Okay, stop laughing. Yes, I know Windows 95 became extinct around the time the dinosaurs did, but I have a friend with a secondary, backup machine that she just uses to play Solitaire and type letters with WordPerfect & stuff. We're talkin' the computer equivalent of the little old lady who only drives the car to church on Sunday here.
While she & her husband use their 'main' machine for most Web related stuff, they'd like to at least be able to get on the Web with the old machine once in awhile if they need to (like recently when I had their main machine here at my place for several days doing some upgrades for them).
They don't want to put any money into this machine, but I'd like to install a free firewall like Zone Alarm or comparable on it, along with some kind of free a-v program to provide some basic level of protection. Any of you 'veterans,' who've been around awhile and remember the dark ages of Windows 95, happen to know of any free security programs I can download onto this old machine?
It's a P2 or P3 clone, around 700 MHz or something (if memory serves), and I don't know how much RAM is in it. I'm guessing 64 or maybe 128 MB max. The thing actually boots up surprisingly fast, so it's not a total sloth. (There's not much on it, I guess.) Is this doable?
PS: I can't find any "system requirements" for Zone Alarm's free firewall listed anywhere on their site.
PPS: Yes, I know she should upgrade. And yes, I've suggested it.
While she & her husband use their 'main' machine for most Web related stuff, they'd like to at least be able to get on the Web with the old machine once in awhile if they need to (like recently when I had their main machine here at my place for several days doing some upgrades for them).
They don't want to put any money into this machine, but I'd like to install a free firewall like Zone Alarm or comparable on it, along with some kind of free a-v program to provide some basic level of protection. Any of you 'veterans,' who've been around awhile and remember the dark ages of Windows 95, happen to know of any free security programs I can download onto this old machine?
It's a P2 or P3 clone, around 700 MHz or something (if memory serves), and I don't know how much RAM is in it. I'm guessing 64 or maybe 128 MB max. The thing actually boots up surprisingly fast, so it's not a total sloth. (There's not much on it, I guess.) Is this doable?
PS: I can't find any "system requirements" for Zone Alarm's free firewall listed anywhere on their site.
PPS: Yes, I know she should upgrade. And yes, I've suggested it.
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