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Need help finding free antivirus and firewall programs for older computer

I have an older computer, Compaq Presario 4770 with a Pentium 200 processor, 32 MB RAM, running Windows 98. I am looking for FREE firewall and antivirus programs that will run on my system. I have tried Avast, AVG, and Zone Alarm, but they all require a faster processor and won't work properly. I cannot afford upgrading or buying new. Does anyone have any suggestions on what I can try?
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mharnisch
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you need to get legacy versions of AV packages, like norton A/V 4 or 5

goldeagle2005
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Hello ,this link may have something you are looking for in older versions of firewall programs .check the security section .
[url]http://oldversion.com/[/u]

caperjack
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Forget Norton or any other programs like them. Download AVG Free (anti-virus) from free.grisoft.com/ and Zone Alarm (the free version) from www.zonelabs.com/

Both of these are excellent FREE products. Avg especially has a terrific forum for help and advice at free.grisoft.com/doc/5445/lng/us/tpl/v5.

bigjack
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With reference to my last message. My system isn't much better than yours W98, Pentium 266, (but I have 256 MB of RAM) and I have no problems at all with Avg or Zone Alarm

PS:- I have just checked the Avg web site and minimum requirements are 486 processor, 32 MB RAM, 30 MB free disk space. It may be your RAM that's causing problems.

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