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  • Belwarrior
    MURCer
    • Nov 2000
    • 888
    #16
    winxp on avg 8 now... had a pop-up about 7.5 expiring soon...
    hmm.. i know its very long in the tooth but do any of you guys know of a AV for win98?
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      • Evildead666
        Super MURCer
        • Mar 2002
        • 3116
        #17
        Well, AVG 8 after a reboot, first one actually, said its licence was gone, and I had to re-run the installer.
        After that it was fine....

        Win98 should be less and less of a problem since hackers won't be targeting it anymore.
        its mostly just the leftover virii living in the Internet ...

        We actually have a Win98 machine at work with AVG on it...maybe a google search for it might find a repository....?

        I don't think their site supports Win98 anymore, but it wasn't that long ago...
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          • Evildead666
            Super MURCer
            • Mar 2002
            • 3116
            #18
            Wow. This is a clean install of XP since early this morning, and for the second time AVG 8 has crapped out.
            Databases out of date, even though there are no new updates available...reinstall, again, and its ok.

            Looks like i might be using the free Kaspersky licence that came with the Maximus Formula mobo...
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            Nas : i3/itx/2x4GB/8x4TB BTRFS/Raid6 (7 + Hotspare) Xpenology
            +++ : FSP Nano 800VA (Pi's+switch) + 1600VA (PC-1+Nas)

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              • VJ
                Moderator
                • Mar 2001
                • 9733
                #19
                Evilldead666: Yep, those where the same issues I encountered...

                So far, Avast seems to be working just fine. But I find the userinterface a bit odd (most likely it takes some getting used to).
                Thanks!


                Jörg
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                  • Gurm
                    MS Fanboy
                    • Aug 1999
                    • 11460
                    #20
                    Originally posted by VJ View Post
                    Evilldead666: Yep, those where the same issues I encountered...

                    So far, Avast seems to be working just fine. But I find the userinterface a bit odd (most likely it takes some getting used to).
                    Thanks!


                    Jörg
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                      • VJ
                        Moderator
                        • Mar 2001
                        • 9733
                        #21
                        Originally posted by Gurm View Post
                        It is strange, isn't it? Apparently people like it once they get used to it.
                        In all honesty, I don't really like the userinterface (keep on opening the wrong stuff when I need something). But if the software does what it should do (which is the first prerequisite), I'm willing to adapt.



                        Jörg
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                          • UtwigMU
                            Super MURCer
                            • Jul 2002
                            • 5651
                            #22
                            There are skins for Avast, I used to install corporate skin, which looks like normal window.

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                              • Taz
                                Super MURCer
                                • Nov 1999
                                • 1393
                                #23
                                If you're using Avast then this is by far the nicest skin
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                                  • VJ
                                    Moderator
                                    • Mar 2001
                                    • 9733
                                    #24
                                    My gripes have nothing to do with the skin, more with the global descriptions and layout. The skinned part of Avast is just a very small thing (and I tend to prefer uniformity on my desktop)...

                                    But if does a good job (which seems to be the case), I can live with it.


                                    Jörg
                                    pixar
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                                      • chaoliang
                                        MURCer
                                        • Feb 2002
                                        • 496
                                        #25
                                        I've tried AVG and Avira. I kept the latter since it's a bit more reliable.

                                        chaoliang

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                                          • Mehen
                                            Super Hamburglar
                                            • May 2002
                                            • 3395
                                            #26
                                            Just installed AVG Free 8. Working fine so far.
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                                              • Claymonkey
                                                Super MURCer
                                                • Dec 2000
                                                • 1871
                                                #27
                                                You know I've been using AVG forever at home. It's free and it works well. The problem is I actually have a Windows Servers. It's honestly overkill for home use but since my day job is tech its nice to have something I can keep my skills sharp on at home. That and being able ot activesync to my own domain is nice.

                                                The problem is there are NO free antivirus programs that I've found that are good for servers. So... I'm this close to buying a $200 five system license from NOD32 so I can have it on my server and might as well have a good program on my other systems as well. All and all its weird to complain to have to pay for software... but to keep my ever growing data safe.. yeah not a bad idea. Heck I'm planning on doing RAID5 sometime before the end of the summer for the same reason.

                                                I can live with out my mp3 collection.. but my email and photos and photoshop files... yeah not so much.
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