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| Answer» <html><body><p>Can anybody tell me what the recommended anti-virus and firewall programs for Windows 95 are? I recently purchased an ISA Ethernet card, and may eventually attempt to connect the computer through a hub to the router for use in multiplayer games, and will want to keep any unwanted intrusions out. Once I receive replies, I'll bookmark this topic so I can return to it later when needed. Just to let you know, the computer that this operating system is on has 128MB of RAM, so I need anti-virus and firewall programs that are light on resources.Avast! Home Edition 4.8.1368 is about the only one that will still update itself. Don't know if it works with <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/win95-732368" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about WIN95">WIN95</a>. <a href="https://www.filehippo.com/download_avast_antivirus/tech/6635/">http://www.filehippo.com/download_avast_antivirus/tech/6635/</a><br/>Without the updates, an anti-virus program is worthless.<br/>Win95 and 128MB? <a href="https://support.microsoft.com/kb/138349">Windows 95 Installation Requirements</a><br/>Computer Commando, check this page out, and you'll see whether it may be compatible with Windows 95 or not.<br/><br/><a href="https://download.cnet.com/Avast-Home-Edition-Free-Antivirus/3000-2239_4-11125456.html">http://download.cnet.com/Avast-Home-Edition-Free-Antivirus/3000-2239_4-11125456.html</a><br/><br/>As a matter of fact, I'm going to burn the anti-virus program Avast onto a CDROM and see if it will run under Windows 95. If it doesn't, I'll have to get an older version than the one you mentioned.<br/><br/><br/>However, after this burn, I will only have four burnable CD-Rs left, and so I must conserve them for burns that are absolutely necessary. I'll purchase them the next time I have the money to do so.<br/><br/>Old Edits:<br/>I cannot <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/successfullybrbr-3084898" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about SUCCESSFULLY">SUCCESSFULLY</a> install Avast onto my computer. The anti-virus is fully compatible with Windows 95, but I need at least Internet Explorer version 4.01. Do you know where I can get that? The computer has version 3. I'm downloading version 5.0.<br/><br/>I'm going to try to install IE5 first. If that does not succeed, I'll install an ISA ethernet card and a firewall first.<br/><br/>That IE5 installation was for Windows 3.1/NT 3.5. I'll have to keep looking.<br/><br/>EDIT:<br/>I found the 32-bit version of IE5 through Wikipedia.Now Avast! is installed on the computer, but a DLL <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/file-11330" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about FILE">FILE</a> is missing. I need WS2_32.<br/><br/>By the way, although I just found the DLL file, the anti-virus loaded and is scanning the memory at the <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/moment-25786" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about MOMENT">MOMENT</a>. At this time, it's in demo <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/mode-239384" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about MODE">MODE</a>, and I'll leave it that way until I get the ethernet card installed, as the computer has no internet connection available.<br/><br/><br/>At this moment, that's as far as I can go until I get the ethernet card installed. I need a good firewall for Windows 95 now. (I won't download and install it until after installing the ethernet card.)It is highly unlikely that you will find a free antivirus that works with Windows 95. <br/><br/>I <strong>very rarely</strong> say this but. You need to get a new OS. None of today's technology is designed to work with a system that old.Sorry evilfantasy, but I can't get a new operating system for that computer. The processor is a 200MHz Pentium, and not fast enough for even Windows XP. The newest operating system I'm willing to install on it is Windows 98SE, and I'd rather not do that unless I don't have a choice. It is not the main computer I use, and is only used for old computer games from the mid-to-late 90s.<br/><br/>Besides, Avast installed successfully on it and is able to scan the computer. The only reason I'm doing this is so that I can get an ISA Ethernet card installed to be able to play multiplayer games in Jedi Knight, Mysteries of the Sith, Quake and Quake II, as well as the Doom series. In the future I plan on purchasing an ethernet hub and a very long ethernet cable to enable a three or four-player match. (A four player match isn't possible without a friend bringing a computer.) The anti-virus and firewall are there for protecting the computer. At least this version of Avast is updateable.Quote</p><blockquote>and is only used for old computer games from the mid-to-late 90s.</blockquote><br/>Then you really don't need an antivirus. I'll think about removing it later.200MHz Pentium with 128MB RAM will have no trouble at all with Win98SE, should you ever decide to change.Quote from: Computer_Commando on February 17, 2010, 06:10:14 PM<blockquote>200MHz Pentium with 128MB RAM will have no trouble at all with Win98SE, should you ever decide to change.<br/></blockquote><br/>Of course, Computer_Commando. That's very true.</body></html> | |