The message 54874100511091513o5640aab8ud57b1348bd3d5aef@mail.gmail.com from Tim Green timothy.j.green@gmail.com contains these words:
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I have already forgotten the reason why someone above in this email chain would want to install Win98 now.
The person for whom it is being installed can't afford to acquire a more up-to-date M$ product, and he works all hours (He's a gamekeeper) so has little time, and he's just not even slightly IT clued. His old box (PI-90) is dying, and took over 20 mns to boot when I tried it. Because it was slow (but a lot faster than then) he downloaded a couple of 'iffy' spyware scanners, and they were both fired-up on booting, along with AVG, and the catfight can only be imagined.
I'm going to update his AVG, install the latest Zetnet software (yes, he does subscribe!), SpyWareBlaster (checks incoming), Spybot S&D, and AdAware. (I wish there were one which did the lot - if there is, I've never met it.)
Are they sure they want to install an OS with a known lack of security features, and no hope of ever being patched?
Most scumware doesn't work on Win 9* these days. I can't see him even trying to wrestle with any flavour of Linux until there is a really pointy-clicky distro.