Win98 on internet:security measures

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Hi,

@stefcep

> Anyway most people seem to recommend XP and some more ram. not sure if I still can get ram for it though.

Don't listen to them. I'm still using Win98SE and it works perfect for me. I use Firefox as browser and my old 486 as external Linux router/firewall to connect to the internet and browse the sides the Amiga doesn't displays.
You don't need to update to XP, you will get nothing else than problems! I think Win98 is even safer than XP (it doesn't have so much crap running in the background).

I would only update to XP with a P4 2GHz or above if I would use any software that requires such a machine (what could this be except games and recompressing stolen movies?). I've never got any virus or malware in the last 5 years. If you don't want to use an external router/firewall you need to purchase a firewall for your windows machine.
I use F-Prot as offline-virus scanner (no need for an allways running scanner).

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[Noster]

Hi,

> Go for Win2000 instead if you can't get more ram - W2k isn't quite as resource hungry as XP.

Why should he, what are his benefits from changing to W2k or XP?

He might not get any memory because the old machine might not work with more than 256 MB.

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