</a> that try to get in that way. They call it scareware for a reason.</strong>I will get rid of Avast! I do not do a lot of downloads. It is mainly email. I will use CCleaner to get rid of crap then do Ad-Aware regularly. Thanks for that advice. I as slow to respond because I was not advised that there had been a reply even though I clicked on the reply box.Quote</p><blockquote>Avast! is really heavy like AVG and is a menace on resources - especially on RAM. I would go for the lightest AV you can get</blockquote><br/>Source ? ?The Avast that I use on my WinME is <a href="https://www.filehippo.com/download_avast_antivirus/6635/">Avast! Home <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/edition-445192" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about EDITION">EDITION</a> 4.8.1368</a> its the last version that works on Win9x/ME. I don't find it uses a lot of resources then again I'm using 639kb of RAM what are you using?<br/><br/>Any problems using it then let me know. Thank you, keithuk for that advice on Avast. I have 192 MB of RAM.</body></html>


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