Posted by Luigi Donatello Asero on 10/25/06 23:37

"Sally Thompson" <me2@privacy.net> skrev i meddelandet
news:0001HW.C1652D0F011A6B9CF0284530@news.individual.net...
> On Wed, 25 Oct 2006 00:35:54 +0100, Luigi Donatello Asero wrote
> (in article <urx%g.20820$E02.8553@newsb.telia.net>):
>
> >
> > "Sally Thompson" <me2@privacy.net> skrev i meddelandet
> > news:0001HW.C1644C540112C10AF0284530@news.individual.net...
> >> On Tue, 24 Oct 2006 04:32:13 +0100, Luigi Donatello Asero wrote
> >> (in article <1Pf%g.20744$E02.8370@newsb.telia.net>):
> >>
> >> <snip>
> >> [re: Linux]
> >>
> >>> As to e-mails, I am even having problems now by using Outlook Express
> >
> <snip>
> >>
> >>
> >> Luigi, you do not need to use Outlook Express just because you have
> > Windows
> >> 98. I use a Mac and you really really wouldn't like it <g> but also
have
> > an
> >> old W98 laptop. It uses Firefox as a browser, Pegasus for email, and if
I
> >> used it for posting to newsgroups I would use Forte Free Agent (as I
used
> > to
> >> do in Windows days).
> >>
> >> Before you ask, they are all free.
> >
> > Good point.
> > Some questions concerning your remarks, though.
> > 1) New Symantec products do not support Win 98.
> > How would I stop Internet hots?
> > (viruses, troian horses with more)
> > And how much would that cost?
>
> I don't know the word hots. Do you mean bots? There are free firewalls,
for
> instance Zone Alarm. If you don't use IE and OE you are far less
susceptible
> to viruses and worms anyway. There is free anti-virus software called AVG
> which AFAIK is still compatible with W98 - it's easy to check. They do a
> paid-for edition as well, so if you need free make sure you get the right
> one. Caveat: Free is not necessarily Best.

No, it is not.
But it can be.
I prefer to spend money to buy a SFTP program.


> > 2) I use several browsers, one of these being Firefox and I have done
it
> > for a while.
> > Would that prevent hots from attacking the OS without using firewalls
and
> > antivirus?
>
> Firefox (in fact *any* browser other than IE) is inherently safer than IE.
I
> had several browsers on my old W98 desktop PC and never had any virus/worm
or
> anything else, but I ran a good firewall. As far as email is concerned, OE
is
> not a good thing to use if you are worried about security. I would
recommend
> Pegasus, but there are plenty of others.


They might be safer but that might not be enough.

> > 3) Don´ t you see any advantage in learning to use Linux at least at a
very
> > basic level?
> > Thank you in advance for your answers.
>
> I haven't the slightest idea whether there is any advantage for you in
> learning Linux. Only you can decide that.
>
> By the way, your sig separator is broken. It should be dash, dash, space,
> then new line (like mine). Yours is missing the space, which means that my
> newsreader does not automatically strip it and I have done it manually. No
> big deal, but you might like to know.

Is it ok now?
--
Luigi Donatello Asero
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