Re: Anti virus software?

From: Karl Levinson, mvp (levinson_k_at_despammed.com)
Date: 03/20/05 

Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2005 00:16:04 -0500

<wrongaddress@att.net> wrote in message
news:1111294605.022166.31930@l41g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...

> I've been using the internet for several years now with no
> virus protection and haven't detected any viruses on my Windows
> 95 system.

Of course you haven't detected any viruses, you're not running antivirus.

> Is it possible the new viruses today will not run on an
> old Win 95 setup and I don't have to worry about it, or
> should I install a firewall and anti-virus software for
> added protection.

There are a whole lot of viruses that still run on Windows 9x. Most viruses
try not to do anything that would alert you to their presence, because then
you would remove the virus.

> How would I know if a virus is on my system? Everything
> seems to work ok.

Use anti-virus. http://housecall.antivirus.com will do a one-time virus
check without installing anything [but also without offering you any
protection]. www.grisoft.com is free antivirus. www.kerio.com,
www.zonealarm.com and www.sygate.com are free firewalls, you should have one
as well.

It is certainly possible you don't have a virus.

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