Hi Carol

Do you have a read-writeable CDROM?
If you do, store the programs on a CD-RW  media.
Or a second hard drive, if you have one.
Reformat and install Win 98.
Apply you anti-virus and firewall. ETC.
Do not download email.
Update Win 98 first.
Update antivirus and firewall next.
Update everything before downloading email.
Never open attachments to email unless you know who and what it
is. I hope this helps.
Good Luck

Richard F. Bolha

On 31 Aug 2004 at 7:11, Carol wrote:

> > Some news accounts say you can become infected, hacked,
> > or compromised in as little as 15 minutes on the Internet.
> >
>
> I can attest to that!!  It happened to me in less than 15 minutes
> online.  I'd reformatted and had to go to Windows update before I could
> even re-download my firewall and virus protection.  In the time it took
> to do that, I was infected with a virus.  It was literally shocking.
>
> I don't know what I'm going to do the next time I reformat, which I need
> to do here shortly, since I have Windows 98SE.   It's not even enough to
> have CDs of your firewall and virus protection, if you have an outdated
> OS like Win 98, because you can't use those CDs without the Windows
> updates!   (Which takes hours to download.)  Any suggestions?  (Well,
> other than getting a new computer with a new OS, which I can't do,
> because I am disabled with Multiple Sclerosis and live on a meager
> disability income and can barely afford the computer and Internet
> service I have......don't know when I'll ever get a new computer.
> That's why I joined this group, hoping to update the one I've got, but a
> lot of that seems to be over my head, I hate to admit.)
> Carol Hanson
>
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