Well, I understand that W98 and W3.1 are completely immune to all current malware. Install no Java or Flash. Use a very old version of Opera (from before it supported Javascript). Or switch to Linux. ;) David W. Jones gnome@hawaii.rr.com authenticity, honesty, community http://dancingtreefrog.comOn Oct 10, 2015 19:25, Multifrac@t-online.de wrote:

On 07.10.2015 20:42, JackOfTradeZ@comcast.net wrote:

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I never bothered with any OS after XP, although I have win-7 at work. I am sick of this forced upgrades every 2 years, just when you start getting comfy with the OS, and the lack of backwards compatibility is deliberate treachery on Mr. Bill's part. Fully agree although the W7 support has been extended  to 2020 - see below copy of the official Microsoft info:

Windows 7 *

Service Pack 1 <http://windows.microsoft.com/de-de/windows7/learn-how-to-install-windows-7-service-pack-1-sp1>

13. Januar 2015

14. Januar 2020

: I´m still using XP on one machine  thanks to the XP Dos mode. There´s  no security risk whatsoever as long as Bitdefender Free do not end their support. Their triple defense - Mainprotection, Traffic light and Quickscan  as Firefox plugins works perfectly and I experience very few attacks - compared to W7. Albrecht _______________________________________________ Fractint mailing list Fractint@mailman.xmission.com https://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fractint