[diamond197927]

i have a windows 98 & i'm looking for a very good anti virus protection. but the problem is that i don't have a credit card or a checking accountant to get to download norton & that's supposed to be the best. could someone please help me out.

[silverbullet1321]

norton is one of the worst sorry to tell you that but its true but they do make the most money because everyone knows them but compared to the following FREE anti viruses nothing is nothing but a system hog

Avast
Avg

get one or the other i recommend Avast but it does slow you down a little bit
AVG is good too
google them

[Xfce Fanboy!]

No Norton is definatley not the best!
Use avg
http://www.grisoft.com

also heres the programs i had back when i used windows, i prefered 98 to 2000 xp etc so theyll all work.

Opera web browser (email client and popup blocker combined)
Avg antivirus
Ad aware free for antispyware (I think that the win98 version no longer gets updates so ill just pass on what a friend said, and reccomend spybot)
tiny personal firewall (this is the smallest firewall ive used, most take a few hundred mhz constantly and this is barely noticable in the background)

[Boreddddddd]

AVAST get home edition its free and its GREAT!!

[MadGunner]

Search AVG they got good free stuff heres a link

http://free.grisoft.com/

[II_Epsilon001_II]

Avg is the best you can bootleg it, but thats if you want the pro version that comes with everything, Norton is a no no you fail to update it with a new purchaseable it will become a drag on your computer

[baymcc]

zone alarm has an excellent fifteen day trial with option to buy. Anti virus, and anti spyware

[Humz]

This site has a great anti-virus for free:

http://free.grisoft.com/doc/downloads-products/us/frt/0?prd=aff

good luck, hope this helps.

[isis_egypt]

avg is the best!

[chazohio]

AVG is free and very good, but also go to download.com and get ad-aware for free..it will delete alot of trash..good luck