[Yaesu] VIRUS protection tip - thanks....

[A10382]

Mike,

Thanks a megabyte AND a megacycle for the lead to the GRISOFT anti-virus
software.

I still run Win'95 (vanilla - not OSR2) on one of my systems to maintain
computability with some very old, but very useful radio-ware design apps.
To be sure I have a continual supply of Win'95, I stashed a spare system
away in storage along with an original Win'95 diskette based release.
Replaced the button cell battery, installed, configured, and tested the
system - and it's ready to go if needed. Only needs to come out in 3 years
or so to replace the battery.

Most of the commercially available virus protection packages no longer
function well down this low in the food chain (freeware, shareware, and
commercial)  - many needing at least Win'98.  Some, like the current
versions from Norton, won't even install on Win'95.

The package downloaded and installed smooth as glass.  I'll try it for a bit
and then buy the upgrade version.  This software is replacing a pair of
shareware virus scanners that have been a little less than user friendly and
quite a bit less than perfect.

Thanks and 73
Frank


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----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Urich, KA5CVH" <ka5cvh@ka5cvh.com>
To: <yaesu@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2002 2:38 PM
Subject: Re: [Yaesu] VIRUS PURVEYOR GENERATING BOGUS CALLSIGN IDs
> Mike wrote
> You can download AVG antivirus software for free from www.grisoft.com.
Its
> free and seems to do a  pretty good job.  You can also get ZoneAlarm
> www.zonelabs.com for free as well.  Zone Alarm is a good firewall.
>
> Mike Urich,   KA5CVH
> www.ka5cvh.com
> LaPorte TX   EL-29
>
> Amateur Radio *IS* a contact sport
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